http://www.ahmedshareef.com personal blog Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:09:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The newly passed tourism tax bill imposes a sales of tax of 3.5% on all services rendered by travel agencies. Additionally the same percentage is imposed on services provided in the resorts, a total of staggering 7% Sales Tax from tourists' pocket. In sale of holiday packes well established agencies keep ... http://www.ahmedshareef.com/tourism-hospitality/35-sales-tax-on-travel-agencies-will-bankrupt-90-of-businesses Suppose you were in the management team of Kurumba Maldives, what would you say to tourists who enquire about the recent strike? How did they manage this strike? Can the strike be an advantage for marketing? Recently Maldives local news reported of a strike being taken place at Kurumba Maldives, a ... http://www.ahmedshareef.com/tourism-hospitality/we-had-a-strike-please-book-kurumba-maldives I am an undergraduate student studying hospitality management in an island in Malaysia. I did my higher diploma in 2006 and was working ever since. I held a managerial position at a Universal Resort for about 3 years. For me it is a great concern to hear strike in tourism ... http://www.ahmedshareef.com/tourism-hospitality/a-quick-evaluation-of-strike-at-kurumba-maldives-facts-suggestions Human Resources Management and Personnel Management are two similar terms referred in context of managing people, workforce or employees. The origin of managing people can be traced back to the concern about exploitation of people working in factories; the companies realised that people and their knowledge is the only source ... http://www.ahmedshareef.com/uncategorized/what-distinguishes-human-resource-management-from-personnel-management It's being really a long time since my last post. I can see some posts have even got missing in the move between my old and new hosting provider. In my last post (which is now missing) I wrote about how I came to switch to studies. The basic reason ... http://www.ahmedshareef.com/tourism-hospitality/tourism-research-topic-focusing-maldives Kulhudhuffushi Member of Parliament (MP) submits a bill to the parliament on enforcing the banks to give study loans of at least MRF15 million annually, collectively MRF90 million per year from 6 banks operating in Maldives. According to the draft, loans range from MRF57,000 to MRF500,000 and repayment starts 6 ... http://www.ahmedshareef.com/uncategorized/banks-operating-in-maldives-start-with-student-loan-scheme-as-per-the-submitted-bill Do you think it's a revolutionary new style to walk with your laptop? Would it be easier to carry this way? Would people notice if you walk this style? First, let me tell you what this picture is about. Adamo is a high class ultra-thin laptop recently introduced by Dell. If ... http://www.ahmedshareef.com/tourism-hospitality/a-common-technique-in-high-class-product-photography If you were at a tourism college you might have heard of tourism being multi-dimensional. But, have you ever heard of earthquake debris being converted to a tourism product? Chinese province of Suchian was hit by a deadly earthquake measured 8.0 magnitude on 12th May 2008. Thousands of people were killed ... http://www.ahmedshareef.com/tourism-hospitality/why-cant-maldives-convert-tsunami-debris-into-a-goldmine-while-china-can-with-earthquake-debris My friend and I went to Dolphin Cafe for a drink. That day was so hot and evening was warm too. So, I wanted to go for something cold. My friend ordered an energy drink and I chose a Granini blackcurrant. It didn't take too long to relax me in ... http://www.ahmedshareef.com/uncategorized/this-is-not-an-eyeball-its-something-you-grasp-several-times-a-day My home was located not far from Thoiba Mosque. So, I always went there for prayers, though not all. This morning I had the first prayer on New Year and I saw something new afterwards. When I was leaving the mosque it was this pair of home-made slippers that ... http://www.ahmedshareef.com/society-living/30