Tourism Industry Insight: The Roster Stability Premium
Matching labour to demand matters, but constantly rewriting shifts creates its own cost. The best roster balances responsiveness with stability.
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Research Notes Series: Maldivian Resorts Coral Ecosystems as Productive Capital
This article conceptualises Maldivian resort reefs as productive natural capital and examines their economic relevance through ecosystem-service valuation, tourism pricing and...
Tourism Industry Insight: Different Source-Market Calendars Can Make Tourism Demand More Resilient
A destination is not truly diversified merely because visitors arrive from many countries. The strongest mix is one whose markets do not all weaken at the same time.
Maldives Resort Series: The Extra-Night Dividend
An extra night can be more valuable than a higher room rate. Where capacity is available, extending roughly one-quarter of stays may generate more contribution while spreading...
Tourism Industry Insight: Cross-Trained Staff Can Create Hidden Capacity in Hotels
The most valuable extra capacity in a hotel may not be another employee. It may be an existing employee who can competently move where demand suddenly appears.
Maldives Resort Series: Reducing transfer friction than cutting the villa rate
A transfer subsidy can outperform a larger villa discount even when it converts fewer guests. The hidden equation is whether removing arrival friction preserves enough bookings...
Maldives Tourism Brief: August’s Recovery Was Real. But Ended with a Warning
August 2026 recorded 197,640 tourists. Read alongside daily momentum, the annual gap, source-market concentration and accommodation utilisation, the month reveals a tourism...