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06 Jan 2008 |
Hilton Maldives Resort & Spa
becomes the Conrad Maldives Rangali Island
(Asiatraveltips) The Conrad Maldives Rangali Island
has unveiled a host of new services and experiences for
honeymooners.. |
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27 Dec 2007 |
Maldives chosen as the World’s
Most Romantic Destination 2007 (MTPB) - The
Maldives has been chosen as the World’s Most Romantic
Destination in the 14th Annual World Travel Awards held
in the Turks and Caicos Islands on the 12th December
2007. Maldives won this award after successfully
competing against world famous destinations such as
Paris, Venice, Hawaii and Vienna. |
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10 Dec 2007 |
Inner Maldives Holidays wins
"Indian Ocean's Leading Travel Agency (IMH News)
- Inner Maldives Holidays has been awarded the "Indian
Ocean's Leading Travel Agency" at the regional World
Travel Awards (WTA) Ceremony at The Leela Palace
Kempinski in Bangalore, India, where the winners of the
Asia, Australasia & Indian Ocean Awards were announced. |
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09 Dec 2007 |
Maldives nominated in five
categories in the 14th Annual World Travel Awards
(MTPB) - The Maldives has been nominated in five
categories in the 14th Annual World Travel Awards to be
held in the Turks and Caicos Islands on the 12th
December 2007. |
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29 Nov 2007 |
Naladhu, Maldives, Joins
Prestigious Small Luxury Hotels of the World Collection
(e-Travel) - Joining the ranks of some of the
most prestigious properties worldwide, Naladhu Maldives,
the pristine paradise island with just 19 houses has
joined the esteemed Small Luxury Hotels of the World
(SLH) |
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15 Nov 2007 |
SriLankan Holidays ties up with
Maldivian franchise partner (SriLankan) -
Inner Maldives Holidays Pvt. Ltd has joined SriLankan
Holidays global franchise network and will sell holiday
packages out of the Maldives to Sri Lanka and beyond,.. |
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05 Nov 2007 |
World Travel Awards Debut in
India an unprecedented triumph (MTPB) -
Glamour, joy and excitement characterised the regional
World Travel Awards (WTA) Ceremony at The Leela Palace
Kempinski in Bangalore, India, where the winners of the
Asia, Australasia & Indian Ocean Awards were announced |
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10 Oct 2007 |
Maldives Participates in Top
Resa 2007 (MTPB) - The Maldives Tourism
Promotion Board (MTPB) and representatives from tourism
related companies in Maldives participated in Top Resa
Travel Fair 2007. Top Resa which is held in Deauville
from 26 to 28 September... |
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29 Sept 2007 |
Small home made device goes off
at Sultan Park compound, Male’ (Inner Maldives
Holidays News) - A small home made device went off
at approximately 1436 hrs this afternoon at the Sultan
Park compound, Male’, which houses the National Museum. |
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15 Sept 2007 |
Maldives Photography Contest
and Exhibition (MTPB) - As part of the
activities of “Think Tourism” campaign which is an
initiation of Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation,
Maldives Tourism Promotion Board is organizing a
Photography Contest and an Exhibition.. |
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07 Sept 2007 |
World Travel Awards: the
countdown begins.. (Inner Maldives Holidays News)
We are pleased to announce that the World Travel Awards
2007 has nominated Inner Maldives Holidays as “Indian
Ocean’s Leading Travel Agency”.. |
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14 Aug 2007 |
SriLankan ties up with
Maldivian franchise partner
(Daily News) - Inner Maldivies Holidays has joined
SriLankan Holidays global franchise network and will
sell holiday packages out of the Maldives to Sri Lanka
and beyond. |
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06 Aug 2007 |
The Alila Villas to Open in
2008 - (Inner Maldives Holidays News) Alila
Hotels & Resorts - Luxury lifestyle boutique resort
management company to operate two new ALiLA Villa
properties in the Maldives.. |
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04 Aug 2007 |
Anantara & Bodu Huraa merge
- (Inner Maldives Holidays News) We are delighted
to announce that as of January 2008, Anantara Resort
Maldives will expand to encompass Bodu Huraa, following
and extensive upgrade of the 50 Over Water Bungalows and
guest areas.. |
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25 July 2007 |
Inner Maldives Korea shines in
Korea World Travel Fair 2007 - (Inner Maldives
Holidays News) Inner Maldives Korea in partnership
with Inner Maldives Holidays participated in the 20th
Korea World Travel Fair (KOTFA 2007) held in Seoul from
7th to 10th June.. |
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21 July 2007 |
Maldives wants new airports for
resort islands (The Age, Australia) The
exotic South Asian holiday location attracts over 600000
visitors each year, mostly Europeans. About 700
kilometres (435 miles) southwest of Sri Lanka, ... |
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09 July 2007 |
Tourist Arrivals to the
Maldives increased by 14.9% during January to May 2007
(MTPB) - The tourist arrivals to the Maldives
have increased by 14.9% with a total of 304,058 tourists
during the period January to May 2007. For the same
period in 2006 Maldives received 264,613 tourists.
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02 July 2007 |
MTPB Wins The Best Tourism
Publicity Award at KOTFA 2007 (MTPB) - Male’,
14 June 2007; Maldives participated in the 20th Korea
World Travel Fair (KOTFA 2007) held in Seoul from 7th to
10th June. Maldives won The Best Tourism Publicity Award
during the fair. |
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15 June 2007 |
Sunny side of life “The
Maldives” Hits Australia (e-Travel Blackboard)
- The Maldives Tourism Promotion Board (MTPB) once again
hit L’Aqua in Sydney on Monday, bringing a team of
suppliers and wholesalers with them in an effort to draw
more tourists to the Maldives.. |
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08 June 2007 |
Adaaran
Becomes the First Resort in Maldives to Achieve ISO
22000/HACCP standard
(MTPB) - Friday, 8th June 2007 – Maldivian Tourism
Industry has achieved another milestone by having four
of ADAARAN Resorts becoming the first resorts in the
Maldives to achieve the prestigious ISO 22000/HACCP.. |
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03 June 2007 |
A growth of 15.9% in arrivals
recorded for the 1st Quarter of 2007 (Inner
Maldives Holidays News) - For the 1st Quarter of
2007, the tourist arrivals to the Maldives, has
increased by 15.9% with a total of 194,285 tourists... |
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31 May 2007 |
The Regent Maldives to Open in
2008 (Inner Maldives
Holidays News) - Carlson Hotels Worldwide - Asia
Pacific has confirmed plans to develop a Regent resort
in the Maldives, in partnership with Maalefushi.. |
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23 May 2007 |
Maldives unveils world’s first
virtual embassy (The Sunday Times, Sri Lanka)
- The Maldives last week became the first country in the
world to open a virtual embassy in Second Life, the
online virtual world. The Maldives Virtual Embassy will
soon be followed by embassies... |
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05 May 2007 |
Maldives Presents Sri Lankan
Airlines Pro (MTPB) - Once again, one of the
most highly anticipated surf events, the - ASP 5 Star
prime rated Maldives Presents Sri Lankan Airlines Pro.. |
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27 Apr 2007 |
Maldives invites
Malaysians to help develop 40 island resorts
(Inner Maldives Holidays News) - The Republic of
Maldives is inviting Malaysian businesses to participate
in the proposed development of another 40 island resorts
to cater to the country's expanding tourism sector.
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26 Apr 2007 |
Thomas Cook and
Hotelplan to operate charters to Gan (Inner
Maldives Holidays News) - Two of Europe's biggest
tour operators, Hotelplan and Thomas Cook are to operate
direct flights from Europe to Seenu Atoll Gan in the
south of Maldives late this year. |
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20 Apr 2007 |
China Eastern
begins operating flights to Maldives (Inner
Maldives Holidays News) - China Eastern Airlines
Corporation Limited, an airline based in Shanghai, will
operate Shanghai-Maldives-Johannesburg flights starting
from April 27.. |
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15 Apr 2007 |
New Leisure Guide
for Maldives (Inner Maldives Holidays News) -
"It's really five guides in one, a tourist guide, a
Maldives guide, an introduction to the city of Male, an
airport guide and accommodation listings. It is a
multi-lingual project .. |
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10 Apr 2007 |
Naladhu -
Luxurious New Resort Opens in the Maldives (Inner
Maldives Holidays News) - Located in the aquatic
setting of the Maldives, one of the world's most
celebrated tropical havens, Naladhu, Maldives offers a
unique lifestyle to those who appreciate the
sophistication and charm of times past. |
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26 Mar 2007 |
Government plans to build five
new airports (Inner Maldives Holidays News) -
The Maldivian government has announced plans to build
five new airports as part of an expansion of tourism to
remote islands in the Indian Ocean... |
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20 Mar 2007 |
Raffles Hotels To Manage Luxury
Resort In Maldives (Inner Maldives Holidays News)
- Raffles Hotels & Resorts announced that it will manage
a 49-villa luxury resort, Raffles Resort Konottaa, its
first venture in the Maldives... |
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22 Feb 2007 |
Maldives visitors exceed
600,000 for 2006 (Inner Maldives Holidays News)
- The Maldives entered 2007 in buoyant spirits,
having welcomed 601,923 visitors to the archipelago of
1,190 islands; an increase of 52.3% on 2005... |
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21 Feb 2007 |
ADAARAN Resorts inaugurates its
newest tourism product "Hudhuran Fushi" and launches
ADAARAN Centre for Hospitality Studies at Hudhuran Fushi
(Inner Maldives Holidays News) - Crest Star BVI has
opened for business its newest tourism product in the
Maldives. ADAARAN "Select" Hudhuran Fushi (at Kaafu
Atoll Lhohifushi) is the latest addition to a chain of
resorts in the Maldives.. |
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20 Jan 2007 |
Maldives - Tourist arrivals by
nationality 2006
(Inner Maldives Holidays News) Here you'll find a
review of 2006 tourist arrivals to Maldives segmented in
various nationalities and the percentage contribution to
total tourism. |
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10 Jan 2007 |
My blue heaven
(Telegraph.co.uk) - Whatever your holiday dream,
it can be tailor-made. Opening a new series, Johnny
Morris drops in on the Maldives. 'Once I was afraid, I
was petrified... but ... |
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15 Dec 2006 |
Viva Macau begins operating
flights to Maldives (Inner Maldives Holidays
News) - Viva Macau, the new international low-cost
Macau-based airline, has launched its first schedule
flights to Male'... |
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01 Dec 2006 |
Maldives Association of Travel
Agents and Tour Operators (MATATO) launched
(Inner Maldives Holidays News) - MATATO is an
association which functions the interest of it’s’
members to develop unity, strength, and build business
relationship, rules and regulation ... |
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06 Nov 2006 |
Inner Maldives shines in World
Travel Market 2006
(Inner Maldives Holidays News) - This year over
50,000 delegates, exhibitors and journalists from over
200 countries participated in the... |
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03 Nov 2006 |
Four Seasons opens Second
Resort in the Maldives (ASIATravelTips.com) -
Just a month and a half after the successful opening of
the Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Kuda Huraa, Four
Seasons Hotels and Resorts is opening its second ...
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10 Oct 2006 |
InterContinental Hotels Group
to manage Holiday Inn Malé (e-Travel Blackboard)
- InterContinental Hotels Group has signed an agreement
with Malé Hotel Associates Sourcing Limited, to manage
the Holiday Inn Malé in Maldives, scheduled to ...
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21 Sept 2006 |
Maldives
wins the “World’s Leading Dive Destination” award and
“Indian Ocean’s Leading Destination” award at the World
Travel Awards 2006 - (MTPB) The Maldives has
been awarded the "World’s Leading Dive Destination" and
"Indian Ocean's Leading Destination" at the World Travel
Awards 2006... |
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02 Sept 2006 |
Singapore Airlines to fly daily to
the Maldives - (Maldives Tourism Promotion Board)
From
29 October 2006, Singapore Airlines will fly daily to
the Maldives. From the current five-times weekly
service, this increase will offer customers of Singapore
Airlines greater choice.. |
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16 July 2006 |
"ADAARAN" Resorts brand
launched in the Maldives
- (Inner Maldives Holidays News) A new corporate
identity named "ADAARAN" Resorts has been launched in
the Maldives. The new corporate brand identity was
launched on 1st July, 2006... |
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05 July 2006 |
Maldives launches new initiations to attract more
Australian visitors (Maldives Tourism Promotion Board)
-
Sydney, 19 June 2006; Maldives launches promotions aimed
for over 100 Australian travel agents, wholesalers, and
media companies interested in further developing... |
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01 July 2006 |
Anantara Maldives
(Luxist, CA) - Another
resort in the idyllic Maldives will be opening this
summer on August 1. Anantara Maldives is a five-star
boutique hotel located on the South Male Atoll ...
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16 June 2006 |
Maldives
strives to get back to pre-tsunami figures -
(Gulf News) The Maldives hopes to achieve
pre-tsunami tourist numbers this year as it searches for
new markets for attracting holidaymakers. ... |
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15 June 2006 |
South Korea awards Maldives in
Seoul`s travel fair (Travel Daily News
International) Maldives has received The Best
Tourism Publicity Award by the Korean Tourism
Association at the 19th Korea World Travel Fair held in
Seoul. . |
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07 June 2006 |
Maldives Winter 2006/07 forecast
-
(Inner Maldives Holidays News)
Inner Maldives Holidays Marketing Team has done a
comprehensive study on the consumer buying patterns
recently and also the previous years model, to be able
to forecast our Winter 2006/07 forecast... |
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06 June 2006 |
Inner Maldives Holidays
Re-structured - (Inner Maldives Holidays News) Inner
Maldives Holidays Group is presently forecasting
tremendous growth for the next quarters - fiscal year
2006, with overall increase in revenue/ profitability of
13% in the last 6 months alone... |
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02 June 2006 |
10 Best Diving Holiday
Destinations
(OhmyNews International) - ... in the southeastern
Caribbean Sea, makes a perfect diving holiday
destination, according ... The breathtaking island
nation of the Maldives, popular for its world ...
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28 May 2006 |
WQS Sri Lankan Airlines pro
starts 8th June, Maldives
(Global Surf News) - ... of
Fiji in the Pacific Ocean and this week many of the
worlds best World Qualifying Series surfers head to the
Indian Ocean islands of The Maldives with Oakley ...
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18 May 2006 |
Aitken Spence on the brink of
picking up their fourth Maldivian ... (Lanka
Business Online) - ... coming from the Maldives.
Aitken Spence, the country's second-largest diversified
group, has more than 40 units and associates in mainly
tourism and cargo ... |
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16 May 2006 |
John Keells pays US$ 21 mn for
new Maldivian resort -
(Lanka Business Online) ... Tourist arrivals to
the Maldives were up 88.4 percent year-on-year to ...
The February 2002 truce saw tourism and its related
investments pick up substantially. ... |
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14 May 2006 |
Dubai-Maldives tourism
co-operation discussed -
(AME) A high-level ministerial delegation from
the Republic of Maldives held discussions with the Dubai
Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM)
officials ... |
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7 May 2006 |
Luxury Maldives-based Sailing
Product appoints GCC Agent
- (ASIATravelTips.com) Rania, a luxurious 86-foot
GulfCraft Majesty speed yacht from the Maldives with its
own private island, has appointed Dubai-based Sharaf
Travel as its first ... |
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11 Apr 2006 |
Inner Maldives Holidays
celebrates record breaking visitor arrivals to Maldives
- (Ask Maldives) Inner Maldives Holidays have
proudly announced their record breaking visitor arrivals
in a single day on 11th April 2006, total of 605
visitors was the highest arrival figure recorded during
the last 7 years in the service... |
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03 Apr 2006 |
Maldives
releases ten new islands for resort development
- (Travel Daily News
International) ... “...and with the increase in the
world tourism and the popularity Maldives is gaining in
the generating markets, we have to keep pace with
increasing demand ... |
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27 Mar 2006 |
W Maldives planned to be opened
in June 2006 -
(e-Travel Blackboard) W Hotels will launch
international amenities at the W Maldives in June 2006
... |
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24 Mar 2006 |
Grail trail
- (Telegraph.co.uk, United
Kingdom) ... Are all the transfers in the Maldives
by seaplane then ... As well as scenic trips, the hotels
can arrange photography jaunts, picnics on deserted
islands, shopping ... |
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12 Mar 2006 |
Inner Maldives Partakes in World’s Largest Tourism Fair,
ITB - (Maldives Tourism Promotion Board) The Maldives
Tourism Promotion Board (MTPB) and representatives from
tourism industry in the Maldives participated at the ITB
Fair held in Berlin from 8 – 12 March 2006.. |
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05 Mar 2006 |
Maldives promoted to Turkish
tourism officials - (Turkish Daily News)
Inner Maldives takes part too at EMITT 2006.... |
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01 Mar 2006 |
Shangri-La to open up in the
Maldives - (Hotel
News Resource, Canada) ... group, currently manages
47 hotels under the five-star Shangri-La and ... in
Canada, mainland China, France, India, Macau, Malaysia,
Maldives, Philippines, Qatar ... |
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25 Feb 2006 |
Maldives Breaks the Scuba Dive
World Record! - (Maldives
Tourism Promotion Board)
Maldives has made a new world record for “Most
people scuba diving simultaneously” on a single site... |
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08 Jan
2006 |
Sri Lanka’s John Keells scouts
new Maldivian property
- (Lanka Business Online) plans to invest $15
million in Maldives island resort.... |
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18 Dec
2005 |
Maldivian Government has
announced to develop 35 new resorts
- (Maldives Tourism Promotion Board) 35 New
Islands to be developed to provide the needed 5000 to
7000 beds over the next two to five year period... |
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22 Nov 2005 |
Sun Island Resort & Spa awarded
for excellence! - (Maldives Tourism Promotion
Board) Once again Sun Island Resort & Spa have been
awarded top accolades from two of the UK's leading tour
operators... |
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25 Oct
2005 |
Maldives Voted Number One
“Dream Holiday Destination” - (Maldives Tourism
Promotion Board) The Maldives has taken the 2005’s
number one spot among top long haul holiday destinations
in the world, according to Kuoni’s Long Haul Report
2006... |