7th Edition of GM Forum Scheduled for 21 September ’23

The 7th GM forum will be held on September 21, 2023 at Kurumba Maldives. The 2023 GM Forum will cover relevant industry topics, including hotel and travel technology, destination marketing, sustainability and travel trends.

Inaugurated in 2016, the Hotelier Maldives GM Forum is the only dedicated forum taking place in the country for resort general managers. Every year, dozens of general managers and other industry leaders gather to discuss the unique challenges they face on a day-to-day basis, and to learn from the best practice of their peers in a mutually supportive environment.

Last year’s GM Forum drew over 23 GMs representing 38 resorts, 2 hotels and 86 industry leaders, including two of the reputed pioneers of tourism, MU Maniku and Hussain Afeef. The forum featured two panels on the themes, Tourism is a PostPandemic Economy and Post-Pandemic Wellness & Wellbeing.

Speakers Julian Naouri from JLL and Karen Mahesh from STR, presented on the facts and figures of tourism while Erin Yungblut and Alejandra Woolrich from Reefscapers; Four Seasons Maldives, spoke about climate change and coral propagation.

Over the past six years, the GM forum has drawn over 180 GMs and corporate hoteliers, 545 delegates and 160 Hotel Management brands. Over 50 sponsors have made the GM forums possible. Past sponsors include Allied Insurance, Euro Marketing, Dhiraagu, Bestbuy Maldives, Ooreedoo, CocaCola and EVO Home.