Friday Jul 11 | South Asian Media Net
SL, Maldives for strengthening ties
MALE: Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama discussed the prospects to establish air travel between the capital cities of all SAARC countries with an aim of strengthening political leadership within the SAARC ...
Friday Jul 11 | South Asian Media Net
Employment Act becomes effective
MALE: For the first time in its history, Maldives has begun to act on its Employment Act.
President opens Manafaru resort
MALE: President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom yesterday said that the tourism sector is expanding rapidly across the country.
Voter lists linked to polls date
MALE: The list of people who have rights to vote in the upcoming presidential election could only be announced after the date for holding the election has been decided, Elections Commission revealed yesterday.
5,400 staff goes against Employment Act
MALE': Over 5,000 employees at Maldivian tourist resorts have petitioned the human rights commission to protest over their exclusion from new entitlements under the employment act, due to come into effect this ...
Schools shut till teachers end strike?
MALE: Most schools in the Maldives came to standstill on the first of this month when schoolteachers went on strike to protest "poor wages". The schools' managements revealed that despite the opening of the ...
Celebrity Travel: Go away with KT Tunstall
Singer KT Tunstall has always been environmentally conscious. When she began touring to promote her quadruple platinum debut album 'Eye to the Telescope,' Tunstall traveled on a biodiesel-powered bus.
MALE: There is no budget deficit, finance minister Gasim Ibrahim told journalists in a Sunday press conference - ' but he admitted US $180 million of projected government income from the planned northern trans ...
Maldives at brink of poverty, says Ibra
MALE: The people of the Maldives will be thrown into poverty if the government fails to take substantial measures to change the current economic policies within the next one-and-a-half months, Ibra, the acting ...
Deccan Aviation Lanka bags crew rotation contract
Deccan Aviation Lanka has bagged the crew rotation contract for First Choice Airways, which operates flights from Europe to Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
Travel agents greet arrival of Abacus
MALE: Abacus International has cemented its place as Asia's leading GDS by extending its network of national marketing companies to include the Maldives.
Sandra Harrison goes to the heart of romance and gets a little more loving than she bargained for.
Villingili resort to feature trails
MALE: Shangri-La's Villingili Resort and Spa, Maldives is gearing up to open on the picturesque Addu Atoll during the fourth quarter of 2008 ASIA Travel Tips.com a website specializing in Asian travels tips, ...
Resort aims for Maldives eco rescue
MALE: Enviornmentalists have reacted with scepticism to claims that a Maldives resort will be "carbon free" by 2010.
Kuoni Travels boss confers with minister
MALE: The newly appointed Managing Director of Kuoni Travels Nick Hughes has met with Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation Dr.
Gayoom opens new deluxe wing of HIH
MALE: President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom yesterday inaugurated the new deluxe wing of Hulhule Island Hotel .
MALE: Alasdair Junor has been promoted to the role of managing director for Six Senses Resorts & Spas in Europe, Middle East and Africa.
Zithali Resorts Announces Two Projects
Travel Business Review May 27, 2008 Tuesday 60 words Zithali Resorts Announces Two Projects Two five star deluxe resorts are to be launched by Zitahli Resorts & Spa in Maldives.
Govt to reclaim land for resorts
MALE: Eleven new resorts will be created by reclaiming land on the outskirts of highly populated islands, the government has announced - ' adding to the 33 resorts already under construction in the Maldives.