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Resorts

Tourists at a guesthouse

Guesthouse business in distress, amidst the unrest

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The original Dhivehi article was published on Avas.mv website on 7th February 2018. The following is a loose translation: This was also how the Maldives was in February 2012. At that time’s political unrest, it really affected the Maldives’ economic backbone, the tourism industry. A lot of important markets were lost. 6 years later. It […]

Pres yameen

Maldives pres aims to unveil 50 resorts before term end

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President Yameen at the official opening ceremony of Mercure Maldives Kooddoo Resort in Gaafu Alif atoll. PHOTO/PRESIDENT’S OFFICE President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom proclaimed on Wednesday that it is a great aspiration of his administration to unveil 50 tourist resorts before the end of this presidential term. In his address to mark this year’s World […]

ROOMIE – ready to digitize Maldives’ hospitality

ROOMIE – ready to digitize Maldives’ hospitality

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ROOMIE’s AVPs Fytra Aziz (C) and Alvin Lee (L), and Win Solutions’ MD Mohamed Naseem (L-2) pictured at the guesthouse conference 2017. In an ever-changing world that is becoming more digitized day by day, the tourism industry of the Maldives tirelessly strives to keep up. As the main driving force of the archipelago’s economy, it […]