Tourism promotion officials in Maldives are preparing to host a grand virtual event to kick-start the island nation's efforts to reopen its lucrative tourism industry. Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC) said the "Maldives, The Sun Will Shine Again" event will take...

Government of Maldives has closed its borders and declared lockdowns under its efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19. As a result, several companies have opted for lay-offs, redundancy, and salary cuts to cover expenditures. As the lockdown prolongs the unemployment rate is expected to swell while...

Thank you for all your replies to the opinion article I shared a few weeks ago, ‘How Maldivian Tourism can Survive COVID-19’. I appreciate all the messages of support. However, I realize that some readers misconstrued the points I was making and judged the piece as elitist. Whilst the top 30...

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United Nations Development Fund (UNDP) identified Maldives as one of the most vulnerable countries in the face of a pandemic, based on the island nation's rigid economic dependency on the tourism

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For restaurants, it is important to stay connected with customers both now and as you begin to reopen and adjust to the "new normal" after this COVID-19 pandemic. Your customers are as eager to get back in your restaurants as you are to start serving them again.

As hotel asset managers, we are able to work alongside hotel owners and operators to guide a hotels' recovery from COVID-19. We can use our expertise to guide and create a re-opening action plan, bring back the hotel's property value, and enhance communication between the owner and the management...

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