Maldives Floats RFP to Boost Travel from UK
Tue., Apr. 24, 2018
By Kevin McCauley
Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corp, the national tourism body of the Indian Ocean island nation, is looking to hire a PR firm in the UK to entice travellers,
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Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corp, the national tourism body of the Indian Ocean island nation, is looking to hire a PR firm in the UK to entice travellers,
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