By the People, For the People Mobile App ; Mankiwaa

People are taking charge. With the initiation of a ground breaking app, Mankiwwa has entered Sri Lanka.

Mankiwwa is a mobile app which is made with sole purpose for us the public to report day to day incidents to your local authorities.

This helps you reports day to day incidents like garbage or leaks of the road, emergencies on the road due to an accident or the collapse or a tree, the is taking steps into disaster management and even more serious issues like missing persons.

The app is truly simple basically take a picture of video under the specific incident, e.g.: robbery, broken road, landslide, or an unrecognized parcel and submit. It picks up you location (where location has to be on, on your smart mobile) and app informs the relevant authority.

Due to the sensitivity of the reports submitted the user shall always remain anonymous. The dashboard shall alert you on incidents that require announcements but no images or videos shall be ever displayed.

This is empowering us the public to take charge of our immediate surroundings. ManKiwwa is on the go on approaching government bodies, and other official authorities to make way to this by people for the people mobile app island wide.

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Snippet Maldives – Canareef Resort Maldives

This is four star resort, large large island. One of the few resort in Gan Island. Reachable directly too by Sri Lankan Airlines to Gan Airport. Resorts nearby Shangri-La’s Vilingili.

The Island is large enough for two main restaurants for economical travelers highly recommended.

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Maldives

Snippet Maldives – Constance Halaveli

05 star, luxury end. Usual resort Water Villas is the expensive category. Halaveli Water Villa is the starting category. I would say one of the most peaceful resorts silent peaceful resorts. Villas on the beach have privacy as some villas have pools in the garden so 100% privacy. Uniqueness of the Presidential Suite, is when the suite is occupied that beach stretch in front of the villa is totally private. This is not usual for Maldives, beach stretch in resorts are common grounds for all guests.

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Maldives

We are the Travel Industry

Dawning on almost my 10 year of been in this amazing industry.

What the world sees the travel trade is glamorous parties, the cocktail events, the free tickets, the complimentary hotel stays, and free cruise rides.

It is always grass is greener on the either side situation I assume. Travel trade just like every other trade is a lot of hard work.

When most of you have public holidays we work because the rest of the world does not share common holidays. When a client missed a flight and is stranded at the airport at 2am you’re awake through the night sorting out someone else’s dream vacation. When your client sends an inquiry at 9pm, you are off for the day but by his/her time it is lunch time you attend. Our beautiful trade is a 24 x 7 job.

We are a set of ladies and gentlemen set out with one goal to make another’s dream vacation come true.

Most think travel trade is not busy, very mind dumbing trade. Sorry to say I have grown and been mentored by amazing business men and women with the smartest of minds.

We are people’s trade, we all need to be people friendly. We do not have a clock out time.

Yes at the parties we celebrate “our trade”, cocktails events we network, free tickets we say good well-done job to ourselves, free hotel and cruise stays either we are joining you to ensure your vacation is A ok or we are learning the product we are selling to serve you better.

Now I shall mention a sad fact that needs change, I joined the trade as a kid of 19 to travel the world. Joining and maturing in the trade I realized not in the travel trade have the luck of traveling, for most it is just a job. We need to make more time and space for ourselves, we are busy planning the perfect holiday for other “We should make one for ourselves”

I write this in salute to a trade I dearly love. The bread and butter to my life. To a trade that gave me amazing mentors. To a trade that gave me a focus and a discipline.

Cheers!

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Maldives