Six Senses Laamu shortlisted for the 2017 Ocean Awards
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Six Senses Laamu is surrounded by the infinite blue waters of the Indian Ocean and every day the resort is committed to making the operation more sustainable while simultaneously raising awareness, to guests and hosts alike, about the importance of marine conservation. The underwater world and the reefs surrounding Six Senses Laamu has had a […]
Mifzal Ahmed, Co-founder and Vice-President, Strategy and Business Development-MEGA Maldives Airlines
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]You started out linking the Maldives to China and Hong Kong. We suppose you saw, rightly, a lot of potential in them. But the decrease in Chinese arrivals this year was enough to prompt lay-offs at your company. How do you see the Chinese market at the moment? Do you think it has peaked? One […]
Meet the team of Practitioners & Artists at Amilla Fushi
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]OCEAN BLOOM Canadian born athlete, Ocean Bloom, brings a refreshingly sensible, holistic and personalized approach to total health and fitness with over 25 years’ experience in the fitness industry as a fitness champion, personal trainer and a certified yoga teacher. Ocean’s powerful, innovative programs have produced many athletic champions and supported countless individuals in […]
Etihad Airways to increase flights to Maldives in summer
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The UAE’s national carrier Etihad Airways announces plans to increase the frequency of flights between Adu Dhabi and Male’, during the summer season of 2017. Four flights have been added to the route increasing number of flights to eleven, between July and September 2017. The flight frequency was increased to cater for the high demand during summer. […]
Eight wellness trends for 2017 and beyond
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The 10th Annual Global Wellness Summit took place in Kitzbühel, Austria from 17th to 19th October 2016. The theme for last year’s summit was “Back to the Future” and over 500 wellness experts from more than 46 nations attended the summit to debate the future of wellness. The result of the debate was a uniquely […]
The Colourful Side of Life at BOOT 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Maldives promotes the Colorful Side of Life at BOOT Fair from 21st to 29thJanuary 2017, at the Messe Düsseldorf, Germany. 14 Participants from 6 different companies from the Maldivian tourism industry have travelled to Dusseldorf for the exhibition, with the Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Company heading the delegation. BOOT 2017 has introduced new exciting […]
The Lowrance Elite-5 Ti Touchscreen Fishfinder/Chartplotter
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The new Lowrance Elite-5 Ti Touchscreen Fishfinder and Chartplotter available at Maizan Electronics pairs functionality with power, delivering a superb product at a reasonable price. It is a combination of a fishfinder and GPS with a built in GPS antenna, and the product is highly durable and weatherproof, well suited to the Maldivian monsoons. With […]
International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development officially kicks off
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The event, held in the El Pardo Palace in Madrid, Spain, was attended by the Prime Minister of Georgia, the Vice-President of Honduras, more than 40 tourism ministers and other senior officials from 57 countries. The UNWTO Secretary-General underscored the continued growth of tourism since the beginning of the crisis – “in 2016, more than […]
UNWTO and JICA partner to promote sustainable tourism
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The agreement, undersigned by UNWTO Secretary-General, Taleb Rifai, and JICA Executive Senior Vice President, Kazuhiko Koshikawa, opens important opportunities of collaboration as JICA is one of the largest global donors in terms of international cooperation for development in tourism. As underlined in the document, the agreement aims to contribute to the achievement of the 2030 […]
Maldives Looks to Luxury Cruising to Bolster Country’s Thriving Tourism Market
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Maldivian tour operators are set to benefit from a growing demand from affluent millennial vacationers for luxury cruising experiences, thanks to the increased availability of domestically produced leisure craft, according to the country’s leading yacht and boat manufacturer, Gulf Craft. Until now, most boats in the Maldives have been used to transport people from one […]
Sustained growth in international tourism despite challenges
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]2016 was the seventh consecutive year of sustained growth following the 2009 global economic and financial crisis. A comparable sequence of uninterrupted solid growth has not been recorded since the 1960s. As a result, 300 million more international tourists travelled the world in 2016 as compared to the pre-crisis record in 2008. International tourism receipts […]
Kandima Maldives introduces advanced technology to enhance guest experience
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Kandima Maldives has announced that it will use state of the art guest relations technology in order to elevate their guest’s experience. The new Kandima property management system is the first of its kind – it is smart unobtrusive technology that makes a guest’s stay smoother, and the new RFID wristband will allow them […]
