Opinion Editorial by Sonu Shivdasani, CEO and Co-Founder of Soneva luxury resort chain, on the effects of the pandemic on the Maldivian tourism industry

Following article was initially published as a LinkedIn post by the author. Reproduced here with kind permission. Re-opening a resort in the Maldives after four months of lockdown has not been without some serious challenges. I was in two minds about whether to write and publish this or not. But...

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