You too can look as elegant as Kym the Surf Guru

We’re so familiar now with tanning butlers and sleep concierges that we thought we’d heard of every wacky hotel service around, but here’s one we’re not sure we’re familiar with – a surf guru.

The Anantara Dhigu Resort in the Maldives has called in an Aussie bum instructor called Kym the Surfer (real name: Kym Everett) to ride their waves every day. And he’ll teach you how to hop on board, too. ]]> juliab 2010-08-12T16:13:32-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/7/14/134143/339 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/MLEIRHI_Hilton_Maldives_Iru_Fushi_Resort_and_Spa_gallery_welcome.jpg" class="top"> <p>It&#146;s not every day that you get a national president to attend your hotel opening, but since tourism is the main industry in the Maldives, President Mohamed Nasheed was on hand to help open the Hilton&#146;s new <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hilton+Maldives+Iru+Fushi+Resort+%26+Spa/local/1525">Iru Fushi Resort and Spa</a></b>. <p>The new resort is Hilton&#146;s <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/5/11/15194/4428/hotels/Hilton_To_Get_Three_New_Hotels_in_The_Maldives">second of four planned properties</a> in the Maldives. The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/2/3/192134/9949/hotels/Traveling_10_000_Miles_for_Barefoot_Luxury_The_Conrad_Maldives">Conrad Maldives</a> is already open on Rangali Island, the Beach House will join the Waldorf-Astoria Collection starting November 1, 2009, and a Doubletree will open in the island nation&#146;s capital of Malé sometime in 2011. <p> Iru Fushi is located on the island of Medhufushi in the Noonu Atoll (no joke, that&#146;s its name) about 40 miles north EricRosen 2009-07-14T15:59:42-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/5/71058/15472 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Four_Seasons_Maldives_Water_Villa_Pool.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>A relatively recent opening in the Maldives, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Four+Seasons+Landaa+Giraavaru/ian/237009"><b>Four Seasons Landaa Giraavaru</b></a> has quickly become a very popular destination over its first couple of years. In a UK <i>Independent</i> report last week it got an extremely positive write-up:</p><blockquote><p> Food and cabins - there are some 50 "beach pavilions" and 38 "water bungalows" - are, needless to say, so faultless you'll want to cry when it's time to leave.</blockquote></p><p>When we see this photo of the pool out the back of a water villa, we can understand never wanting to say goodbye. And each room and villa come with such a long list of life's daily needs that we could probably stay and work from there anyhow: they amandak 2008-05-06T09:00:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/11/27/142725/81 <![CDATA[<p> <i>Cubicle Dreamin' is a feature in which we ask the hotel mavens to take some time out of their busy work day, surf the Internet, and tell us what hotel they wish they could beam themselves to right that very second--all on the slave driving companies dime, of course. Oh, like these people aren't surfing aimlessly anyway--at least now their purposeless clicking will be cobbled together into useful hotel stories--we hope. Have a destination hotel you are just dying to leave your cube for? <a href="tips@hotelchatter.com">Send the story our way</a>.<p> In this episode, Hotel Maven <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/annabel/stories">Annabel </a> escape the bitter chill of London. Enjoy.</i><p> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/tajexoticamaldives.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> As the London days get shorter and the winter chill begins Annabel 2007-11-29T09:20:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/2/16/85557/8228 <![CDATA[<p> <i>As winter storms brew here in the Northeast, our search for the perfect overwater bungalow is intensifying. Know an overwater bungalow resort hotel we need to check out? Hit us on the <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">tip line</a>.</i><p> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/baros_sea_villa.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> We have covered <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Baros+Maldives/local/249"><b>Baros</b></a> <a href+'http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/11/30/161541/96/hotels/When_The_Brits_Go_Maldives">before</a>, however, when searching the world for the perfect overwater bungalow, neither the Maldives, nor Baros can be ignored. <p> Here is what we have learned over the years of telling and aggregating hotel stories--Londoners know their hotels. <p> That said, when discretionary holiday takers from the UK head for an over water bungalow experience many head to Baros. Not only do they head there, but they also return--a big deal when you are dropping markj 2007-02-16T09:10:51-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/