MACL Appoints New CEO and MD

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Maldives Airports Company Limited (MACL) has appointed Gordon Andrew Stewart as the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of the company. Stewart is a British national with over 30 years of international management experience in Aviation and transportation industry across Europe, MENA, Asia and North America, including 20 years at Executive and Board Level. […]

Sun Bum Sunscreen: Bottling Summer

Whether you’re cooling off from the beach or packing for a long summer vacation, Sun Bum products cater to every sun lover’s needs. Launched in 2010, Sun Bum caters to the environmentally conscious individual who cares about their impact on the world. With offices in Coco Beach, Florida and Encinitas, California, the company ensures all […]

Astrabon Launches Credit Scheme for Resorts

The exclusive distributor in the Maldives for several established brands of cutlery and kitchen utensils and equipment, Astrabon Pvt Ltd is offering up to 3 months credit for resorts and guest houses starting operations after the shutdown of the economy due to COVID-19. The offer is also open to liveaboard operators.  Commenting on the scheme, […]

Emerging Destinations: Huvadhoo Atoll

Why should the beauty of Maldives be confined to just the North? It has many spots that deserve a visit. Thanks to better transport and development of resorts the area is becoming popular among tourists. Tourism began flourishing in the Maldives since 1970s when resorts near the capital city emerged. They had the advantage of […]

Tatiana Kozlova Appointed Director of Sales & Marketing at LUX* North Male’ Atoll Resort & Villas

LUX* North Malé Atoll Resort & Villas has appointed Tatiana Kozlova as Director of Sales & Marketing, overseeing the Sales, Marketing, Public Relations and Communications functions of the resort.   Responsible for driving sales revenue targets and streamlining business development efforts, Tatiana had amassed over 15 years of luxury hospitality experience from working with several five-star […]

Hideaway Beach Resort & Spa to Resume Operations from 1st September 2020

Lily Hotels Pvt Ltd, Maldives has announced the re-opening of Hideaway Beach Resort & Spa at Dhonakulhi Island from 1st September 2020.  “Exciting and emotional to see the energy of our associates, as we welcomed back our employees and are re- opening our doors for our esteemed guests starting from 1st September 2020. We remain […]

Acquiring a Maldives Resort: 7 Factors

As we look forward to unlocking our borders, reopening the country for tourists and salvaging the economy from the crisis inflicted on it by Covid-19, conversations from strategic and financial buyers are making subtle hints at the prospects of economic opportunity borne out of the pandemic. In addition to the prospects over likely debt financing […]

Vittaveli Relaunched as OZEN Reserve Vittaveli Maldives

The Indian Ocean hospitality group, Atmosphere Hotels & Resorts has launched OZEN RESERVE VITTAVELI in South Male Atoll, Maldives; establishing its uber-luxe brand – THE OZEN COLLECTION. Following the success of OZEN MAADHOO since 2016, the Atmosphere group continues their bold expansion of the OZEN brand with the addition of Vittaveli Resort and relaunch an […]

Salah Shihab, Four Decades of Steering Voyages

In a career spanning 40 years, Salah Shihab has led Voyages Maldives, a pioneering company and industry leader in the safari (boating) industry of the Maldives. He has also diversified the business into hotel supplies and agriculture in the latter part of the company’s trajectory. One of the first Maldivian graduates in economics, from the […]

EIB to lend €20 million towards sustaining SMEs in tourism industry

The loan is a part of Team Europe efforts to speed up the post-COVID-19 economic recovery of the Maldives, improve access to finance and reinforce the local banking sector. The first COVID-19 recovery support activity in Asia supports the two sectors contributing up to 40% of the Maldives’ GDP. The European Investment Bank (EIB) has […]

Spa by PHYTOMER

Natural skin care; from the ocean to the skinOnly at Pullman Maldives Maamutaa Pullman Maldives Maamutaa Resort partners with transformational French brand PHYTOMER to introduce Pullman Spa by PHYTOMER, an innovative brand with the Ocean at its core and intertwined in everything they do – leading the way in revolutionary skincare. PHYTOMER scientists are the […]

Sheraton Maldives Wins Three Awards

Sheraton Maldives Full Moon Resort & Spa has been crowned the Regal winner of ‘World Class Family Resort’ and “World Class Island Resort” as well as the Royal winner of “World Class Private Island Resort” by 2020 MUSE Hotel Awards. Fending off stiff competition from across the globe, Sheraton Maldives Full Moon Resort & Spa […]

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