May 2011 - Posts

Best of the Maldives: Luxury All Inclusive – Lily Beach
Published 30 May 11 7:28 PM | Maldives Complete
  ‘Luxury’ and ‘All Inclusive’ don’t typically go hand in hand. All Inclusive resorts have tended towards the budget end of the market where people wanted to have a very defined price for their holiday without risk of overspend. Also, budget conscious...
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Best Of Failures
Published 25 May 11 2:37 AM | Maldives Complete
This is my 200 th blog post on Maldives Complete. I’ve covered a range of topics focusing, like the website, on useful tips and help for prospective visitors to the resorts. The Maldives’ rich diversity of the 100+ resorts provide an unceasing source...
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Best of the Maldives: Maldives Culture – Beach House at Manafaru
Published 22 May 11 4:23 PM | Maldives Complete
One objection to a Maldives trip is not enough ‘cultural’ stuff to do. Sitting in the sun on a tiny, dedicated resort island doesn’t really present any historical or cultural experiences beyond some chit-chat at the pool bar. Cultural...
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Seven Plunders of the World
Published 20 May 11 7:22 PM | Maldives Complete
  Beware Paid for Endorsements. The big news out of the Maldives tourism circles this week is the Tourism Board’s decision to withdraw from the ‘Seven Wonders’ competition. It turns out that tourism boards have to pay a significant price to be considered...
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Best of the Maldives: Bananas – Adaaran Hudhuranfushi
Published 15 May 11 2:59 PM | Maldives Complete
Who knew there were so many types of Bananas? The One Show on BBC this week did a piece on bananas (minute 11:00 of the BBC iPlayer recording available for the next two weeks to UK residents) which highlighted their delicious diversity. And if you want...
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Best of the Maldives: Elevation – Shangri-La Villingili
Published 12 May 11 8:55 AM | Maldives Complete
Alternative title – ‘A Room With a View’ in the Venice of the tropics New York is what the Maldives would be...in ‘Opposite Land.’ I am visiting New York City this week for business and I keep getting struck by the polar...
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Cool Women
Published 8 May 11 12:46 PM | Maldives Complete
Happy Mothers Day! Mothers Day is celebrated on whole range of days in different countries around the world, but it is celebrated on the ‘India Sub-Continent’ today (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka). The holiday has roots in the Roman festival...
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Best of the Maldives: Surround Decking – Adaaran Club Rannalhi
Published 6 May 11 8:37 PM | Maldives Complete
  A lot of Trip Advisor queries ask about the best villas and the best sides of a resort (watch this space). Does one want an eastward facing villa for glorious morning sunshine or a westward facing villa for sunset pina coladas? You do have to choose...
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Best of the Maldives: Sea Plane – Beach House at Manafaru
Published 4 May 11 6:0 PM | Maldives Complete
  Donald Trump personifies the super-premium jet-setting crowd. He’s in the headlines a lot these few weeks with both his potential challenge to President Obama in 2012 and his ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ reality TV show now in full flow. Nearly all of...
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Best of Maldives Online – Jobs: Job-Maldives.com
Published 1 May 11 12:30 PM | Maldives Complete
Happy International Workers Day. ‘May Day’ is celebrated all over the world to recognize workers (though America has its ‘Labor Day’ on 10 th October). And this year, the Maldives joins that community adding 1 st May to its official...
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