A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Ooredoo Maldives has launched Ooredoo Game Store, which it calls the first-ever mobile-based gaming store in the nation. Customers can easily download and play ad-free versions of trending games, it said. Subscriptions to the Ooredoo Game Store allow easy downloads of the latest Android & HTML5 games. Ooredoo has revealed three special offers to subscribe […]
Maldives is currently exhibiting at the World Travel Market (WTM) held in London, the United Kingdom from 6th- 8th November 2017. This year, 195 delegates from 70 companies across the Maldives tourism sector including Resorts, Hotels, Guest Houses, Travel Agencies, Associations, Airline Operators, are representing Maldives at the fair. The Maldives contingent is led by […]
Thiti Thongbenjamas, Chief Investment Officer of Singha Estate Public Company. spoke with David Ingles and Doug Krizner on their latest resort development in the Maldives. They are creating a more family oriented offering, which should benefit from the introduction of more flights from low cost carriers. Running time 03:55 Full details are available at the […]
Moody’s says the Maldives’ (B2 stable) announcement of a tap bond offering on its existing $200m 7.0% notes due 2022 will carry the B2 rating of the senior unsecured US dollar-denominated notes issued in June 2017, based on the preliminary prospectus. The senior unsecured notes will rank pari passu with all of the Government of […]
The Auditor General’s Forum is the Maldives’ national platform for all professional auditors and accountants to address strategic issues that are shaping the operating environment of organizations today and gain insights to effectively manage the associated risks of business. Invited to address the gathering were Sri Lankan professionals Arjuna Herath, Senior Partner Ernest & Young […]
She’s the glamorous AFL WAG who drew criticism on social media this week for not taking her two-year-old son, Aston, with her on a vacation to the Maldives. And Nadia Bartel has defended her’s and husband Jimmy’s decision to leave their progeny at home, admitting their choice of accommodation wasn’t ‘kid friendly.’ Taking to Instagram […]
The resort features 90 villas. © 2017 Hurawalhi Island Resort, Maldives “Honeymooning” without a husband is a skill I’ve mastered throughout my career. Traveling with or without my partner, I’ve marveled in my share of beautiful beach days, candlelit dinners and couples massages. Yet few destinations have the ability to dial up the romance during […]
State-owned China State Construction Engineering Corp will build 7,000 units of public housing in the Maldives, the largest public housing project there, Chinese media reported on Sunday. The project is located on Hulhumale Island, an artificial island, and the total construction area is 451,900 square meters, thepaper.cn said. The Chinese company will be an engineering, […]
She’s the glamorous AFL WAG who parades her picture-perfect life on social media. And on Friday, Nadia Bartel took to Instagram to share a photo of herself with footy star husband Jimmy as they holidayed together in the Maldives. However, the 33-year-old didn’t quite receive the praise she might have been expecting- promptly coming under […]