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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.

RANGALI ISLAND: Hilton Maldives Offers Guests A Desert Island to Explore

juliana — 2007-08-06T12:56:41-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/hilton_maldives.jpg" class="imgborder">Luxury hotels are getting more and more creative/insane with the hotel amenities that they can offer for their high-paying guests and the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hilton+Maldives+Resort+&+Spa+Rangali+Island/local/636">Hilton Maldives</a> is no exception. The hotel has picked up a nearby desert island (Huruelhi) and keeps it reserved for guests who want a "Robinson Crusoe" type of adventure for a day. Never mind that the resort is already set on two bridge-linked islands. Or that the place has enough to keep you entertained with 10 restaurants and bars, an undersea restaurant, two spas, the infamous <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/7/10/63133/6642/hotels/Try+130+Cheeses+at+the+Hilton+Maldives">cheese "closet"</a> with 130 cheeses and all sorts of water activities from snorkeling to deep-sea fishing.Still, if you want more the hotel will send you out to