Marriott International to start apprenticeship program for locals

Marriott International to start an apprenticeship program for locals. With an agreement signed between the Ministry of Youth, Sports, and Community Empowerment, Maldives Institute of Technology and Marriott International who are representating their seven resorts in the maldives, Marriot will begin an apprenticeship program training approximately 50 locals in various aspects of the tourism industry […]

Ali Almaas, appointed as Director Rooms

05 March 2023 – Ali Alimaas, appointed as Director of Rooms at Vakkaru Maldives. Ali Alimaas has been with Vakkaru since March 2019 – Starting at Vakkaru as a Duty manager and moving on to the roles of Assistant Front Office Manager, Front Office Manager and now Rooms Division Manager. Incredible achievement from Ali Alimaas […]

Challenges faced by Women in Tourism

Challenges faced by Women in Tourism Today as we mark women’s day, resorts across the Maldives are on social media posting about the women in the resort and trying to promote how they are supportive and inclusive of women. Is this really the case? Or are resorts just cherry picking and highlighting the one female […]

MAHRP hosts HR Convention and EXPO

The Maldives Association of Human Resources Professionals (MAHRP) has concluded its HR Convention and EXPO 2023 – joined by many HR professionals in the tourism industry this was the 3rd such event that has taken place centered around the topic of creating value and leading organization. Vice President Faisal Naseem attended the closing ceremony of […]

MTUC holds congress

03 March 2023 – Maldives Trade Union Congress (MTUC) a key party involved in the future of employment and occupational health and safety in the Maldives has held its 1st congress. The Maldives Trade Union Congress (MTUC) event involved key political figures along with a speech given by President Ibrahim Solih who highlighted the importance […]

Mohamed Shihab, appointed as HR Cluster Director 

01 March 2023 – Mohamed Shihab, has been promoted from Director of HR at InterContinental Maldives to Cluster HR director for InterContinental Maldives and Holiday Inn Kandooma. Both properties are part of the InterContinental Hotel Group (IHG) a large international hospitality chain. Shihab has collected experiences from around the globe in an 11 year career […]

Monthly Salary Payment

In the Maldives, we are paid a monthly salary. Why? We are generally paid from 20th of each month to the 20th of the next month. Why?    I believe that we should be paid on a weekly basis. Why? So that corporations are unable to hold over the heads of staff their monthly salary. […]

Health Insurance

All resorts should have their employees under a health insurance scheme. Do you know anything about the health plan you are under? Has your HR department made any effort to let you know this information without you asking for it?  We believe that all employees should be under an insurance scheme. Unfortunately, we have seen […]