Maldives Accommodation J Resort Alidhoo Sustainability

This accommodation provider has taken action to address one or more issues (whether environmental, social or cultural) which will contribute positively to the long term viability of the destination and hence their site displays a Caring for the destination rating.

Main area of focus in Caring for the Destination:  

• Grand Award winner in the ‘Education and Training' category of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) 2008 PATA Gold Awards program
• Epitomizing the theme, ‘We shared and we cared'

Detailed description of the Caring for the Destination Initiative: 

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 neighboring 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.