A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
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 […]
Dhiraagu TV, the most comprehensive nationwide TV service in the Maldives, has launched four Disney channels in the Maldives for the first time. Dhiraagu TV subscribers can now watch their favourite Disney stories and characters on Disney Channel, Disney International HD, Disney Junior and Disney XD. Disney Junior offers magical, musical and heartfelt stories and […]
The first issue of Sun Media Group’s travel magazine, ‘Maldive Islands’ has been launched today. The magazine was launched by the Chairman and Managing Director of Sun Siyam Group and Sun Media Group, Mr Ahmed Siyam Mohamed, at a special ceremony held in the STELCO auditorium on 21 December 2017. Chief Operations Officer of Sun […]
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 […]
While some of the techno gadgets such as Smartphones, Go Pro, Drones diffusion in the Maldives market is extremely fast, it takes longer to absorb economic and technical advances which are non-tangible. According to NPR, if you had bought $1000 worth of Bitcoin in 2010, that investment would be worth $20 million today. That is […]
Profit earned by banks in the Maldives increased by 14% during the third quarter of 2017. According to Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA), by the end of last quarter, a 14% increase in bank profits was recorded. The main reasons cited by the central bank are pending repayments collected for loans and growth in overall income […]