The GM’s View: Vishal Singh, General Manager- Taj Exotica Resort and Spa Maldives
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Vishal Singh is the General Manager at Taj Exotica Resort and Spa Maldives. With a hospitality background that spans two decades, he kicked off his career with Taj in Mumbai. He hopped up the ranks through F&B and has overseen several properties in India before arriving in the Maldives in March 2012. An experienced hotelier, […]
Silvia Collepardi – Director of Sales & Marketing, Outrigger Konotta
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]HM: Your educational background is in tourism, even your bachelor’s degree to some extent. What was the pull (of tourism)? When did you get interested? Was there ever a point when you thought that ‘this is what I’m going to do with the rest of my life?’ SC: I am from a little town in […]
Abdul Wahid Thowfeeq – Managing Director, Dhivehi Insurance Company Pvt Ltd
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Dhivehi Insurance Company is a new player in the insurance market, led by Abdul Wahid Thowfeeq – an innovative and masterful entrepreneur, with his sights on furthering the needs of their customers to the next level. Dhivehi Insurance Company is a new indigenous brand embedded in our traditional culture of great service coupled with modern […]
Taha Bouqdib, President & CEO, Co-Founder of TWG Tea
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]One of the most renowned tea innovators in the world, Taha has over 20 years of experience in the luxury tea industry and is passionate about introducing the world to the finest quality teas, and continually interacts and dialogues with tea planters to yield new and exceptional teas adapted to the tastes of modern tea […]
The Story of #MyBeachClubHaven
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]“I have always wanted to have an island of my own,” said Mark, “to create something out of nothing!” Suckling on the signature crab dish at the Fish and Crab Shack of The Small Maldives Island Co.’s newest property Finolhu, Mark Hehir, CEO and Curator of Amilla Fushi and Finolhu said having the opportunity to […]
The GM’s View: Ventaka Giri, Ozen by Atmosphere at Maadhoo Maldives
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Hotelier interviews the General Manager of OZEN by Atmosphere at Maadhoo Maladives, Ventaka Giri, over a cup of warm morning coffee at The Palms, chatting about his background, what went into the conception of the resort as we sought hints on what the future may hold… How did you first venture into the Hospitality Industry? To […]
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 […]
Renate Hermes, Group Spa Director/Co-Owner of Duniye Spas
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Renate Hermes is Group Spa Director and Co-Owner of Duniye Spas, a company founded in 2002 by a group of international hotel owners. With spas at ten locations in the Maldives, Duniye Spas is currently one of the leading spa management and consultancy companies here in the Maldives. Originally from Germany, Renate joined Duniye Spas […]
The GM’s View: Anton Birnbaum, W Maldives
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Anton Birnbaum is the General Manager of W Maldives. An Austrian native, he has worked for major brands such as T-Mobile, DO & CO or SPAR in Austria prior to joining the Starwood team. Birnbaum was promoted to the top position after serving eight years as Executive Assistant Manager at Le Méridien Vienna, where he […]
The GM’s View: Rein W.M van Zandvoort, OBLU by Atmosphere at Helengeli
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Rein W.M van Zandvoort has worked in the travel and tourism industry for over 22 years. Hailing from Holland, Rein first got the opportunity to work at the famous brand Sheraton in Russia. He has since worked at hotels and resorts in Kuwait, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Singapore and a few resorts in the Maldives, including […]
GM’s View: Mohamed Hilmy, Sun Aqua Vilu Reef
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Mohamed Hilmy is the General Manager of Sun Aqua Vilu Reef, the flagship property of Sun Aqua. In this interview with Hotelier Maldives, Hilmy talks about his long career in the tourism sector, his observations regarding the various changes that has taken place within the industry over the years, and offers us his insights into […]
A brief conversation with Rith Aum-stievenard, Co-founder and COO of TWG Tea
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]At the Hotel Asia Exhibition & International Culinary Challenge held earlier this month, Hotelier Maldives caught up with Rith Aum-stievenard, the Co-founder and Chief Operations Officer of Singapore’s luxury tea brand TWG Tea. In our brief conversation, Rith talked about being a judge for the Tea Challenge, one of the newly introduced categories of the […]
