Telling colleagues that you are taking a holiday in the Maldives will prompt groans of jealousy around the office. Co-workers will lose themselves in daydreams in which coffee at the desk becomes kurumba on a deck chair, and the computer’s glare is replaced by the Indian Ocean sun.
The Maldives has been named the best beach destination at the 2016 Italian Travel Awards, held in Rome.
Just outside Himmafushi’s Kanbili Guest House live an odd couple – one with a name befitting royalty, the other…not.
You left your watch in your room three days ago, but you know what time it is. The dappled glare gently withdrawing into a glow on the sandy approach to your villa gave a hint. But the activity on the beach leaves you in no doubt.
Italian hotel chain Baglioni Hotels to launch its first Maldives resort early 2017, on the island of Maagau in Dhaalu atoll, after the company announced record profits for 2015.
Featuring in most visitors’ Maldives experience as nothing more than an urban smudge on the otherwise pristine horizon, the capital Malé is normally overlooked by those drawn to the archipelago for its luxury resorts.
The Maldives now welcomes over one million tourists every year, with most travelling to relax in the luxury of the archipelago’s island resorts.
Members of the Maldives Association of Travel Agents and Tour Operators (MATATO) have taken part in the the 8th Riyadh Travel Fair in the Saudi Arabian capital.
Trans Maldivian Airways (TMA) has introduced the country’s first luxury air-conditioned seaplane.
