A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
With over 100 properties, 420 nominations and over 100,000 votes, the Maldives Association of Travel Agents and Tour Operators held the Annual Gala of the Maldives Travel Awards on Thursday, 23 November 2017 at Adaaran Select Hudhuranfushi. The year marked a landmark milestone for the sixth year of the annual awards, as the Maldives Travel […]
Costa neoClassica arrived at Mumbai Port Friday. (Express Photo by Ganesh Shirsekar) In a bid to woo Indian passengers to its cruises from Mumbai to Maldives, the Costa neoClassica has added Jain food to its buffet. The neoClassica, which arrived in Mumbai on Friday from Italy, will depart on a seven-day cruise to Male, Maldives […]
Ministry of Economic Development (MED) under its Enterprise Development initiative has been organising a set of Regional SME Finance Forum throughout Maldives. The 3rd Regional SME Finance Forum held for the businesses of Haa Dhaalu Atoll commenced on 25 November in Kulhudhuffushi. The forum was attended by 150 participants from all the islands of Haa […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on the vfp.mv website on 17th November 2017. The following is a loose translation: President Abdulla Yameen’s tenure began on 17th November 2013, and it is four years to this date. In President Yameen’s tenure, he has undertaken many developmental projects, however, many corruption allegations were also directed at […]
Maldives Travel Conference 2017, organised by Maldives Association of Travel Agents and Tour Operators (MATATO) together with TripAdvisor and hosted by Bandos Maldives was held on 23 November. The invitation-only conference kicked off at 11 am, with welcome and introduction to the event by Hostess of the conference Shafiyya Steinhilber. A speech by the president […]
Ministry of Tourism Maldives together with the Maldives Integrated Tourism Development Corporation (MITDC) is planning an integrated guesthouse project in K. Kaashidhoo. In a press conference held at MITDC on 23 November, Managing Director Mr Mohammed Shaahid said that discussion has been going on about dedicating a specific area of K. Kaashidhoo for the development […]
Corporate Maldives gathers the top 7 pieces of advice from the Gold 100 MD’s – the list of leading 100 companies in Maldives. ‘Gold 100’ is the most prestigious award given to the top performing companies, from each industry and from a list of 13,000 registered-companies in the Ministry of Economic Development. According to the Gold 100 Managing […]
Tourist arrivals to the Maldives exceeded one million during October, reaching 1,125,995 visitors so far in 2017. Some 127,986 tourists visited last month, up nine percent from October 2016, according to statistics released this week. The government hopes to welcome a record 1.5 million tourists in 2017, despite missing the same target during the past two years. With the […]
Six Senses Laamu is pleased to announce the opening of new dive center – Deep Blue Divers – owned and operated by the resort. By creating Deep Blue Divers, the resort will offer guests premier diving experiences in the lively and colorful reefs surrounding the resort and at the same time focus on enhancing guest […]