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    14 Oct 2011

    SAARC Cultural Festival in Maldives

    A cultural festival is being planned to be held in Addu City to coincide with the 17th SAARC Summit being held from 10-11 November 2011. The main obj[..] read »

    08 Oct 2011

    Maldives president outlines progress on carbon neutral plan

    The Maldives has made significant progress since last year in beginning the move towards becoming the world’s first carbon neutral country, Pres[..] read »

    08 Oct 2011

    Virgin Group Founder Says Fossil Fuel Addiction Will Lead To Unprecedented Global Recession

    Sir Richard Branson, the founder and Chairman of the Virgin Group, has said that the world faces “the mother of all recessions” unless muc[..] read »

    28 Sep 2011

    Sir Richard Branson and Edward Norton to speak at the Six Senses SLOW LIFE Symposium Environmental Conference

    Sir Richard Branson and American actor and environmental campaigner, Edward Norton are among the pantheon of global environmental leaders who are se[..] read »

    20 Sep 2011

    Conrad Maldives collects five awards in two weeks

    We are pleased to announce that Conrad Maldives Rangali Island is the proud winner of five different awards in the past two weeks; collecting two from[..] read »

    13 Sep 2011

    Mega Maldives sparkles with the launch of direct flights from Korea

    MEGA Maldives Airlines, the international airline of the Republic of Maldives, has today successfully launched a direct route to the Maldives from I[..] read »

    13 Sep 2011

    Grand SAARC Festival to be held for SAARC Summit

    President Mohamed Nasheed has said that a grand SAARC Festival is being planned in Addu City and Fuvammulah for this year’s SAARC Summit. Reflec[..] read »

    11 Sep 2011

    Seventeenth SAARC Summit

    The preparations for the 17th SAARC Summit hosted by the Maldives, scheduled to be held in the South Region in the island of Hithadhoo on 10 – 1[..] read »

    07 May 2011

    Statement from the Government of Maldives to visiting tourists

    In light of the recent protests in Male, the capital of the Republic of Maldives, the government wishes to reassure and communicate clearly to all cus[..] read »

    10 Apr 2011

    Per AQUUM Announces, NIYAMA, The Hottest Opening Of 2011

    Per AQUUM announces the opening of NIYAMA, Maldives, its newest addition to its award winning portfolio. Due to open October 2011, NIYAMA has been des[..] read »

News Archives - 2010:04

MTPB participates in the First Global PR Conference at Diva Maldives

Naiade held the first Global PR Conference in South Ari Atoll at Diva Maldives. Five world-class Public Relations Agencies specialized in luxury hotels & resorts joined the Executive team of Diva for a two day meeting from 13-14 April. The objective of the meeting was to ide[...] read more »

Charter operations from South Korea by Korean Air

Male’, 25 April 2010; Room Allot Korea, a well known tour operator to the Maldives from South Korea has started operating a charter flight to the Maldives. The first flight of Korean Air landed at Male’ International Airport this afternoon at 1355 hrs from Seoul Incho[...] read more »

Government e-Letter Management System Launched by the President

The launching ceremony for the Government e-Letter Management System was held today at the President’s Office. The system was officially launched by the President, His Excellency Mr. Mohamed Nasheed. The ceremony was attended by Ministers and senior staffs of the President&[...] read more »

President Nasheed receives ‘Champion of the Earth’

President Nasheed has received the ‘Champions of the Earth’ Award, the United Nations’ most prestigious environmental prize. The President was awarded the prize, in the category of policy and leadership, during a ceremony today in South, Korea. President Nashe[...] read more »

Government ‘saves’ Boney M concert

MALE, April 17, 2010 (Haveeru News Service) – Minister of Human Resources Youth and Sports Hassan Latheef has said the government is now in charge of organising the Boney M concert, which was earlier scheduled to be held at Galolhu National Stadium on April 14, but later ca[...] read more »

Maldives stands firm with Akon concert despite complaints

The Maldives government is standing firm with the decision to hold the Akon concert as scheduled despite public “complaints” over the show. “No one including the Islamic Ministry has to date submitted any valid reasons to stop the show and therefore the governm[...] read more »

Maldives – Ranked No. 4 amongst the 28 finalists of “New 7 Wonders of Nature”

With an increase of 99.32% Maldives is ranked as no.4 amongst the 28 finalists of New 7 Wonders of Nature. The ranking for this week is based on according to the number of votes received in the past four weeks from outside the country as well as local nationals. The Official New[...] read more »

Viceroy Maldives to open in December

Viceroy Hotel Group has announced that its resort on the island of  Vagaru, in Shaviyani Atol, will open in December 2010. The property is being developed by a local developer, EoN Resorts, in partnership with Mubadala Development Company. The resort will be the first Vice[...] read more »

Maldives wins “Best Diving Area” & “Best Dreaming Area” in the Dive and Travel Awards 2010

04 April 2010 The Maldives has been awarded as the “Best Diving Area” and “Best Dreaming Area” in the Dive & Travel Awards 2010 held during the Marine Diving Fair, Tokyo, Japan from 02 – 04th April 2010. The voting was carried out amongst the re[...] read more »

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