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Ithaafushi Employees Receive Service Charge Over MVR 50,000 This Month

Ithaafushi Employees Receive Service Charge Over MVR 50,000 This Month

By Maldives Times 1 min read

Luxury brand resort run by the Hilton Group, Waldorf Astoria Ithaafushi has disbursed over MVR 50,000 to its employees in January 2021. According to information released by Resort Workers Maldives, Ithaafushi employees received USD 3,370 as service charge this month, which amounts to MVR 51,502.8. Following Ithaafushi on the list of resorts that paid the […]

Service Charge in Tourism Sector Mandatory from New Year

Service Charge in Tourism Sector Mandatory from New Year

By Maldives Times 8 min read

On New Year’s day, the law will make service charge a mandatory levy in the Maldives tourism sector. As many resorts and other tourism establishments prepare to implement the legal imposition, challenges are emerging in understanding what the law essentially says or what it precisely means. The difficulty is multiplied by the absence of rules […]