Four Seasons has unveiled three new luxury concepts in the Maldives.
The hotel chain has reopened the Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Kuda Huraa, which was severely damaged in the December 2004 tsunami, opened a second resort, the Landaa Giraavaru, and has bought a new luxury catamaran, the Four Seasons Explorer.
The openings have seen the return of 200 local staff who were deployed to work at other Four Seasons properties after Kuda Huraa was closed-down post-tsunami.
Kuda Huraa, boasts a traditional Maldivian village setting with 96 beach and water bungalows.
The floors of the new beach bungalows have been raised higher from the ground to provide better ocean views, while each features a plunge pool.
Landaa Giraavaru, which opened last month and is situated in the underdeveloped Baa Atoll, 120km north of Male, features 102 villas.
Seclusion and preserving the island’s “raw wilderness” are the key principles behind its design and key selling points include The Landaa Spa and Ayurvedic Retreat, a first for the Four Seasons, as well as a herbal centre.
Koimala land and ocean villas are also a Four Seasons first; each villa has a land-based pavilion with private beach access and living and dining area, which is linked to the sea-based sleeping pavilion with bedroom, bathroom and outdoor shower, linked by a wooden walkway that leads past a plunge pool.
Four Seasons’ third new luxury offering, the 39-metre three-deck catamaran, Four Seasons Explorer, will offer guests trips to remote islands and atolls. It features 10 spacious staterooms and one suite.
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