Author: Mohamed Reehaan
Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC) participates at the Travel Trade Maldives 2022, in a bid to connect with local and international tourism stakeholders. TTM is regarded as one of the biggest travel trade events in the Maldives, comprising of hybrid activities and different events including the TTM Connect, TTM Travel Summit. In addition to these, the event culminates with an awards and gala eve. The annual event sees over 3,000 pre-scheduled meetings, held among over 500 travel trade professionals. These meetings conclude with over USD1 billion worth contracts discussed. The 2022 edition of TTM Connect proceeds at Meerumaa…
Regional Airports Company (RACL) inaugurates their aviation academy, which includes the first automatic fire simulator in the Maldives. Basal works of the simulator was conducted by former Fire and Safety Director of RACL, the late Ahmed Fayaz. Active work on the simulator commenced under Fayaz’s supervision in August 2021. To recognize and applaud the diligence of Mr. Fayaz, the company’s board of directors and Managing Director agreed to name the simulator as ‘Ahmed Fayaz Fire Simulator.’ The aviation academy of RACL adheres all mandatory regulations, and is a fully capable academy to run aviation-related courses. The academy’s initiative kicked off…
Banyan Tree Vabbinfaru announces a new extensive range of wellness activities at the resort. Starting from August 2022, the new wellness activities are part of enhancing the guest experience, says Banyan Tree. At the resort, the new rollout of wellness activities are spearheaded by Dr. Tomson Jose, the in-house Wellbeing Manager. New activities include ‘Ocean Breath’, a guided meditation session at the beach for travelers. Other activities include spinal stretch, Core Pilates, posture alignment and body tension release. The resort also announces two new physical activities as part of the wellness offerings; Fat Blast and Island Trail.
The Ooredoo Experience Center (OEC) and Club Premier Lounge at Addu City Hithadhoo reopened on Monday, 22nd August, post significant upgrades to the establishment. The center and lounge premises have been upgraded to reflect Ooredoo’s new tagline ‘Upgrade Your World’, which is the company’s most contemporary effort in providing digital services to the expanding customer base in the southern-most city. The center is situated at Hithadhoo link-road. Designed to ensure spacious area for visiting customers to experience the latest and best in Ooredoo offerings, says the company. Monday’s reopening was officiated by the company’s CEO Khalid Al Hamadi and Chief…
State Trading Organization (STO) launches new ‘Magey Hiyaa’ promotion at STO People’s Choice. Discounts under the promotion are set through three major categories, and the promotion will last from 22nd August until 10th November. The categories include; For purchases between MVR15,000 to MVR25,000 – 12% discount on products For purchases between MVR25,000 to MVR35,000 – 15% discount on products For purchases between MVR35,000 and above – 18% discount on products In addition to price discounts, customers making purchases worth MVR5,000 and above will receive a lucky-draw coupon. The first place winner of the lucky-draw will receive MVR20,000 in cash price,…
Bank of Maldives (BML) on Monday, 22nd August, announced that its American Express debit cards are now accepted worldwide. American Express card types in the Maldives has been launched exclusively for domestic use until now. The card type now can be linked to USD accounts for foreign purchases online and overseas – the transactions daily default limit is USD3,000. Bank of Maldives, acting in-charge and acting MD Aishath Noordeen, “As part of our long-standing partnership with American Express, we are pleased to extend our existing debit card product by providing acceptance at all American Express merchants worldwide.” “Today’s announcement underscores…
The widely anticipated Game of Thrones prequel ‘House of the Dragon’ attracted an onslaught of viewers, straining the streaming service on Sunday evening. Bloomberg’s Chen and Palmeri reports over 3,000 outage reporting across the global monitoring service Downdetector at 09:00hrs local time in New York; coinciding with ‘House of the Dragon’ premiere. Meanwhile, a Warner Bros Discovery Inc. representative notes that the show is being “successfully viewed” by millions on subscribers. The parent company of HBO Max further in a statement said, “We’re aware of a small portion of users attempting to connect via Fire TV devices that are having…
Tourist arrivals to the Maldives exceed over 1.02 million as of 17th August 2022, reports Ministry of Tourism. According to the ministry’s recent statistical update, annual arrivals hit 1,028,467 by the review date. This marks an annual increment of 47.9% in comparison with same period last year that had an arrival total of 695,406. Despite tourism arrival breaching the millionth mark, arrivals remain 4.8% below pre-pandemic levels in 2019; during which annual arrivals stood at 1,080,128. Meanwhile, the daily arrival average in annual terms is at 4,491 while from 1st to 17th August it is at 4,806. Average duration of…
The national carrier of Kuwait is set to launch its direct flights to the Maldives. Kuwait Airways will launch their flight operations with a bi-weekly basis, officially on 31st October. The airline will use their Airbus A320 class commercial carriers for the service. The Western Asian nation’s airline is the latest from the region to launch its direct flight services to the Maldives. Meanwhile UAE’s budget carrier Wizz Air is set to launch their operations to the Maldives by last quarter of 2022 as well. Middle-East, an emerging tourism market, continues with rapid tourist arrival improvement to the island nation.…
Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC) concludes a three-month long campaign with Turkish Airlines. The campaign kicked off in February 2022, in efforts to position Maldives as a top-of-the-mind destination in Turkish market. The efforts were on targeted consumers to increase Maldives brand awareness and destination presence. Under the campaign, 30-second promo videos of the Maldivian tourism products played before the beginning of each available inhouse flight entertainment system on all Turkish Airlines’ flights. The video aired across 44,800 Turkish Airlines’ flights, with estimates of 11.2 million views.