The destination Maldives together with the Maldives resorts and companies have been nominated in the 16th World Travel Awards regional ceremony to be held at the Grosvenor House, A JW Marriot Hotel in London on 7th November 2009. This year’s nominees for the Indian Ocean have been announced in the World Travel Awards website where [...]

British Airways (BA) has announced new direct flights from London Gatwick Airport to Male’, Maldives and Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt effective from 25 October 2009.
The thrice weekly flights will be operated on Boeing 777 aircrafts in a three-class configuration: World Traveller, World Traveller Plus and Club World.
This will be the first time BA operates [...]

The Maldives is currently participating in the World Ocean Conference 2009 (WOC 2009) being held in Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
The World Ocean Conference 2009 brings together over 100 participants including high-level government officials, multilateral agencies and business partners to develop a common understanding and firm commitment to address the impact of climate change on the [...]

The Maldives, one of the countries most affected by climate change, has joined a United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) initiative which promotes the global transition to low-carbon economies and societies, UN officials said here Tuesday.
The move follows the announcement earlier this year from President Mohamed Nasheed to make the Indian Ocean archipelago the world’s first [...]