MVHotels has been announced as an official media partner for World Travel Awards Indian Ocean Gala Ceremony.

World Travel Awards founder, Graham Cooke, welcomed the news in the run up to the glittering event - which will take place at the five star Sun Aqua Vilu Reef in the Maldives on Saturday, July 8th.

He said: “World Travel Awards is delighted to welcome MVHotels into the WTA family.

“The brand has built up a reputation for being the leading digital media production company in the Maldives and we are grateful to them for their support.”

Publisher of the digital travel media brand, MVHotels Travel Guide, and travel magazine, The Asian Story, which is distributed in exclusive high-end lounges and hotels within Asia and the Maldives, MVHotels has previously partnered major tourism events both within and beyond the Maldives.

Mohamed Areef, founder, MVHotels, said: “Coming from a small country like the Maldives, we are proud to be serving as a partner for World Travel Awards Indian Ocean Gala Ceremony.

He continued: “We believe our coverage of the event through our various mediums will bring the elite of the hospitality industry to the fingertips of our reader base which spans across the world.

“Our audience could definitely count on us to provide them the latest updates as they happen.”

World Travel Awards was established in 1993 to acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence across all sectors of the tourism industry.

Today, the World Travel Awards brand is recognised globally as the ultimate hallmark of quality with winners setting the benchmark to which all others aspire.

Each year World Travel Awards covers the globe with a series of regional gala ceremonies staged to recognise and celebrate individual and collective success within each key geographical region.

World Travel Awards Gala Ceremonies are widely regarded as the best networking opportunities in the travel industry, attended by government and industry leaders, luminaries and international print and broadcast media.