A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Corresponding with the China-Maldives free trade agreement, Maldivian travel agencies will be able to set up business in China and sell tour packages to tourist in China. As per the agreement, local travel agencies and tour operators from Maldives can set their base and operate from Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin in China. These tour operators […]
Laniakea Tech has partnered with Axisrooms, which is India’s largest technology provider for travel related services. AxisRooms offers breakthrough technology solutions in the arena of hotel business management and online booking. It provides platform for accommodation ranging from hotels to homestays to resorts and others. It is India’s first GDS ( Global Distribution System) technology provider for […]
BEIJING, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) — China and the Maldives agreed to strengthen cooperation on tourism, as Chinese Premier Li Keqiang met with the Maldives President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom in Beijing Thursday. “China has been the Maldives’ biggest source of tourists for seven consecutive years, and there is huge potential for more cooperation,” Li said. […]
The High Court has upheld an Employment Tribunal order for the reinstatement of 22 employees sacked from the Conrad Maldives Rangali Resort in June 2011. The posts of the dismissed workers were made redundant “due to the partial closure of its guest rooms for renovation and lower occupancies,” Conrad Rangali had insisted at the time, […]
There is a special characteristic instilled in almost all the Gold 100 Managing Directors – and something everyone should embrace. Corporate Maldives inquired about the one key character from the list of top 100 company MDs and the answer is crucial for success. Every day a new corporate entity (sole trader, partnership or a company) makes its […]
Tourism minister Moosa Zameer pictured speaking at a ceremony. PHOTO/MIHAARU Tourism minister Moosa Zameer announced Thursday that a bill proposing to gain trust and protect passenger rights will be submitted to the parliament next year. In a speech given on the occasion of International Civil Aviation Day, Zameer stated that the government was constantly working […]
Aerial view of HDh Kulhudhuffushi shows ongoing land reclamation. Six hectares of land reclaimed from the western lagoon of Haa Dhaal atoll Kulhudhuffushi and other preparations are fully underway to commence development of the island’s new airport. The government-initiated project to develop a domestic airport in Kulhudhuffushi requires the reclamation of six hectares of the […]
Ongoing reclamation of land to develop the link road between Hulhule and Hulhumale. PHOTO/HDC The Maldives and China on Thursday signed agreements to develop an Airport Economic Zone and a Joint Ocean Observation Station in the archipelago. The agreements were among 12 key contracts signed between the two countries during president Abdulla Yameen’s first state […]
President Abdulla Yameen (C) speaks at the Business Leaders Forum during his first state visit to China. PHOTO/PRESIDENT’S OFFICE The Maldives on Thursday signed an agreement with China to cooperate with the One Belt, One Road initiative spearheaded by China’s leader Xi Jinping. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed by the Maldives’ economic minister Mohamed […]