Archive for the ‘Maldives’ Category
A FRESH START TO SPRING AT ANGSANA RESORT & SPA MALDIVES IHURU
To put the spring back into one’s step, take a reviving holiday that makes a difference. There is no better time to be enticed by a Spring Time promotion at Angsana Resort & Spa Maldives Ihuru. For a limited period until 30 September 2005, guests staying four nights need only pay for three nights at [...]
June 27, 2005
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MALDIVES TAKES STEPS TO IMPROVE CRISIS RESPONSE
MALÉ, MALDIVES, 26 May, 2005 – The World Tourism Organization is participating in an unprecedented series of tourism sector meetings in the Maldives designed to make the holiday islands safer for tourism and put an effective crisis management plan into operation.
May 26, 2005
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Maldives campaigners take protest to Geneva
By David Browne GENEVA, Switzerland (eTurboNews) — The President of the tourist paradise islands of the Maldives has come face to face with campaigners pressing for improved human rights for local people. Protestors confronted Maldivian President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom as he arrived for a meeting at the United Nations Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
May 24, 2005
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Maldives tsunami aid in doubt
By David Browne LONDON (eTurboNews) — The decision by the Maldives government to take over all distribution of incoming aid has alarmed overseas agencies, and has put in doubt a further donation of US$ 200,000 from the UK that was intended for relief projects including water treatment equipment and medical supplies.
May 3, 2005
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Dining Under the Sea in the Maldives
The Hilton Maldives Resort & Spa Rangali Island has opened the world’s first undersea restaurant, offering guests contemporary Maldivian-inspired cuisine while enjoying 270-degree views of the abundant marine life beneath the Indian Ocean.
April 22, 2005
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Maldivian president urges nation to pull together to restore economy
By David Browne MALE’, Maldives (eTurboNews) – Maldivian President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has issued a rallying call to the nation to pull together to restore the economy and living standards of this idyllic Indian Ocean country as it strives to recover from the tsunami.
March 8, 2005
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Maldives damaged by bad publicity says tsunami report
By David Browne MALE’, Maldives (eTurboNews) — A new report assessing the impact of the tsunami in the Maldives says more economic damage was done by cancellations and a downturn in visitor numbers than was done by physical destruction in the island resorts. It recommends a vigorous worldwide marketing campaign to counteract the bad publicity [...]
March 3, 2005
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Confident Maldives pushes on with post-tsunami expansion
By David Browne MALE’, Maldives (eTurboNews) — Two months on from the Asian tsunami, the island nation of the Maldives is celebrating a job well done in restoring full tourism services in most of its resorts. This is the peak period for visitors from Europe escaping the cold northern winter, and some resorts, such as [...]
March 2, 2005
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Maldives parliament opens new chapter in reform process
By David Browne MALE’, Maldives (eTurboNews) — Newly elected members of parliament in the Maldives were sworn-in Sunday at the start of a five-year term of office. It opens a new chapter in the process of reform for this moderate Islamic country that is largely dependent on the Western tourism market for its prosperity. The [...]
March 1, 2005
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Maldives “A Quiet Disaster” says UN Representative
The Maldives islands in the Indian Ocean are not getting all the urgent help they need to recover from the Tsunami, according to a United Nations representative. He gave a warning that the disaster is continuing because the plight of the island nation has faded from public attention and media coverage.
February 7, 2005
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