LUXURY hotel group GHM is making its first foray in the Maldives with the opening of its first resort there in 2016.
Chedi Dhapparu inhabits a 55-hectare crescent-shaped atoll located 20 minutes away by speedboat from Hanimaadhoo International Airport.
When completed, the resort will offer 40 hotel suites, half of which will be over-water rooms. All 20 units of 90m2 Chedi Club Suites also provide guests with private pools.
Also featured are 90 hotel-managed residential villas in one- to four-bedroom layouts, the largest unit covering 565m2.
All 130 units will grant guests direct beach access as well as views of a coral reef lagoon or the open ocean.
To ensure the area’s ecosystem remains intact, GHM plans to launch a programme to maintain the ideal levels of coral in the lagoon, which is popular among dolphins and other marine species.
Guests can expect a sea-facing spa with 10 double treatment rooms, a health club with a tai chi terrace, a club lounge for guests staying in over-water suites, a beach club featuring a dive centre and a bar.
Other facilities to come up are a library, a cigar lounge, and four F&B outlets such as a Japanese restaurant and a dinner-only venue serving cuisine from the Maldives, India and Sri Lanka.
GHM had also announced in July an agreement with Taiwanese business development company, Elements Innovation, to launch three luxury hotels in Zhudong, Taiwan (TTG Asia e-Daily, July 10, 2013).
