Great Gatsby-themed party to hit Kanuhura Maldives this festive season
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Kanuhura Maldives has rolled out its festive programme, which includes bespoke festive options for luxury travellers. Highlights of the Christmas and New Year high season include gourmet dining across its eight restaurants and bars culminating in a stunning poolside Christmas Eve gala dinner and a Great Gatsby-themed New Year’s Eve party on the beach complete […]
Maldives Institute of Nautical Sciences: Dedicated to building a nation of professional mariners
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Maldives is truly blessed as it exists amongst unpolluted seas and lagoons which are among the few of its kind in the world. Maritime shipping and trade here date back to 300 to 400 BC, back to the arrival of the first settlers from Dravidians. With the geographical features of the Maldives, we heavily rely […]
Special buddymoons packages at Amari Havodda Maldives
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Amari Havodda Maldives has introduced special deals for ‘buddymooners’—Newly-weds bringing along their friends (buddies) or family members on their holiday trip are one of the latest trends in travel. The special package includes complimentary transfers for a minimum of three nights in a Beach Villa. Complimentary domestic flights and speedboat transfers for two adults, a […]
COMO Hotels and Resorts celebrates World Food Day
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]COMO Hotels and Resorts, in partnership with MasterCard, is participating in World Food Day celebrations. COMO’s hotels that span across Asia, Australia, Europe, America and the Caribbean have initiated cuisine-related plans that will directly support the local communities. COMO Hotels and Resorts has also partnered with Mastercard to celebrate World Food Day by highlighting the […]
Reethi Beach: Model practices in sustainability
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Reethi Beach was first opened in 1998 and will be completing twenty years in operation in 2018. Currently operated by Mahogany Pvt Ltd, Peter Gremes has been the general manager of the resort since 2007 and completed ten years in the role this year. So it won’t be off the mark to say that the […]
It is ‘Pink October’ in Constance Halaveli as it marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It is ‘Pink October’ in Constance Halaveli Maldives as it participates in the Breast Cancer Awareness Month. October is marked as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which is an annual campaign to increase awareness of the disease. As Constance Halaveli truly believes that even a small effort can bring great results, it is participating in the […]
Conrad Maldives Rangali Island launches the world’s first ‘Instagram Butler’ service
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The award-winning Conrad Maldives Rangali Island has launched a brand new service dubbed the ‘Instagram Butler’. The resort’s new service is for modern-travellers who want to keep up with the pressures of maintaining the perfect Instagram feed, according to Conrad Rangali Maldives. The resort is dedicated to giving their guests the picture-perfect moments that would […]
Next Hotelier Maldives GM Forum to take place on April 18, 2018
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The third Hotelier Maldives GM Forum will take place on April 18, 2018, and will be held in Kurumba Maldives, the first resort to open in the country in 1973.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”15976″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Inaugurated in 2016, the Hotelier Maldives GM Forum features keynote speeches from industry leaders and panel discussions from experts in the […]
Generation next: Making sense of millennial guests
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The millennial traveller has certainly disrupted the way in which hotels think about attracting potential guests. They are more digitally active, open to peer influence and seek out short-term gratification compared to previous generations of guests. While millennials may not currently have the combined buying power of older generations of travellers, their spending power is […]
Tourism Indicators: The changing traveller behaviour
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Maldives tourism industry performance is favourable for the first half of the year 2017. Arrivals totalled at 657,540 tourists at the end of June with a growth of 6.1% compared to the same period in the previous year. The rest of the key demand-side indicators also reflected positive growth, while notably the average duration […]
#InstaWeekend at Kandima Maldives with celebrity bloggers
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Kandima Maldives, the country’s first Lifestyle resort, is bringing the Maldives to the screen, as it plays host to some of the world’s best-known bloggers and influencers with #KandimaInstaWeekend. The Kandima Maldives InstaWeekend will run from October 12 to 16. Montana Brown and Georgia Harrison from the latest series of ITV’s Love Island will join […]
Maldives Investment Forum 2017 to take place in December
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The fourth edition of the Maldives Investment Forum (MIF), the premier investment promotion event of the Government of Maldives, is due to take place in Dubai, UAE, on December 18 at the Dubai Trade Centre. More than 400 visitors from across the globe are expected to attend MIF this year, including international and local investors, government […]