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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The sleek silhouette of a vehicle effortlessly manoeuvres through a winding mountain pass. It accelerates into the distance – leaving a spray of mist from the dewy road. In the background, there’s an advertising voiceover talking through the car’s key features and encouraging you to test drive it today. It’s tempting, but will the car […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Hotelier Maldives, a dedicated bi-monthly publication for hospitality professionals in the Maldives, has been relaunched as a monthly magazine, as Perspective Pvt Ltd – the publisher of the magazine – launches an all-new Hotelier Maldives Supplier Directory. Hotelier Maldives will be published as a monthly magazine starting January 2018, as the first issue of the […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]If you’re like most hotel managers, chances are you are highly focused on securing more direct bookings and thus reducing the costs of customer acquisition. If so, here are some train-the-trainer style tips for providing your reservations and front desk colleagues with the skills they need to covert today’s over-informed, channel surfing callers. You can […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Revenue management systems are used by leading hotel brands around the world. However, it can be argued that smaller and independent properties in Indonesia need the technology even more than larger hotels given that limited room volumes mean every pricing decision counts. With the right investment in processes, technology and staff, it’s possible for small-scale […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It has never been easier to travel prudently. Online travel aggregator websites allow consumers to quickly and easily compare services to find their best (and cheapest option), exposing quickly any hotels whose pricing appears out of synch with real-time local market conditions. This not only presents hoteliers across the Maldives with challenges to attract the […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]While many Maldives based hoteliers embrace revenue management and utilise technological benefits to maximise revenue potential; there are still some property owners across the region who consider revenue management as an additional cost and something that is a “nice to have.” Any hotelier operating today without the support of an automated revenue management system is […]

In a sense, all Maldivian resorts are cocoons. Cloistered on their separate islands, each with its own rules and norms, a gulf exists, not only economic and cultural but also aesthetic, between these realms of visitors and those of the local populace. It’s almost like parallel universes. And here at Cocoon, accentuated by a 30-minute […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Calling all shopaholics Island Bazaar’s fabulous collection of curated art and vivid celebration of Maldivian artistry is unmatched elsewhere in the Maldives. Though their humble little shop is a little out of the way from the souvenir shop district, what they offer is authentic, and in many ways more affordable. Come and support the […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The rapid pace in which hotels have been constructed and opened in the Maldives over recent years is leading many in the industry to question whether these properties are adequately prepared for the challenges they face in optimising their revenue potential. This is especially apparent in the face of strong competition from the existing properties, […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Only a brand like Kurumba can make a word like ‘pioneer’ seem overused and drab in comparison. Though they wear the title of being the first five-star resort in the Maldives well, Kurumba is so much more than that. Perhaps their greatest accomplishment is that amongst one of the most thriving hospitality industries in the […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Context The Maldives – an idyllic coral archipelago which has become a popular tourist hideaway is in many respects small and beautiful. Given the geography and that it constitutes several hundred very small islands stretching for nearly 900 kilometres in the Indian Ocean, most of which; in fact over 99 percent of which […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Technology has become an influential player in the development and refinement of hotel business strategies. And while the practice of revenue management may sometimes find itself branded as “micro-level” from an owner’s perspective, it provides many opportunities to increase asset performance and value. Below are four opportunities that revenue management brings to the table for […]