A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
The Maldives Inland Revenue Authority has published a Tax Ruling (Number TR-2017/G42) on 9 October 2017 which amends Section 54 of the Goods and Services Tax Regulation to allow complimentary supplies without any imposition of GST for a period of 7 days. Prior to this amendment, GST was not imposed on goods or services supplied […]
Laniakea Tech has introduced Maldives Butler, which will be the future of Customer Experience & Reputation Management in Hotel Industry of Maldives. “Currently over 2000 beds across the country use Maldives Butler & we expect it to reach over 20,000 beds by 2020 catering to over a million hotel guests,” said Ali Akhthar, CEO of Laniakea Tech. […]
A ceremony to appreciate and recognise staff performance of the company, “HR awards 2017” was held by MTCC in Hotel Jen on the 12th of October 2017. MTCC continues to recognise the hard work by their staff regularly awarding them in the past as well. This year’s ceremony was held for awarding recognition to staff […]
TTG Incontri – Source: MMPRC Maldives is promoting its tourism products and properties at the TTG Incontri fair in Italy. According to lead exhibitor Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC), a total of 38 representatives from 21 companies from the tourism industry visited Italy in order to take part in the travel trade fair […]
Maldives is set to display their offering’s at ITB Asia, the most anticipated travel trade show in Asia. Notable attendees include Local tourism pioneer group Crown and Champa Resorts, Banyan Tree Hotels and Resorts Maldives and the upcoming Emerald Maldives Resort and Spa are all set to portray their products at ITB Asia 2017 which […]
Maldives Association of Travel Agents and Tour Operators (MATATO) has announced that they are to take part at the Outbound Travel Roadshow 2018, India. OTR is a pure B2B meet, where leading tour agents and tour operators as buyers who do outbound travel. The Buyer data is reviewed and the most potential buyers for the […]
Taj Exotica Resort & Spa Maldives What is a proven method or formula of success? This is a question most of us have asked at some point in our lives and careers. Some of us have looked above, down and beyond for a secret recipe that will make it easier to cook up success and […]
Ministry of Economic Development of Maldives has announced that they are to host their prime investment event “Maldives Investment Forum” on the 18th of December 2017 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The government of Maldives announced that they are to host the 4th annual Investment Forum on the 14th of September 2017, although the host […]
Bank of Maldives has announced that it will provide payment capability for the new passport card which is being issued to Maldivian citizens. The new card was officially launched by the President of Maldives, H.E. Abdulla Yameen, at a ceremony held at the President’s Office today. The passport card, in addition to being an internationally […]