A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Additional 10 flights would port at Velana International Airport (VIA) following the winter season to European countries, according to state. Economic Minister Mohamed Saeed, who is in-charge of evaluating and monitoring the progress of airport’s development said that additional 10 flights will land at the international airport per day. However, he had not specified the […]
The Maldives Inland Revenue Authority has published a Tax Ruling (Number TR-2017/G42) on 9 October 2017 which amends Section 54 of the Goods and Services Tax Regulation to allow complimentary supplies without any imposition of GST for a period of 7 days. Prior to this amendment, GST was not imposed on goods or services supplied […]
Laniakea Tech has introduced Maldives Butler, which will be the future of Customer Experience & Reputation Management in Hotel Industry of Maldives. “Currently over 2000 beds across the country use Maldives Butler & we expect it to reach over 20,000 beds by 2020 catering to over a million hotel guests,” said Ali Akhthar, CEO of Laniakea Tech. […]
A ceremony to appreciate and recognise staff performance of the company, “HR awards 2017” was held by MTCC in Hotel Jen on the 12th of October 2017. MTCC continues to recognise the hard work by their staff regularly awarding them in the past as well. This year’s ceremony was held for awarding recognition to staff […]
TTG Incontri – Source: MMPRC Maldives is promoting its tourism products and properties at the TTG Incontri fair in Italy. According to lead exhibitor Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC), a total of 38 representatives from 21 companies from the tourism industry visited Italy in order to take part in the travel trade fair […]
Maldives is set to display their offering’s at ITB Asia, the most anticipated travel trade show in Asia. Notable attendees include Local tourism pioneer group Crown and Champa Resorts, Banyan Tree Hotels and Resorts Maldives and the upcoming Emerald Maldives Resort and Spa are all set to portray their products at ITB Asia 2017 which […]
State utility firm Fenaka has been fiercely criticised for power cuts in Addu City. Addu City, an atoll comprising six islands with a combined population in excess of 21,000, has been losing power for more than a week after four generators failed. The power cuts have triggered a probe, with Fenaka managing director Ahmed Shareef […]
Maldives Association of Travel Agents and Tour Operators (MATATO) has announced that they are to take part at the Outbound Travel Roadshow 2018, India. OTR is a pure B2B meet, where leading tour agents and tour operators as buyers who do outbound travel. The Buyer data is reviewed and the most potential buyers for the […]
The Maldives tax authority has reported a 10 percent decline in revenue for September 2017 compared to the same period in 2016. The revenue statistics for last month, published on Wednesday by the Maldives Inland Revenue Authority, records a total revenue of MVR989 million (US$64 million). MIRA recorded MVR1 billion in monthly revenue for 2016, […]