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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Hurawalhi Island Resort has announced an extravagant list of activities to celebrate World Turtle Day, including a special tour. The recently opened resort said it will kick off World Turtle Day, which falls on May 23, with a sand sculpture competition for the staff. The winner will receive a sea turtle adoption certificate. Following this, […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The tourism ministry has announced a security workshop targeting the tourism sector. The Tourism Security Enhancement Workshop will be held May 24, at the Dharubaaruge convention centre. Top officials from resorts and hotels, international and domestic airport operators, domestic airline operators, and relevant government and non-governmental authorities have been invited to participate in the day-long workshop, […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Coco Palm and Coco Bodu Hithi is set to host Herbert Nitsch, the current freediving world record holder, as part of celebrations to mark World Oceans Day. The celebration, marked annually on June 8, will feature talks and practical sessions by Nitsch. Nitsch will be hosted in Coco Palm Dhuni Kolhu and Coco Bodu Hithi, […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Lux* Resorts & Hotels has appointed Afeef Hussain as the new Regional Director for Training, Development, and Quality Assurance. Prior to the promotion, he served as the Director of Training, Development and Quality Assurance. In his new post, Afeef will be responsible for the overall strategy and execution of all training, team and organisational development […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Maldives has recorded a 4.3% increase in tourist arrivals in the first quarter this year, compared to the January to March period in 2016. However, arrivals saw a slight drop of 2.1% in March, compared to the same period last year. Despite the slight decline in arrivals during March, the months prior to that saw […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The St. Regis Maldives Vommuli Resort has appointed Alexander Blair as the new General Manager. Blair joins The St. Regis Maldives having been the Complex General Manager of Al Faisaliah Hotel in Saudi Arabia since 2014. Prior to this, he held managerial roles at Oriental Residence Bangkok and HPL Hotels & Resorts, Maldives. He brings […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The novel concept of dining in a pop-up restaurant has taken on a new dimension at Baros Maldives with the introduction of a pop-up restaurant on a sandbank outside the resort’s lagoon. Pop-up restaurants have appeared on city streets, wilderness parks and now, for the first time, on a secluded sandbank in the Indian Ocean, […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Portraying an atmosphere of amicable hospitality, the staff that welcomed us to the breathtaking retreat of One & Only Reethi Rah were testament to the warm environment encompassing the island. Greeting us with generous smiles at the sun kissed pier at One & Only Reethi Rah, they exhibited a harmonious level of co-existence, privy only […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Finolhu and Amilla Fushi – operated by The Small Maldives Island Co. – has collaborated with Ibrahim Shameel from the Olive Ridley Project (ORP) and held special turtle conservation programmes. As part of the programme, Shameel was welcomed to the two properties as a visiting hero, and held special turtle excursions, said TSMIC. During his […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Privilege Club, the frequent flyer programme of Qatar Airways, has been voted the Best Rewards Programme for the Middle East, Asia and Oceania region in the sixth annual FlyerTalk Awards. FlyerTalk is a community of more than half a million businesses and leisure travellers dedicated to finding and sharing elite-level knowledge of air, hotel and […]