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The Ritz-Carlton Maldives, Fari Islands appoints Oscar Postma as General Manager
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Maldives sees decreases across the 3 key performance metrics: STR
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Asia Pacific hotel performance for Q3 2016, September 2016 Hotels in the Asia Pacific region recorded mixed Q3 2016 results when reported in U.S. dollar constant currency, according to data from STR. Compared with Q3 2015, the Asia Pacific region reported a 1.9% increase in occupancy to 71.3%. However, average daily rate was down 1.9% to […]






