HotelChatter - Stories about Conrad Maldives Resort & Spa

Rangali Island: Finally, An Underwater Hotel Surfaces...Kind Of

juliana — 2010-04-20T14:23:40-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/ConradMaldivesUnderwaterSuiteEMAIL.jpg" class="top"> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/underwater hotels">Under Water Hotels</a> are sort of like our favorite joke here at HotelChatter. They've been hyped up for years but when it comes to actually opening, well, let's just say there's never been a real opening date set for any of these projects. Same goes for <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/space hotels">Space Hotels</a>.But at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/CONRAD+MALDIVES/local/1116">Conrad Maldives Rangali Island</a> they've put together a reasonable way to spend a night underwater---by turning their underwater restaurant, Ithaa, into a suite for two for an evening in honor of the restaurant's fifth anniversary. Guests who book the suite will get a private champagne dinner and breakfast in bed. Oh and the chance to wake up looking up (not down) at

Hilton To Get Three New Hotels in The Maldives

EricRosen — 2009-05-11T17:33:06-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/beachhousemaldives.gif" class="top"> Last time we checked in with <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/2/3/192134/9949/hotels/Traveling_10_000_Miles_for_Barefoot_Luxury_The_Conrad_Maldives">Carsten Schieck</a>, General Manager of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Conrad+Maldives+Resort+%26+Spa+/local/636">Conrad Maldives Rangali Island</a>, was in February, when he told us about the resorts dizzying menu of "barefoot luxury" offerings. But as it turns out, Hilton's offerings in the Maldives won't be limited to this one resort anymore. Hilton is taking over three new properties in the Maldives and Schieck will be overseeing them all.The first is the new Hilton Maldives/Iru Fushi Resort & Spa (formerly the Iru Fushi Resort) which is scheduled to open on July 1. The second major project from Hilton is the transformation of the year-old <a href="http://www.beachhousecollection.com/">Beach House Resort</a> at the northern tip of the archipelago on Manafaru

Rangali Island: Traveling 10,000 Miles for Barefoot Luxury: The Conrad Maldives

EricRosen — 2009-02-05T15:49:41-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/Carsten1.JPG" class="top"> Carsten Schieck, the tall, tan, genial General Manager of <a href=http://conradhotels1.hilton.com/en/ch/hotels/index.do?ctyhocn=MLEHICI>The Conrad Maldives Rangali Island</a> resort, breezed into Los Angeles last week on a tour of the U.S., and sat down to tell us why a visit to his resort is worth flying 10,000 miles (plus an extra island hop of 50 miles.) Turns out that even if you hate traveling long distances, once you get to the Maldives, the Conrad will do everything in their power to make you forget just how long and tiring that trip was. But first, we had to ask--what is <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/conrad%20hotels">Conrad</a>. This is actually one of Hiltons ultra luxe-brands ("but still hip," says Carsten) with just a handful of properties

Sourth Ari Atoll: Cubicle Dreamin': The Lust for Conrad Maldives is Never-Ending

jennm — 2008-06-27T13:00:06-05:00

<![CDATA[ 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>. In this episode, Hotel Maven <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/jennm/stories">Jennifer Merritt</a> heads to the Maldives...in her head. Enjoy.<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/11725/mlehiciconradmaldivesgalleryspavillas04large.jpg" class="imgborder">Ever since a PR person's pitch for the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/CONRAD+MALDIVES/local/1116">Conrad Maldives Rangali Island</a>

Top Five Best Hotels in the Maldives

juliana — 2008-03-03T18:04:41-05:00

We have some friends heading to the Maldives this week and we're trying to keep our jealousy in check but it's really hard.

So we are dealing with it the best way we can--creating a list of the Top Five Best Hotels in the Maldives.*

See our picks after the jump.