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Rochelle and Marvin Humes jet off to the Maldives with their daughters

Rochelle and Marvin Humes jet off to the Maldives with their daughters

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 Rochelle Humes took to Instagram on Thursday to share a series of sweet family photos from her and husband Marvin’s holiday over Christmas with their two daughters Rochelle and Marvin Humes certainly know how to make the most of the Christmas holidays! The celebrity couple have taken their two young daughters away to the Maldives […]

Laniakea Tech and Axisrooms to provide free Channel Manager software to all tourism service providers

Laniakea Tech and Axisrooms to provide free Channel Manager software to all tourism service providers

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Laniakea Tech has partnered with Axisrooms to provide Channel Manager software free of charge to all tourism service providers in the Maldives. Resorts, guesthouses and other similar service providers can enjoy benefits of the software until the end of 2018. Channel Manager provides users with one Platform to manage inventory and pricing of online travel agents […]

Bikini-clad Naomie Harris shows off her VERY impressive abs in sizzling yellow two-piece as she makes a splash during plush Maldives holiday

Bikini-clad Naomie Harris shows off her VERY impressive abs in sizzling yellow two-piece as she makes a splash during plush Maldives holiday

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She became a bona fide Hollywood superstar when she scooped the role of Miss Moneypenny in 2012 James Bond hit Skyfall.  And Naomie Harris proved she has all the credentials of a superstar over the Christmas week when she showed off her phenomenal physique in scanty swimwear while living it up at the plush LUX* South […]

The Republic of the Maldives Enjoys a Busy Holiday Period While Scooping Major Travel Awards as Best Place to Visit in 2017

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The Maldives has won a host of travel industry awards, confirming it as one of the most desirable tourist destinations in the world amid ambitious plans to increase its offering in 2018. Recent awards include the coveted Condé Nast Traveller ‘Best Islands for places to stay award’ as well as Best in Travel’s ‘Best Holiday […]

Suspicious death of Sri Lankan in Maldives

Suspicious death of Sri Lankan in Maldives

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Negombo City Coroner Dr Siri Jayantha Wickremaratne who held the preliminary inquiry into the death of a young man who died during a trip to the Maldives ordered police to produce before him the woman who had accompanied him on the journey. He decided that the circumstance that led to the death had not been […]

Growth in arrivals from U.S. is due to enhanced online marketing strategies: MMPRC

Growth in arrivals from U.S. is due to enhanced online marketing strategies: MMPRC

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Tourists arriving from the U.S. have been increasing due to more concrete online marketing techniques, according to the Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC). In an interview with Avas, Acting Managing Director of MMPRC Mr Haris Mohamed said that since 2015 MMPRC focused especially on online marketing and that the outcome can be seen […]

MATATO to partake in a roadshow that spans 3 cities across India

MATATO to partake in a roadshow that spans 3 cities across India

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Mr. Abdulla Ghiyas Riyaz, President of MATATO MATATO to participate in the Outbound Travel Roadshow set to be held in India in March 2018. The Outbound Travel Roadshow (OTR) will be held from 19 March 2018 – 22 March 2018 in Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Delhi. According to Maldives Association of Travel Agents and Tour Operators […]

Storm Keating flaunts her incredible figure in a sizzling red bikini alongside husband Ronan as they celebrate son Cooper’s first Christmas during idyllic Maldives getaway

Storm Keating flaunts her incredible figure in a sizzling red bikini alongside husband Ronan as they celebrate son Cooper’s first Christmas during idyllic Maldives getaway

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Feeling festive: Ronan Keating, 40, and his stunning wife Storm, 36, posted a number of candid shots of their sun-soaked Christmas Day in the Maldives with their eight-month-old son Cooper on Monday The welcomed their first child together on April 28 and haven’t let nursing a newborn stop them from travelling the world. Continuing their […]