Maldives | A different hospitality segment: The Guesthouse Business

Published: Oct. 29, 2020, 9 a.m.

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Afzal Adam is the Hotel Manager of the Boutique Beach Hotel on the local island of Digurah in the Maldives. He shares how Covid19 has impacted the guesthouse business and how he managed to stay in touch with his repeater guests, not losing market share and protecting the local community of the COVID-FREE island of Digurah.

When he first started 5 years ago, there were only two guesthouses on the island. Today there are 13 boutique hotels and guesthouses operating on the inhabited island of Digurah\\xa0 - counting just about 600 locals.


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