Closing Dubai Airport following crash landing cost $330m ($1 million a minute)
$330m - this is how much it may have cost Dubai when its main airport was shut for five and a half hours on...
AccorHotels participates in Youth Challenge 2016
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MIRA to introduce Advance Pricing Agreements
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“Dealing with people who drive you CRAZY” – Dr Joel Freeman in Maldives
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BHM Traders brings authentic Singapore OWL’s Kopitiam Roast & Ground coffee sachets to Maldives
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Youth Challenge 2016: over 500 job opportunities
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LUX* Resorts & Hotels appoints Dominik Ruhl Chief Operating Officer
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Kurumba Maldives Unveils Refurbished Main Pool Area
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Vacations Expo 2016 starts tomorrow
Maldives’ first travel exhibition, “Vacations Expo”, will start tomorrow, which will be held from 4 - 6 August at National Art Gallery.
The event is...
First half of 2016 sees a slump in occupancy of resorts while guesthouses on...
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Samsung officially launches the Galaxy Note 7
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Apollo Holdings Pvt Ltd unveils its first luxury real estate project ‘The Apollo Towers’
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Tourism declines, Construction and the Wholesale & Retail trade sectors increase – MMA
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Hurawalhi Maldives Resort to be powered by Solar Energy
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“Corporate Maldives Gold List” – Annual list of top companies of Maldives
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Maldives has highest internet penetration in South Asia: ITU
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Asia Pacific needs 814,000 new pilots, technicians & cabin crew by 2035
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Maldives Travel Awards’ application for nominations till 15th August
Maldives Association of Travel Agents & Tour Operators (MATATO) has extended the deadline of Maldives Travel Awards’ application for nominations till 15th August 2016.
During...
Malahini Kuda Bandos has finally arrived
Malahini Kuda Bandos, a medium ranged 4-star resort developed on the former picnic island has welcomed the first tourists last week.
Malahini Kuda Bandos resort offers well...
Construction of India’s first transshipment port begins, less than 500 km from proposed port...
Indian conglomerate Adani Group has started construction on India’s first trans-shipment port, Reuters reported. The Indian government will give the Adani Group a grant...
Dhiraagu first half net profit up by 22% to MVR 449 million
Dhivehi Raajjeyge Gulhun (Dhiraagu) has gained a net profit of MVR 449 million for company’s first half of 2016 (January to June of 2016).
Credited as the first...
Sri Lanka to abolish minimum hotel room rates next year
Sri Lanka’s often disputed minimum hotel room rates enforced many years ago in Colombo city to curb price cutting is to be terminated next...
STO makes first half net profit of MVR 191 million
State Trading Organization (STO) makes net profit of MVR 191 million during the first half of 2016. This
STO, in their second quarterly report, revealed...
STELCO eyes floating solar station
Considering that the Maldives receives an abundance of sunshine year-round, the country's vision to boost the installation of solar power should come as no...
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