Cinnamon Island Alidhoo

The initiative began as an energetic local recruitment drive and gradually snowballed into an unprecedented opportunity for the women and young people of Barah and Utheem islands in the Maldives to transform themselves into well-trained hoteliers. Starting this year, the resort's parent company, Keells Hotel Management Services Limited, invested to operate a hotel school in which the curriculum is focused on providing the youth of the islands neighbouring Cinnamon Island Alidhoo with skills that would equip them to enter the industry.

It represents an exciting phase in the lives of these individuals: training womenfolk, enhancing their confidence and developing excellent employees who would be solid team members in a dynamic workplace. Cinnamon Island Alidhoo is the flagship resort of Cinnamon Hotels and Resorts - the John Keells Group's premier hospitality brand - and was the first Cinnamon branded resort in the Maldives and was unveiled on July 1, 2007.