A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Singapore-based airline SilkAir has announced the extension of their passenger flight schedules until the end of 2020, with flights to Malé in the Maldives to recommence from 1st December 2020. The operations are set to be served twice weekly by SilkAir from Singapore using the Boeing 737-800 from December. Tourism makes for a considerable percentage of […]
Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC) has launched a marketing campaign with several activities in South Korea to regain destination presence in the market and to increase arrivals from South Korea. Under the tagline ‘Rediscover Maldives’ MMPRC has launched an outdoor bus advertising campaign in Seoul, Rediscover Maldives online advertising and online promotion with […]
The Ministry of Tourism has revealed that the island nation has seen a steady improvement in its tourism industry since the reopening of its borders. As of 6th October, 223 tourist establishments have re-opened and started their operations. This is more than 24,000 beds in various tourist facility such as resorts, hotels and vessels. According […]
Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC) has re-commenced familiarization trips from major markets to the Maldives, under the theme “Rediscover Maldives …the sunny side of life.” The familiarization trips have resumed after its discontinuation due to the closing of borders and implementation of travel restrictions amidst the COVID-19 situation. The aim of the fam […]
Palm Beach Island Resort & Spa reveals that the resort has been in negotiations with the State Bank of India (Maldives) to come to a settlement in order to avoid foreclosure of the resort, and have been able to come to an acceptable agreement with the bank out of court against which the Resort has […]
The Maldives has won Asia’s Most Romantic Escape award in the first-ever Best of the Decade Awards 2020 held by Smart Travel Asia. The Smart Travel Asia Best in Travel Poll is a market research exercise that has run uninterrupted since 2005. It is an independent, free and fair reader poll covering airlines, airports, destinations and hotels. With […]
With the reopening of the Maldives’ borders on 15th July 2020, Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC) has launched an outdoor campaign in major parts of the UK to promote the destination as a safe haven for travellers, as travel resumes in the new normal. Under this 2-month long campaign, Maldives will be promoted […]
PC: Arushad Ahmed The Government of the Maldives represented by the Ministry of Tourism invites eligible investors, local or foreign, to submit their interest to develop a plot of 36 hectares of land in Uligan in Haa Alifu atoll as a tourist hotel with a yacht marina. Interested parties can attend the information session at […]
The popular resort chain Soneva celebrates its 25th anniversary today! On this day 25 years ago, the opening of Soneva Fushi created a whole new concept in the Maldives, called “Intelligent Luxury”. Soneva was founded by Sonu Shivdasani and Eva Malmström Shivdasani in 1995. In 2012, the Shivdasanis sold the Six Senses and Evason branded […]