Weekend is coming, and it’s a great time to dream of that getaway. I like to tell long stories, so you’ll have to bear with me here ???? But hey, by Singaporean, for Singaporeans! You’ve got to admit that such stuff in local context are harder to come by.

Travel Agents and Maldives

Even with the proliferation of the internet, travel agents remain an integral part of Maldivian tourism. It’s all about the distribution channels, and it is a critical one. To the best of my knowledge, travel agents have established agreements with resorts that allows them access to room inventories at hugely discounted rates. These special rates are solely available via agents. It might be difficult to believe, but resorts themselves either can’t (company policy) or are unwilling to offer you such rates – even if you offer to bypass the agents who are the middlemen and would therefore ......