A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Maldives Marketing and PR Corporation (MMPRC) signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Indonesia’s Gecko Digital to create and feature a 360 degree map of entire Maldives on the state owned corporation’s website. Gecko Digital was assigned a duration of one year to complete the project. Post MOU signing the acting Managing Director of MMPRC, […]
As the resorts across the Maldives celebrate the festive season, a strong demand from visitors spending Christmas and New Year in the Maldives has been recorded. From November, tourist arrivals started increasing as the festive season came closer. The peak season will last until April. While the duration is cold winter in a majority of […]
Crown & Champa Resorts has signed as a Premium Exhibitor for the 2nd edition of International Travel Trade Show of Maldives (TTM). Established in 2000, Crown & Champa Resorts “CCR” is a trade name for a group of resort hotels in the Republic of the Maldives, owned and operated by various Maldivian and foreign partners. […]
The St. Regis Maldives Vommuli Resort has launched their own luxurious yacht. The five-star Starwood property has commissioned a custom-made Azimut Flybridge 66 and is expected to sail soon. Named Norma Three, the Azimut Flybridge 66 is the first Azimut model to be specially commissioned by a hotel as well as one of the world’s […]
Reethi Faru, a brand new 4-star resort situated on the island of Filaidhoo in Raa Atoll has opened its doors to guests. The first group of guests arrived on the 20th December 2017 and was given a grand welcome. The property which received its name from the stunning house reef (Reethi Faru) which is just […]
In 1884, real estate magnate John Jacob Astor IV purchased what was then the largest yacht in the world. He named it Nourmahal—shortened to Norma—after the heroine in a Thomas Moore poem; he eventually passed it down to his son, and later it was loaned to the U.S. Navy during World War I. In honor […]
During the past few years, the Maldives have grown into one of the hottest tourist destinations in the world. Each and every year, consumers from far and wide travel to the coral islands. These islands, which are situated in the Indian Ocean, have managed to attract attention from far and wide. Despite being unknown to […]
Angiri Resorts has signed as a Premium Exhibitor for the 2nd edition of International Travel Trade Show of Maldives (TTM). Angiri Resorts hold three exquisite resorts of 4 star, located in South Ari Atoll – Anganga Island Resort, North Ari Atoll – Safari Island Resort, and North Male’ Atoll – Thulhagiri Island Resort; which are […]
WHEN I first sat down with my fiance to map out our honeymoon plans, there was one location that she just couldn’t let go of: The Maldives. “Oh sh*t,” I thought. Not because I didn’t want to go, but all I’d ever heard apart from it being pure paradise, was that it was extremely expensive. […]