Maldives shines in Marine Diving Fair 2006, Japan, Tokyo

Maldives received some prestigious Dive & Travel Awards at the Marine Diving Fair. These include three awards representing the Maldives as destination and five awards won by two resorts in the Maldives. As a destination, the Maldives won “Best Resort Area – Overseas”, “Best Dreaming Area” and “Best Diving Area”. Coco Palm Dunikolhu won “Best Resort hotel Overseas”, “Best over water bungalows”, “Best Beach” and “Best Snorkelling (Second Place)”. Olhuveli Beach & Spa won an award in the best beach category.

Maldives Tourism Promotion Board and its Public Relations representative (JTB Corp) in Japan also organised a seminar on “Maldives Tourism Product” on 10 April 2006. The invitees for this seminar included tour operators, travel agents and land operators from Japan and Travel trade from the Maldives.

Source: Visit Maldives

W Hotels announces plans for Hotels in the Maldives

W Hotels is a global lifestyle brand with 20 properties in the most vibrant cities around the world. Inspiring and indulging its guests with thoughtful, refreshing and stylish experiences, signature restaurants, bars and destination spas, W has become the fastest growing luxury hotel brand in the world.

Each hotel offers a unique mix of innovative design, comfort and cultural influences from fashion to music to art and everything in between. Recent openings include W’s first property in Asia, W Seoul – Walkerhill and its first property in Canada, W Montreal. W Residences, offering the W lifestyle at home, have been announced for Las Vegas, Hollywood, Dallas, South Beach, Phoenix, Scottsdale and Hoboken.

Internationally, W has announced plans for hotels in the Maldives, Barcelona, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Dubai.