There’s A Maldives In Australia?
If you want to spend a night in Maldives, then head to Australia.
That is if you want to holiday in Breakfree Maldives, a hotel in the Gold Coast that has been named after the popular Indian Ocean tourist destination.
According to The Australian, apparently some people have mistaken this hotel with the actual Maldives.
The 4 star hotel is located really close to the golden sands of the Main Beach, so it does some justice to being named after the country with the world’s best beaches.
So is there a trend here? What other establishments around the world have actually got Maldives in their brand names?
Exhaustive searches yielded no results of a hotel with the name Maldives, outside of, well, Maldives.
So for the moment, both the country and the hotel in Australia are unique, each in their own sense.
Also see:
There’s A Paris In America Too
Australians have a fascination with naming things or places with names related to Maldives.
I heard about a race horse, the pre-Spring Carnival favorite for the Caulfield Cup, who was named Maldivian!
He lost, had a bad pre-race accident.
http://www.australianracehorsegallery.com.au/USERIMAGES/Maldivian.jpg
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22616474-5013700,00.html
By: Niyaf on 3 December 2007
at 3:56 am
i found this a while back when i was bored at work.
an American band called the Maldives on myspace.com
http://www.myspace.com/themaldives
some of their music is very relaxing
By: Thalagolaa on 3 December 2007
at 5:14 am
MALDIVES®??
By: ahmed on 3 December 2007
at 10:40 am
China people love Maldives. very beautiful.
By: Male' on 3 December 2007
at 5:57 pm
Our Maldives…..?
By: mode on 3 December 2007
at 9:03 pm
Lets see the real :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mashafeeg
By: Maldives on 3 December 2007
at 9:04 pm
There is no second Maldives on this earth. If you really want to know about Maldives check this:
http://travel-maldives.blogspot.com
By: kalusoru on 4 December 2007
at 5:25 am
Maldives is not a hotel..its a country located in the Indian ocean with unique, beautiful beaches of 1190 islands.
If you want more read about maldives here.
http://www.visitmaldives.com/
By: SunMoon on 4 December 2007
at 7:11 am
i wonder what the WTO (World Trade Organisation) of which both Australia and Maldives are members, has to say to this!
By: rxs on 4 December 2007
at 8:55 am
ahh! Lets open a “BreakfreeAustralia” in Maldives
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By: live on 4 December 2007
at 10:32 am
There is second maldives
http://www.visitmaldives.com/
By: rah on 4 December 2007
at 2:07 pm
this is realy bad that using one of the top holiday brandname MALDIVES in Australia, this should have to solve by Maldives tourism board and also tourism ministry
By: ahmed on 4 December 2007
at 2:50 pm
wat the f**k is this! there is no place like maldives on earth and its not in australia its in indian ocean.
By: midde on 4 December 2007
at 6:34 pm
better come up with different ways to boost the business.but this only shows the incapable of our gvt.They better take precuation before .some one misuse us
By: ASH on 4 December 2007
at 7:51 pm
[...] regard to my earlier post about a hotel in Australia with the suffix Maldives, there are a few points to consider in light of [...]
By: There’s A Paris In America Too « LuJournal on 5 December 2007
at 12:50 am
there is a furniture brand in UK with the name maldives…. it looks like the maldivian furnitures…………
By: adam on 5 December 2007
at 6:36 pm
Breakfree Maldives might be unique in a way but if you want to know about Maldives check http://www.mymaldives.com/maldives
By: Maldives on 8 December 2007
at 4:36 pm
As the world moves faster, consumers have less time to think about what they buy. Brands have the power to persuade consumers now, more than ever. A strong brand will make your business more successful than a weak one. The strongest brands are the ones that can be registered as trade marks…
better come up with different name and different brand….
By: MAldives on 10 December 2007
at 8:19 am