A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has ratified the 10th amendment to the Maldives Tourism Act, outlining key changes in how islands are allocated for tourism purposes. The amendment was passed by the Parliament at the 28th sitting of its third session, on 07th December 2020. The new amendment vests the President with the powers to allocate […]
The Ministry of Tourism has announced that it is planning to lease four islands of the Maldives for tourism purposes. In a tweet on Thursday, the Ministry said that the four islands will be leased from four different atolls. The islands are to be announced on December 27. The government has previously announced 29 islands […]
The Maldives has registered its first Butler Academy, to develop and specialize professionals in the tourism and hospitality industry. Ministry of Tourism officially recognized the Maldives Butler Academy today with an agreement signing, at a special function held at the Ministry of Tourism. On behalf of the Ministry, the Minister of Tourism, Honorable Dr Abdulla […]
Ace Aviation Services Maldives, the General Sales Agent for SriLankan Airlines in the Maldives and sister company Ace Travels Maldives clinched 3 key awards at this year’s virtual edition of South Asian Travel Awards held on December 15, 2020. Ace Aviation Services Maldives was awarded as the “Leading GSA Service Provider” and Ace Travels Maldives for both the categories, “Leading PSA Service Provider” and “Leading Outbound Travel […]
Constance Moofushi Maldives has promoted Daniel Agathine to its Executive Chef position. Daniel is an accomplished Executive Sous Chef with a strong combination of culinary experience and management skills. Able to offer extensive experience in food preparation for a la carte and banquets while managing a multicultural and diverse workforce. He possesses exemplary customer service skills and has […]
Visit Maldives, in collaboration with industry stakeholders, has participated in a webinar series organized by the Japan Association of Travel Agents (JATA). This series was conducted on a one destination per webinar basis, in which a Maldives-focused three-hour session took place on the 16th of December 2020. The purpose of this event was to relay […]
The Ritz-Carlton Maldives, Fari Islands supports the local community by donating books to Dhonbandarain pre-school of Huraa, a neighboring local island in commemoration of the International Volunteer Day 2020 for Social and Economic Development, an international observance mandated by the United Nations since 1985. Valuing this year’s theme ‘Together We Can Through Volunteering’, the Ladies […]
Dhiraagu has introduced a special year-end promotion for their prepaid customers. Dhiraagu customers can now enjoy 100 per cent extra data once they activate the prepaid data 75 mini bundles. Under this offer, each customer will receive 3GB data instead of 1.5GB, once the bundle is activated. The promotion will continue till 10th January 2021. […]
Maldives tourism moves forward this holiday season where the destination is looking forward to breaking yet another record of welcoming over 5,000 tourist arrivals in a day. According to Maldives Airports Company Limited (MACL), the World’s Leading Destination 2020 will welcome 5,831 tourists today. With 122,245 tourist arrivals since border reopening, Maldives has welcomed a […]