11 December 2013
MALDIVES: Maldivian, the national airlines of Maldives has appointed Caesars Int'l Travel, one of Kuwait's largest travel companies as their General Sales Agent (GSA) for Kuwait, representing passenger sales, holidays and cargo division. Maldives, a well known honeymoon hotspot reigns supreme as one of the most popular short-break options for tourists from the region. As flight connections from the gulf are on the rise and targeting this vision, Maldivian plans to start online operations to Kuwait in the near future. While assigning the GSA on Caesars Int'l Travel, Maldivian's managing director Abdul Haris said, "I believe the start of Maldivian flights opens up our wonderful nation to a wider number of tourists, especially from Kuwait and we look forward to welcoming them from a wider range of destinations and developing our tourism appeal.

We are extremely positive about the market in Kuwait, the oil-rich nation with a healthy appetite for travel and that has maintained strong economic growth and the world's leading nations". Maldivian commenced its first regional operations in 2008 with the first flight to Trivandrum, India. Today, the flag carrier operates daily frequent flights to 8 domestic airports in the country. In addition to daily flights to Trivandrum, Maldivian added 2 more destinations to its regional network by commencing flights to Chennai - India and Dhaka - Bangladesh in 2012. In June 2013 Maldivian further expanded its network by starting flights to Chongqing, China. "Maldivian representation under Caesars Int'l Travel marks another strategic step towards expanding the presence of leading airlines in the world in Kuwait aviation arena and this will also create a better travel potential for the travelers in Kuwait.

The proposed on-line operation of Maldivian to Kuwait will foster new business and tourism to Maldives and near-by areas where already Maldivian is operating now, provide even more convenient connections for onward travel through their international hub in Maldives, especially for India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh", commented PNJ Kumar, CEO of Caesars Travel Group. Maldives has deep blue seas, turquoise reefs, white sandy beaches and palm trees. It is also a place full of character, where its people have long spent their days languishing in the very essence of idyll living. The country is made up of 1,190 coral islands formed around 26 natural ring-like atolls, spread over 90,000 square kilometers.

From the award winning holiday destinations worldwide, Maldives is known for its one-of-a-kind private island resorts, offering to the guests, gorgeous white sandy beaches, and golden sunlight all year round. "The Middle East is a flourishing region and we see a bright future for business and leisure travel and our proposed operation to Kuwait will be a stepping stone to further strengthen the bilateral relations between Kuwait and Maldives. A destination of diversity and sophistication, Maldives provides visitors an assortment of relaxing experiences. This is a significant move towards strengthening our tourism business from Kuwait by signing this partnership with one of the leading travel setups in Kuwait, Caesars Int'l Travel", said Fathmath Inasha Shareef, Assistant Manager of Maldivian Holidays.

The Maldives has a reputation as one of the best diving destinations in the world and the islands are surrounded by breathtakingly beautiful reefs with coral gardens and dazzling marine life, which attract divers from all over the world. Built away from civilization, Maldives Resorts & Maldives Hotels are quite the hideaway destination for anyone looking for a tranquil besiege. "Maldives has all the natural elements of a world-class destinationlandscape, number of islands and the state of art resorts. Most of the resorts in these island country are designed to become a haven of luxurious life style living and an un-paralleled leisure destination.

This incredible development comprises of waterfront homes, floating villas, beach bungalows, hotels, sporting facilities and commercial areas which is becoming a major tourist attraction of Maldives. Further, with the proposed operation of Maldivian to Kuwait, Caesars Int'l Travel can offer Indian sub-continent travelers from Kuwait, another bigger platform to reach their destinations through the Maldivian hub in Maldives as the present number of flights operating in these sectors are not enough to meet the demands from passengers of Kuwait.

Moreover, in a bid to remain competitive in line with Kuwait's growing aviation market needs, Caesars Int'l Travel always take innovative steps by further expanding our presence among our valued passengers and we will continue to establish new partnerships with world's leading airlines to enhance more seat capacities to destinations in demand from Kuwait", said Rajesh Reghunathan, Senior Manager-Commercial & Marketing, Caesars Int'l Travel.

© Kuwait Times 2013