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Let’s face it. This last year and a bit have not been the best for travel. They’ve also been the most confusing in memory with lists and traffic lights of various hues, frequently contradictory advice and testing requirements that changed place to place and week to week. There is, however, always the Maldives. Off the…
Private jet owners now have (another) irrefutable reason to visit six-star Conrad Maldives: the nearby Maamigili Island airport’s runway has just opened to private jets. Only twenty minutes from the Conrad Maldives Rangali Island, you’ll be able to land and be at the resort in under an hour, avoiding all those irksome bottlenecks at Male Airport. “Maamigili…
Maldivian locals must be a little concerned, in a “has anyone else noticed what’s been happening to the neighbourhood?” sort of way. Hotels sure are beginning to resemble something out of a rather expensive and watery Kevin Costner movie… First came construction plans for floating golf courses, and now this: the Water Discus Underwater Hotel, made…
Be sure to bring your A-game. Failing that, a lot of spare golf balls. Threatened by rising sea levels, the entire island nation of the Maldives may be doomed to a watery grave unless it transforms itself into floating developments and man-made islands. Might as well build a floating golf course as its centrepiece, then. The…
The President of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, opened the resort yesterday. The 52-acre private resort joins the nearby Conrad Maldives Rangali Island as part of Hilton’s ongoing expansion in the Maldives. “I am delighted to be here for the inauguration of this beautiful resort and am sure that the Hilton family will continue to set…
When it comes to diving, some of the best locations in the world are in the Maldives. The Conrad Maldives Rangali Island is situated in a secluded corner of the South Ari Atoll and as such is right in the centre of some of the Maldives’ best dive sites. For a sub aqua holiday, it…
I suppose it is a legitimate concern. Only 200 of the 1,192 Maldivian islands are inhabited. Simultaneously, it’s one of the world’s most dispersed countries and the smallest country in Asia, in terms of population and landmass. To add a bit of a brain twister to the equation, the Maldives has the Earth’s lowest highest…
For the ultimate in relaxation breaks, the Conrad Maldives Rangali Island has introduced a quiet zone, completely free from disruption to ensure the best break possible. The area is children free and offers the first over-water swimming pool in the Maldives, a lounge bar and new look Koko Grill restaurant which is at sea level…