A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
W Maldives partners with the famous Reebok Women sports brand to host prominent influencers from seven countries, to redefine the notion of perfection via #PerfectNever campaign. On 25-27th August, Reebok Women invited 12 ladies from Southeast Asia and the Pacific to W Maldives as the faces and voices of their #PerfectNever campaign in the region, […]
I Just spent the first two weeks of September in the Maldives and everywhere I turned local surfers and tourists were boasting the line, “You should have been here yesterday”. You see, I arrived at beautiful Kandooma Resort, just south of the capital Male, a few days after the best fortnight of swell in the entire […]
The Bachchans during their Maldives vacation in 2016 Amitabh Bachchan’s 70th birthday bash in 2012 was a grand celebration befitting the shahenshah of Bollywood. As we inch closer to the megastar’s 75th birthday on October 11, reports suggested that he would be hosting a sit-down dinner for the who’s who of Bollywood at Film City. […]
Thai AirAsia along with All H Maldives and Maldives Getaways has hosted the 2nd Maldives Travel Fair in Bangkok Thailand as part of the Maldives Travel Fair that started off in Malaysia in September 2017. The Thai fair took place on the 28th of September 2017 at the Suvarnabhumi Airport in the capital city of […]
Milaidhoo Island has ocean villas with ‘secret’ rooftop loft decks Snooze in a floating hammock; watch the sunset from a glass-bottom outdoor bathtub; or paddle in a private infinity pool that seems to flow into the sea. It seems a shame to visit the Maldives and not go the whole hog by splashing out on […]
There are times when a few days out the office become less of a treat, and more a necessity. High-flying jobs come with plenty of responsibility and stress, but there are limits to what even the most talented executive can manage before burn-out sets in. Fortunately, the region is set right in the middle between […]
Drift Thelu Veliga Retreat is a new four-star resort in the Maldives There are 20 wooden villas over the ocean and ten villas on land There are no televisions in the rooms, no gym and no swimming pool Thank goodness the Drift Thelu Veliga Retreat, a new four-star resort in the Maldives, decided not to […]
She is married to Rob Tickle and has three boys, Bobby, seven, Harry, four, and Charlie three. MOST MEMORABLE HOLIDAY When I got engaged in the Maldives. It was the best experience ever. I was 24 and I’d never seen a place that was so beautiful, it was just paradise. We didn’t have any children […]
Tourist arrivals to the Maldives increased by 5.9 percent as traditional European markets offset a decline in Chinese holidaymakers. According to the tourism ministry, 892,025 tourists visited the Maldives between January and August this year, up from 842,635 for the same period in 2016. The European market made up 45.9 percent of all tourists who […]