ALIA Investment signs as a Gold partner of Maldives Travel Awards


Maldives
PUBLISHED July 31, 2019

ALIA Investments signs as a Gold Partner of Maldives Travel Awards (MTA)– the top travel
recognition of Maldives. Todays signing marks the third consecutive year for the collaboration between Maldives Travel Awards and ALIA Investments, where Alia Investments will be the official partner for Maldives Travel Awards Guesthouse Edition. Partnership agreement was signed today at the ALIA Office building, by MATATO President Mr. Abdulla Suood and the General Manager of ALIA, Mr. Ahmed Saeed.

Maldives Travel Awards is the prize created to celebrate the commitment, Excellence & expertise in the Maldivian Tourism Industry. First launched in 2012, MTA recognizes exceptional achievements across a wide spectrum of sectors in the travel industry, acknowledging and honoring the very best that the Maldives travel industry has to offer. The winning properties represent industry standards for excellence and innovation, serving as examples for others to follow. Maldives Travel Awards features 45 categories the three separate editions of the Awards, which collectively represents the resorts, guesthouses, hotels liveaboards and people in the travel industry.

"We are once again delighted to have Alia Investments on board with us for the Awards. The support and commitment they bring in will further strengthen this platform" President of MATATO, Mr. Suood stated. " ALIA is one of the leading business supporting and catering to the travel industry, and we believe that its a good reflection on the awards that we are able to retain key partnerships going forward with the awards. Alia Investments once again will be the main commercial partner for the Guesthouse Edition".

The exclusive Guesthouse Edition of the Awards, features 14 categories including special accolades for the Guesthouse Islands in addition three categories, awarded by MATATO. Winners in the Guesthouse Edition are selected based on their ratings on TripAdvisor- worlds largest travel website- and the popular vote, collected through online and SMS voting platforms. Winners will be announced in September 2019 honored at the award function to be hosted in AA.Thoddoo. In 2017 the Guesthouse Edition received more than 175 nominations and registered a record number of 176,000 votes on both platforms.

The Gala Edition, exclusive for resorts, hotels, liveaboards and airlines, features 25 categories. In 2019 MTA will adopt a new format to evaluate and judge the nominees in the Gala Edition. Winners will be honored at the Travel Awards Annual Gala dubbed as the premier travel event of the year. In 2017 more than 75 companies registered 278 nomination in the Gala Edition.

2019 marks the 8th Anniversary of Maldives Travel Awards which is produced and presented by Maldives Association of Travel Agents and Tour Operators, MATATO.
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