A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
In adherence to the ongoing “Rediscover Maldives…the sunny side of life” campaign, Visit Maldives has started a digital campaign with Zomato for the Middle Eastern region. The purpose of this two-week campaign is to capitalize on the platform’s large audience of 500,000 users, to build awareness and recall for the Maldives through digital and social media […]
#LaamafaruFestival2020 is a community-driven social media campaign that was launched on 1st December 2020. The campaign, under the theme #EkuEkyDhasKerama or ‘learning from each other’, aims to empower Laamu Atoll’s community to utilize digital communication for educating and inspiring one another, despite the current uncertainty and travel restrictions. For the past four years, the Maldives […]
In an enforcement action initiated by Habib Bank Limited, Male, the bank is proceeding to sell and transfer the leasehold rights (head leasehold rights) over the island of Maagaa, in North Ari Atoll. The island is reported to be small in size measuring some 2.8h in land area. What adds value to the property seems to […]
Baros Maldives has again been recognized internationally by winning World Travel Awards at Regional and International levels. Even though 2020 has been a difficult and challenging year for the tourism industry Baros, with its experience of more than 40 years as a Maldivian luxury island resort, has been recognized with three prestigious awards for upholding […]
Sun Siyam has appointed Ms Aisha Faiz as Chief Operating Officer for its group of companies. Aisha has over two decades of experience in Finance and Business. She completed her Bachelor of Science (Honors) (Magna Cum Laude) in Business Management from Marymount Manhattan College in New York, USA. She also went on to complete her Masters in […]
Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC) has signed as the official partner for Maldives Virtual Tour. Maldives Virtual Tour is the breathtaking 360° virtual tours of the Maldives offering travellers the chance to experience the Maldives like never before with over 2000 virtual tours of more than 150 islands and the chance to book […]
Hideaway Beach Resort & Spa has implemented a program called the Safe Hideaway Programme in step with their re-opening just a few days ago. A comprehensive action plan has been enacted which covers social distancing, health, hygiene, and enhanced sanitization across the entire guest journey. In addition to that, the resort also offers a free PCR test for 2 […]
A recent bill submitted on behalf of the government to the Parliament underlines a number of drastic changes to tourism land rent laws. Instead of taking one single rent rate across the Maldives, rent taken from various atolls will differ – the further away from Male’ it is, the lower the rental rate will be. […]
Lily Beach Resort and Spa Maldives has won the Maldives’ Leading All-Inclusive Resort title at the World Travel Awards for the fifth year in a row. The latest award was presented at the 27th Annual World Travel Awards Programme. Lily Beach team said, “We are delighted that the resort has been crowned the Maldives’ Leading All […]