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Shangri-La’s Villingili Resort Opens Own Airport Terminal
We’ve seen some pretty nice amenities offered by hotels -- luxury car service, designer robes, a concierge for everything –- but this one from Shangri-La's Villingili Resort and Spa in the Maldives may be the most OTT one yet.
It’s a Thursday afternoon and you’re thinking to yourself, “What should I do this weekend?” Maybe you should think about fueling up that jet of yours and taking off to the Shangri-La in the Maldives. With the resort’s new private air terminal located just five minutes by speedboat from the resort, AKA "paradise," your beach weekend starts NOW.
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Anantara Sells Elephant-Digested Coffee For $50 A Cup!
Where: Asia/Pacific Region
Anantara Resorts has begun to sell "naturally refined" coffee beans in some of their hotels in the Maldives and Thailand, but you're going to want to read the fine print on this one: They're made from beans that have been digested and pooped out by elephants. Anantara isn't the first with Bali's Ayana resort doing strange things with coffee, cat bladders and their bowels, but they're certainly the priciest. For $1,100 a kilogram, or approximately $50 a cup, travelers can enjoy what is currently the world's most expensive coffee. The digestion of the beans apparently breaks down the proteins that cause bitterness, claiming to make this cup of Joe go down as smoothly as it no doubt comes out of the elephants.
Anyway you slice it, Anantara Resorts gets the last laugh with this one. The irony in the fact that you are paying 50 times what a cup of coffee should cost in an effort to drink what comes out of the back end of an elephant cannot be overlooked. We had to chuckle when we saw that they decided to name it Black Ivory Coffee, as if we needed any spacial imagery for this one.
Are we down? In theory, yes, but not for that price - it's just ridiculous.
Does dunking a donut in elephant dung coffee do anything for you? Let us know in the comments below!
[Photo: Anantara Resorts]
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The Hilton Maldives Opens a Dedicated Champagne Bar, The Bubble Lounge
As if the Hilton Maldives Iru Fushi needed to get any more luxurious, the five-star resort has just introduced the very first dedicated champagne bar in the Maldives. And yes, it's in an over-water structure.
The Bubble Lounge offers the best of the best champagne and sparkling wines, stocking a minimum of 50 varieties at any times. Only ten of them are available by the glass but we're guessing if you can afford a room at the resort, you can afford champagne by the bottle.
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The Tides are Changing at Viceroy Hotel Group
Tides Riviera Maya, now the Viceroy Riviera Maya
Now that the Tides South Beach is no longer a Viceroy Hotel (it belongs to cool kid hotel brand, King & Grove), we've been wondering what would be happening to the Tides Hotel brand that Viceroy had spun-out from this iconic South Beach property. Well, today we have our answer. Sort of.
Just after the Tides Riviera Maya in Mexico finished up their sexy renovations, it was announced that the hotel is now going by the name Viceroy Riviera Maya.
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Hotel Massages are Under Attack in The Maldives
Update, 1.6.12: The ban has been lifted! If you've got an upcoming trip scheduled to the Maldives, you may have to rethink your massage options.
The Tourism Ministry in the country has ordered all hotels and resorts to close their spas immediately after a conservative Islam party staged a protest accusing the spas of being brothels and a front for prostitution.
As with all extreme measures, there are some politics behind this decision. Apparently, several members of the opposition party own hotels and resorts so closing their spas is sort of a way to "stick it to them."
But the hotels and resorts aren't having it.
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Green Hotel Jobs: Babysitting Turtles In The Maldives
All this week, HotelChatter contributor Eric Rosen will be talking with the people who perform some of the coolest Green Hotel Jobs out there. He reached out across the globe to talk to the dynamic folks who do everything from breeding fish to teaching indigenous survival courses, and everything in between.
In case you didn't know, we kind of have a thing for endangered turtles: we've documented turtle-friendly spots like Big Pine Key in Florida, Playa Viva in Mexico, the Hilton Barbados, the Bolivian Amazon, and even all the way over in Oman.
So for the final installment in this week’s series on the Coolest Green Hotel Jobs, we’d like to introduce you to Patrik Svensson, the Marine Discovery Centre Manager at the Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Kuda Huraa.
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No Fair, The Hilton Maldives Hotels Have Their Own Seaplane Airport Lounge
When you stay at the Hilton Maldives/Iru Fushi Resort & Spa, Beach House Maldives A Waldorf Astoria Resort or Conrad Maldives Rangali Island, you start getting amenities even before you arrive at the hotel. The perks actually start rolling in when you step off of the plane.
After you arrive at Maldives International Airport and await your seaplane transfer to your island getaway, you get to chillax in the new VIP seaplane lounge that gives out a number of freebies. The best of which is the complimentary shoulder massages, which are probably much-needed after that long, cramped international flight.
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The Conrad Maldives Has Its Own Submarine, Nemo
We've long documented hotel cars and boats but this might be the first time we've ever seen a hotel submarine.
The Conrad Maldives Rangali Island unveiled its three-person "Nemo" sub earlier this month. Nemo, which looks like a clown fish with its orange and white stripes, is driven by a trained pilot to take two passengers on a 30-minute ride to see the resort's coral reef.
Thanks to the three acrylic glass pods that stick out on top of Nemo, guests can get 360-degree views of the underwater world without getting wet. No need for a scuba suit here, Jim Carrey! And then when you're finished, you can continue the underwater experience at the hotel's underwater restaurant, Ithaa.
The price for one dive is $495 for two people or $280 for one person.
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The Park Hyatt Maldives to Open April 1
Looks like on April 1, the Alila Villas Hadahaa will become the Park Hyatt Maldives. Although the rebranding hasn't been officially announced yet, it ain't an April Fools' joke.
Our pal the Points Guy tipped us off to it, and he got confirmation that the eco-friendly luxury hotel is, indeed, getting Park Hyatt-ized.
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What are Special Opening Rates Like in The Maldives?
Where: Maldives
Often when we look for special introductory hotel opening rates, we're hoping for something in the low $200s, preferably in the $100s, because we know that new hotels usually have some kinks to work out and that not everything is up and running. We also just like a really good deal.
Of course, things are done differently in The Maldives.
Jumeirah Hotels and Resorts have just opened the Jumeirah Dhevanafushi Resort in the Gaafu Alifu Atoll. The resort has 38 "Revive" and "Sanctuary" villas with views of the island or the ocean, direct beach or lagoon access, private swimming pools and personalized 24-hour butler service. There's also free WiFi and each villa has its own Apple Media Center.
Need to be even more isolated from civilization than just flying to the Maldives and checking into a villa? Sequester yourself in one of the Ocean Pearls, the resort's overwater bungalows located 800 metres away from the main island resort.
Right now, Jumeirah is offering an introductory rate for two people for three nights starting at $4,658.. Yes, that's a little bit out of our usual price range but this is the Maldives, the best of the best exotic island getaways. And that price also includes the following:
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Book A Last Minute Tropical Vacay, Get A Night Free With Anantara
The new Anantara Kihavah Villas. It's calling you.
Free nights? Just what we like to hear, especially if it’s somewhere idyllic. This time it’s Anantara doing the honors, offering a free night at all 15 of its properties in Thailand, Indonesia, the Maldives and the UAE.
There’s a catch, of course – there always is. You need to hop on it quick because it’s only valid for stays before April 15, and you have to pay for a certain number of nights before you qualify for a free one. How many depends on the individual hotel, but it runs from buy two nights, get a third free (at the Anantara Bangkok Sathorn and its two resorts in Abu Dhabi) to buy six and get a seventh free at Anantara Dhigu Maldives. Even the brand new Anantara Kihavah Villas in the Maldives, which we already declared sex on a stick, is offering a four for three deal.
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Year-Round Sexy Hotels: Anantara Kihavah Villas, Maldives
Where: Kihavah Huruvalhi Island, Maldives
Nothing says "I heart you boo" more than a romantic getaway, but sexytime isn't just for Valentine's Day. So if you don't have time to catch one of the V-Day packages we're profiling this week, we're also presenting you with some year-round sexy options. Whether you're into raunch, roses, or Rosé, every day this week, we’ll pick a different property that we think will knock your socks—and who knows what else—off.
As far as far-flung romps go, the brand new Anantara Kihavah Villas in the Maldives, qualify in our book. If you’re gonna trek to the middle of the Indian Ocean, it’s gotta be for good reason. So this resort, which opens later this month, has given itself a name that translates to “without end” in Sanskrit. Upon hearing that, we expect a laundry list of sexiness, and from what we hear, the resort brings it.
