Maldives to sign an agreement with UAE to end Double Taxation on imports
The Maldivian government is in talks with the UAE to bring about an end to the double tax from the goods imported from UAE by...
Maldives Medical and Health Expo 2016
Mv Medicals in association with MedLife Asia has announced to launch its first ever Maldives Medical and Health Expo 2016. The briefing ceremony held at...
Maldives wins ‘Best Island’ at the Condé Nast Traveller, Readers’ Travel Awards 2016
Maldives wins three awards at the 2016 Condé Nast Traveller, Readers’ Travel Awards in London reaffirming its position as one the world’s preferred destinations.
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Moody’s assigns first-time B2 issuer rating to the Government of Maldives
Moody's Investors Service has today assigned first-time local and foreign-currency issuer ratings of B2 to the Government of the Maldives. The rating outlook is...
MATATO To Host Dr. Freeman in Maldives on Sunday
Maldives Association of Travel Agents, MATATO will be hosting Dr. Joel Freeman on Sunday, 4th September 2016, for a one day seminar for managers,...
CTL Strategies starts publishing “Tax Alert”
Leading tax advisory firm, CTL Strategies has started a new publication called ‘Tax Alert’. This is part of their ongoing effort to keep public...
MATATO to participate in ITB-Berlin’s first co-branded India show “BITB”
MATATO will participate in ITB-Berlin's first co-branded India show BITB. ITB Berlin launched its co-branded India show, Bharat International Tourism Bazaar, the first pure...
India’s No 1 travel site “MakeMyTrip” will participate in BML Guesthouses Maldives Conference 2016
“MakeMyTrip Inc” has confirmed participation in the Guesthouses Maldives Conference 2016. Taking place in 24th September 2016, “Guesthouses Maldives Conference” will be a one...
Online filing mandatory for taxpayers filing TGST and WHT returns
The MIRA, on Monday, has issued a Tax Ruling, making online filing mandatory for all taxpayers filing Tourism Goods and Services Tax and Withholding...
Allied signs agreement with Transport Ministry to provide hull insurance
Allied Insurance has signed an agreement with the Transport Authority of Maldives today to provide “Hull Insurance”, which would cover the damages caused by...
Sounds of Maldives Roadshow 2016 – 7th Edition in Bangkok
Sounds of Maldives has announced its 7th roadshow in Bangkok, Thailand this December. Sounds of Maldives, a local destination promoting talent brands, has successfully delivered...
India appoints a new central-bank Governor
by Afzal Mohamed
Mr.Urjit R. Patel the Indian Economist, Patel is appointed as the new governor of the India. Mr.Patel was serving as Deputy Governor...
Chinese hotels ordered block guests from five Muslim countries
Police have ordered some low-end hotels in the Chinese metropolis of Guangzhou not to allow guests from five Muslim-majority countries to stay, though China's...
Outrigger appoints John Allanson as General Manager in Maldives
Outrigger Enterprises Group has appointed John Allanson as the General Manager of the award-winning Outrigger Konotta Maldives Resort, an exclusive sanctuary of over-water bungalows...
Maldives Travel Awards: Sponsors & Partners sign on
by Zakwaan Naseem
The longest running travel awards in the Maldives; Maldives travel Awards or commonly known as the MATATO Travel Awards has signed on the...
Cheque clearance to be modernized in the country
Starting from the first of next month, the cheque issuing and clearance would be modernized and made faster with the introduction of the new...
Wellness tourism industry worth $500 billion – HICIO 2016
Delegates from the 3rd International Hospitality Investment Conference Indian Ocean (HICIO) have returned to Maldives from a successful event. The event took place in...
Maldives participates in the International Housekeepers’ Summit 2016
Clean India, a journal organizing the two-day International Housekeepers' Summit on "Redefining Housekeeping in Corporate Strategy", commences in Mumbai today with 200 corporate and executive housekeepers...
MED outsources Business Registration Services
The Ministry of Economic Development has partnered with 9 private sector parties, to outsource several services it offers to businesses; including registration of companies,...
Remittance tax on expatriates to be introduced
The President, on Thursday has ratified a bill that imposes a remittance tax of 3% on the money transferred abroad by expatriate workers, effective...
Tanintharyi Region government rejects bid to export sand to Maldives
The Tanintharyi Region government has rejected a recent proposal by Salt International Company to extract sand from Myeik district and export it to the...
MIRA to collect Green Tax from Guesthouses starting 1st October 2016
Guesthouses will be charged Green Tax on tourists for each day of their stay starting from 1 October 2016, under the eighth amendment to...
Close to majority of UAE residents eye traveling during Eid
A recent survey in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt conducted by YouGov revealed that 43% of Emirates’ residents are planning to travel during...
EAT.MV Magazine 2016 issue launched & announces “Food Forum” for next year
EAT.MV magazine 2016 issue has been released today at a event held at Dharubaaruge during Food & Hospitality Asia Maldives. The magazine was launched...
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