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Now onto the 2nd issue of the Spot Maldives community
e-newsletter
We had a great response to our first issue. As you will see below we have a few more contributors. Feel free to send us your news, classifieds or articles to news@spotmaldives.com. We send this newsletter to over 5000 subscribers, comprised of many people who have an interest in the Maldives, be it as a local resident, employee, traveller or business. If you would prefer not to receive it, please let us know. You will not receive any further issues.
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Christmas may be delayed this year... |
Santa decided he needed some much needed rest and relaxation |
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Rumour has it that "Mr C" is on holiday in the Maldives and taking advantage of one of Coconut Spa's fantastic holiday packages. If you are lucky enough to be taking your holiday in any of the following resorts: White Sands Resort, Reethi Beach Resort, Palm Beach Resort, Angaga Island or any Resorts from the Adaaran Group, be on the look out for Santa getting a facial or a famous chocolate bath!
If you do happen to see him, remind him he has work to do - not eveyone is so lucky to spend their holidays relaxing with Coconut Spa!
Email us for more pre-booking info.
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Life of a photographer |
Fun shoots in the Maldives |
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Tourist video clip of seaplane landing in Maldives. Click to Play |
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One of the most challenging shoots for Sakis Papadopoulos was when he was hired to shoot the entire fleet of Maldivian Air Taxi.
"The trick was to find a unique location, paradisiacal but still safe for the seaplanes to land. I finally spotted a tiny little gorgeous island with a huge sandbank." explains Sakis.
Next trick was to get the entire fleet to take time off from transfering all the guests! MAT hired another seaplane company for the time it took to orchestrate the shoot. Not to mention they needed someone to fly Sakis around in order to do the shoot itself!
"It was time to plan the exact schedule of the shooting. Due to the low and high tides, wind and clouds, we had to be extremely precise. Everything had to be perfectly set up."
During the shoot itself stress was running high, and time was ticking. The day was perfect and eventually one by one, each MAT seaplane landed and parked on the sandbank.
"It was fantastic to see all these red seaplanes arriving in the turquoise lagoon.The sandbank was rapidly becoming a dreamy airport."
The result of the photo shoot is the image you see here. To this day, some people insist Sakis used a photo editing program to obtain this result. Too bad Sakis forgot to get a photo of himself while he did the shoot!
What do you think? Real photo shoot, or photoshop trickery :). To add your comment - go ahead and click here.
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We will be posting classifieds soon, ranging from personal buy & sell, to real estate and jobs. If you have anything you would like to see here, just send an email to News@SpotMaldives.com - it's 100% free!
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New Manager at Komandoo Maldive Resort |
Mathilde Jeambrun was recently appointed as the Resort Operations Manager |
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Dear Colleagues and Partners,
It gives me immense pleasure to greet you for the season as we move into the most busy months of the year in the Maldivian tourism industry.
This is the right moment for me to introduce Mathilde Jeambrun as the Resort Operations Manager of Komandoo Maldive Island Resort. All of you know her already when she was holding the portfolio of Front Office Manager in Kuredu Island Resort. Having been a part of our team for the past one year she has developed herself to be able to take up this vital role.
Mathilde comes with an impressive backdrop of front of the house exposures in various hotels and resorts in different countries. This has given her the right image and strength to take up this position. Our owners, my team and I have total confidence in her that she will stand up to the challenges of this role in a very befitting manner.
Therefore please join with me to congratulate Mathilde Jeambrun on her assuming the role of the Resort Operations Manager for Komandoo Maldive Island Resort and wish her our complete support and best wishes.
I also wish to thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for your solidarity that we enjoyed during the entire period between the exit of the previous Resort Manager, and the entry of Mathilde Jeambrun.
with distinguished regards,
Stefan O. Huemer
Regional General Manager & Island Chief
Kuredu Island Resort & Spa
Komandoo Island Resort & Spa |
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| Seven Sins at W Retreat |
| Whet your appetite for the New Year’s Eve celebrations at the W Retreat & Spa Maldives |
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If you are lucky enough to have already booked yourself into the W Retreat & Spa this holiday season, then you have some exciting events to look forward to.
- The coolest sunset experience on Christmas Eve in the Indian Ocean…
- Scrumptious feast on the middle of the island and let yourself be taken away by the exotic torches and bon fire…
- Stylishly elegant and freshest seafood around…. FISH & SIP
- Create your memorable moment at WET…
- Sneak into the coolest spot on the island and pump to the music…
- Whisk away the hangovers from previous night ...
For more information or to pre-book your event W Retreat & Spa.
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| Dhiraagu Floating awards 2007 |
| Dhiraagu; National biggest telecom company, affiliates with Floating Maldives in hosting the Liveaboard Industry Awards |
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Floating Maldives (the Exclusive Floating Industry Magazine of Maldives) has affiliated with the biggest telecom company of Maldives (Dhiraagu) in hosting the 2nd Annual
Floating Awards. This time the title was changed to DHIRAAGU FLOATING AWARDS 2007 as DHIRAAGU being the main sponsor of the event.
- Dhiraagu floating surfer 2006 – awarded to Mr. Mohamed Sobah (chey), a founder member of maldives surfing association.
- Dhiraagu floating surfer 2007 – awarded to Mr. Ibrahim Nahushal (nahu),
Commercial surfer and the 1st international surfing judge of Maldives.
- Dhiraagu floating surfer 2008 – awarded to Mr. Abdullah Areef (fuku) ,
Commercial surfer and the event coordinator of Maldives surfing association
- Dhiraagu floating diver 2006 – awarded to Mr. Hussain Rasheed (sendi), 1st Padi course director of Maldives and managing director of villa diving
- Dhiraagu floating diver 2007 – awarded to Mr. Mohamed Waheed (barakuda), 1st certified diver of Maldives and the local partner of meridis dive center at island hideaway and alidhu
- Dhiraagu floating diver 2008 – awarded to Mr. Abdullah Hashrath (haththu) ,President of Maldives dive association and the base leader of Huvafenfushi Dive center
- Lifetime achievement award 2007 (local) – awarded to Mr. Salah Shihab, Managing director of Voyages Maldives.
- Lifetime achivement award 2007 (foreign) – awarded to Mr. Mohamed Ali (philippe), naval architect
- Visitors choice liveaboard of the year 2007 – awarded to liveaboard
“soleil” owned and operated by Ama Maldives.
In addition, dhiraagu featured the services of boat tracking system “e-track” at this special function.
More info: www.dhiraagu.com.mv
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| Spot Maldives wishes a Happy Eid! |
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Eid al-Adha is a religious festival celebrated by Muslims worldwide as a commemoration of Ibrahim's (Abraham's) willingness to sacrifice his son Ismael for Allah. It is one of two Eid festivals that Muslims celebrate. Like Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha begins with a short prayer followed by a sermon. It is also called the bigger Eid because it lasts a day longer than Eid al-Fitr.
Eid al-Adha is four days long and starts on the 10th day of the month of Dhul Hijja of the lunar Islamic calendar. This is the day after the pilgrims in Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia by Muslims worldwide, descend from Mount Arafat. It happens to be approximately 70 days after the end of the month of Ramadan.
Spot Maldives wishes all our clients, faithful readers all their families a happy Eid!
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