One & Only Maldives At Reethi Rah

Bask in the unparalleled style and sophistication of on of the most luxurious resorts in the world! One&Only Maldives!

Pool at One & Only Reethi Rah Maldives

Nestled within the string of beautiful coral atolls and fringed by azure waters and endless powder white sands. Turquoise lagoons and the best dive spots adds up to the luxurious experience bound to happen at the One&Only Maldives.

Reethi Rah Maldives Over-Sea Rooms

The One&Only Maldives Accommodation

The One&Only Maldives boasts 130 villas at the Reethi Rah. The villas are discreetly places alongside the shoreline of the island. 98 Beach villas are all secluded and embraced by nature with its lush green vegetation. The villas of the One&Only Maldives are the largest in the world. Each providing a epitome of privacy and tropical tranquility. 32 Water villas which are considerably the best choice are rested upon crystal clear waters all beholding a amazing azure facade of infinite blue skies. All the villas are equipped with the finest luxuries and technologies but in such a way that it does not disrupt the feel of nature’s tranquility.

Dhoni at Reethi Rah Maldives

The One&Only Maldives Cuisine

A level of service that is unsurpassed and delightful food that comes best with the tropical island paradise experience is always available at the One&Only Maldives. The food all over the island is prepared with only the finest and freshest ingredients. The Reethi Restaurant is at the heart of the island has a unique design that enthralls its guests into a irresistible view and dining ambiance. The menu of the Reethi Restaurant fuses Asian and Mediterranean cuisine all of which are inclined to maximize the tropical island paradise experience in the Maldives. The One&Only Maldives boasts an exceptional wine cellar with almost 9,000 bottles ranging from rare and common worldwide favorites. Beside the main pool of the One&Only Maldives is the Rah bar with all day salads, wraps, snacks and exotic fruit smoothies. The One&Only Maldives is also one of the few that caters and has the capacity to tend to special diets care of the resorts culinary team. Now that’s amazing!

Incredible Sunsets at One and Only Reethi Rah in the Maldives

The One&Only Maldives Recreational Activities

The island’s thilas, giris and drop offs make the One&Only Maldives nearby reefs the perfect place to learn how to scuba dive. So do not pass upon the opportunity, Experience shark dives and a 1981 Maldives Victory ship wreck dive. The Reethi Tah Dive Centre offer a wide array of dive programs with state of the art equipment by SCUBAPRO and Bauer and Komptec Compressors all with absolute safety in mind. Another popular wreck within the islands perimeter is the Hembadu Wreck which is a former tug boat that was sunk by the dive school in 1988 at the house reef of the Hembadu south-east.

For more information with scuba diving in the Maldives. Visit www.maldivesdivetravel.com

Centara Grand Island Resort and Spa Maldives

Introducing the newest addition to the glorious line of top Maldives Hotel Resorts – Centara Grand Island Resort and Spa Maldives!

The Centara Grand Island Resort and Spa Maldives.

Located along the southern Ari atoll the Centara Grand Island Resort and Spa offers a affordable yet exquisite Maldives tropical island paradise experience. The Centara Grand Island Resort and Spa is set on the Alifu Atoll and follows suit to a kind of luxury called barefoot luxury and caters not only to honeymooning couples but also to families.

Centara Resort and Spa Accommodations

Centara Grand Island Resort and Spa Accommodation

Most tourist and travel guides cannot stress enough that when in the Maldives opt for a water villa if possible. The Centara Grand Island Resort and Spa villas can easily accommodate the likes of honeymooners, families and fun groups. With beach front and over the water accommodations you just cant go wrong with the Centara Grand Island Resort and Spa. The resorts allows premium guests access to the island clubhouse, swimming pool and a vast array of bar drinks.

Pool at the Centara Resort and Spa in the Maldives

The Centara Grand Island Resort and Spa Cuisine

Available to its fortunate guests are a seven top notch delightful establishments to choose from. For those guests that availed the “Fully Inclusive” package here are the highlights.

-Pre dinner canape at the Coral

-All day soft drinks and mineral water

-Open bar service all day!

-Complimentary use of scuba diving and snorkeling equiptment

-Daily buffet breakfast, lunch and dinner at the Reef restaurant

Arrive at the Centara Resort & Spa by Seaplane

The Centara Grand Island Resort Spa

The ocean front village spa called the SPA Cenvaree is a traditional locale for aromatherapy and massages that will surely take the toll of the urban grind away for a long long time. Rejuvenate yourself at the SPA Cenvaree.

ASP Australasia event in Maldives cancelled due to lack of sponsor

Mountain Creek surfer Leigh Sedley will not have the opportunity to avenge his quarter-final loss last June in the WQS 6-star Prime Maldives event since ASP Australasia announced yesterday that it has cancelled their 2010 contest, which was to be held in the Maldives.

Leigh Sedley lost to American Austin Ware by just 0.30 points in the event, a feature in the second-tier tour.

ASP Australasia could not find a sponsor for the contest, which would have entered its 10th year in 2010.

ASP Australasia’s Maldives Surfing Event

The event was created in 2001 and delivered outstanding surf and an exceptional global promotion to the Maldives, which now has a booming surf tourism industry.

Plans are in place to re-instate the event for 2011.

Check out Maldives surfing videos here!

With the Best Price Guarantee, Maldives Dive Travel promises to beat any competitor’s price!

Maldives Dive Travel an online travel agency for Maldives liveaboards, is proud to announce the first ever Best Price Guarantee, making the world’s most exclusive scuba diving destination accessible to everyone. Maldives Dive Travel is promising to beat any competitor’s price for the same holiday on any ship featured on http://www.maldivesdivetravel.com.

Maldives Dive Travel is the first company in the Maldives to offer a Best Price Guarantee for liveaboards. The long hours of searching for the best prices are a problem of the past. Now scuba divers can rest assured that they are getting the best deal.

“Our goal is to give scuba divers the ultimate experience at affordable prices. You don’t have to be a millionaire to enjoy the beauty of Whale Sharks, Manta Rays and Hammerheads”, said Gundi Holm, CEO of Maldives Dive Travel. “Just show us a lower price, and we’ll beat it”.

The Maldives is known for its beautiful resorts that often leave the adventurous scuba diver unsatisfied. A liveaboard not only offers its guests 2 or 3 dives a day but the freedom to explore a new site everyday. Unbeknown to most, liveaboards in the Maldives are a much better deal for scuba divers. Liveaboard package prices range from USD $150 to USD $300 per day and include all diving and meals, whereas a single land-based dive trip from a resort costs a minimum of USD $50.

When considering a scuba diving holiday, liveaboards are a refreshing alternative, there’s just no other way to pack so many of the world’s most remote and pristine dives sites into one trip. Why limit yourself to dive sites close to a land-based resort, when there is a safari ship waiting to take you to discover underwater landscapes all over the Maldives.

About Maldives Dive Travel:
As a leading provider of scuba diving holidays in the Maldives, Maldives Dive Travel is committed to offering the widest range of liveaboard scuba diving trips at the best prices. Maldives Dive Travel works closely with all the scuba diving liveaboards featured on Maldives Dive Travel to ensure they offer the levels of service and safety that their customers both deserve and expect.

W Retreat & Spa Maldives

The W Retreat & Spa Maldives, located on Fesdu Island of the North Ari Atoll, to the west of Male’, the capital of Maldives, is a first-class luxury resort tucked away in the warm, blue waters of the Indian Ocean.

With perfect weather and endless sunshine, W Maldives is an idyllic retreat and water sports playground.

W Maldives offers guests the following activities:

• Reef or wreck scuba trips
• Snorkeling
• Underwater video course
• Reef scooter trips with Marine Biologist
• Overnight sailing/scuba trip to Hammerhead Shark Point
• Kite surfing
• Water skiing
• Windsurfing
• 100% Transparent Kayaks
• Big game and hand-line fishing
• Catamaran sailing
• Wake & knee boarding
• Aqua aerobics
• Circuit training
• Billiards
• Technogym® State-of-the-art workout facilities
• Yoga
• Oil painting

W Maldives Hotel

Aerial View

Beach Oasis Exterior

Sweet Spot

WORDS Library

Gaathafushi Island

Living As Art

Fire Pit

Coral Terrace Private Dinner

FISH Exterior

AWAY Spa

W Maldives Hotel Guest Rooms

Ocean Oasis

Ocean Oasis

Ocean Oasis

Seascape Escape

Seascape Escape Living Room

Seascape Escape Bedroom

Ocean Haven

Ocean Haven

Ocean Haven Dining Area

Ocean Haven

View from Ocean Haven

Ocean Haven

Beach Oasis

Beach Oasis

Beach Oasis - Exterior

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Beach Retreat

Beach Retreat - Day

Beach Oasis - Daybed

Beach Retreat - Night

W Maldives Hotel Destination

Relax in a Hammock on the Beach

Aerial View of a Majestic Maldivian Atoll

Gaathafushi Island

W Maldives Hotel Features

WET - Swim Up Dining

AWAY Spa

AWAY Spa and Gaathafushi Island

Yoga and AWAY Spa

Ocean Retreat Pool

Ocean Retreat

Sandbar Lounge Set Up

Sandbar Lounge Set Up

WET pool

SWEAT gym

W Maldives Hotel Induge

WET

WET

WET Bar

WET Dining

WET - Swim Up Dining

WET pool

FISH

FISH

FISH

FISH Restaurant

FISH Main Course

FISH Exterior

15 Below Lounge

15 Below Lounge

15 Below Lounge

KITCHEN

KITCHEN

KITCHEN Interior

SIP

SIP Lounge and Dining

SIP Lounge

SIP Lounge

SIP Bar

FIRE

FIRE Pit

FIRE

FIRE Restaurant

Hulhule Island Hotel is winner of the Maldives Leading Hotel Award at the World Travel Awards 2009!

Hulhulé Island Hotel, Maldives was declared the winner of “Maldives’ Leading Hotel” at the World Travel Awards 2009. The award was bestowed upon Hulhulé Island Hotel at a prestigious awards ceremony held on November 7, 2009 in London, United Kingdom.

World Travel Awards Are Most Prestigious in Travel Industry

Hailed by the Wall Street Journal as the “Travel industry’s equivalent to the Oscar’s”, the World Travel Awards are the most comprehensive and most prestigious awards program in the global travel industry. The World Travel Awards was established in 1993 to acknowledge and celebrate excellence in the world’s travel and tourism industry.

Hulhule Island Hotel, Maldives

Hulhulé Island Hotel is Winner at the Word Travel Awards 2009

According to a press release issued by the Hulhulé Island Hotel, the selection process this year was the most exhaustive in World Travel Awards’ 16-year history, with over 170,000 industry professionals deciding on what they consider to be the very best travel, tourism and hospitality products and services in the Indian Ocean.

Hulhulé Island Hotel commenced operations in 2000. Since then, the hotel has been a key member of the travel and trade business in the Maldives. Hulhule Island Hotel also boasts being the ‘Best Culinary Establishment’ in the Maldives, not to mention possessing a team that includes the ‘Most Outstanding Chef’ and ‘Top Maldivian Chef’ from the most recent Hotel Asia Exhibition & Culinary Challenge.

Last year, Hulhule Island Hotel was declared the ‘Winner’ of the ‘World Luxury Hotel Awards 2008’ held at Cape Town in October, 2008.

On receiving the award, Mr. Utkarsh Faujdar, General Manager of Hulhulé Island Hotel, emphatically said: “This is indeed a recognition of the world class facilities and service excellence that Hulhule Island Hotel has attained by achieving the highest international standards in the hospitality industry”. He further added “The inexorable efforts of my team have been instrumental in bringing this International award of repute to Hulhule Island Hotel.”

Report by Haveeru Online, Maldives.

The MV Orion, a luxurious liveaboard located in the Maldives, is offering guests unbeatable prices during the high season

Maldives Dive Travel, possessing over 20 years of experience in scuba diving in the Maldives and unrivalled expertise, offers guests the lowest prices available for Maldives liveaboard holidays once again!

Special High Season Deals on MV Orion

The following special offers are available on the MV Orion, a 130-feet super-cruiser that began operating in the Maldives just a few months ago. Be among the first to experience the luxury of the MV Orion liveaboard.

MV Orion Scuba Diving Cruise – November 23-30:

Enjoy scuba diving in the Maldives on MV Orion, the newest luxury liveaboard on offer.

7-day cruise just USD $1,449 per person (standard cabin), all-inclusive!

MV Orion Scuba Diving Cruise – December 7-14:

Escape to the Maldives for a pre-Christmas diving holiday to remember. MV Orion sets sail from Male on December 7 for a great tour of the Maldives’ finest dive sites.

This seven day cruise is just USD $1,680 per person, all-inclusive!

MV Orion Scuba Diving Cruise – December 14-21:

MV Orion departs once again on December 14 for a seven day cruise of the Maldives. Treat yourself to the scuba diving cruise of a lifetime on MV Orion, the newest and most luxurious liveaboard on offer today.

Prices start at just USD $1,680 per person, all-inclusive, in a standard cabin

MV Orion Scuba Diving Cruise – December 21-28:

Spend Christmas 2009 in the Maldives! Get away from the cold weather with your friends or family and experience Christmas in the sun.

MV Orion Christmas safari just USD $1,680 per person, including all meals and diving

MV Orion Scuba Diving Cruise – January 8-18:

Escape the January Blues and jet off to the Maldives where you will be spoilt in the comfort of the MV Orion and see some of the most amazing underwater scenery in the world.

10-day January diving safari on MV Orion just USD $2,990 per person

MV Orion Scuba Diving Cruise – January 18-25:

Late January is a great time to visit the Maldives: weather conditions are still excellent, but the Christmas crowds are gone. Take a week off work in January … there really is no better to unwind than a week on MV Orion

7-day January scuba diving cruise on MV Orion just USD $2,093 per person

To find more information about the MV Orion Safari Ship, visit the MV Orion Liveaboard Information Page.

Marine Biology Scuba Cruise to be held on Carina

On February 8, 2010, Carina Liveaboard will set sail for a 14-night scuba diving cruise of the Maldives, which will be led by marine biology experts and PADI-certified dive instructors, Mary Eichler-Bilek and Leo Bilek.

Mary Eichler-Bilek and Leo Bilek

Carina Marine Biology Scuba Diving Cruise

The current plans for the Carina liveaboard during this special scuba diving tour of the Maldives is to leave Male and travel around the South Male Atoll, Felidhu Atoll, Ari Atill and Rasdhoo Atoll.  The tour will also end in Male.  Depending on weather conditions, this route may change.

Carina Liveaboard

Learn More About the Ocean on Carina Liveaboard

This marine biology-themed scuba diving safari adventure on Carina is perfect for divers who love the ocean and everything that lives within it. With ten years of scuba diving experience in the Maldives, Mary Eichler-Bilek is an expert in Maldives marine biology and she enjoys sharing her knowledge with others during her popular marine biology cruises.

Carina Liveaboard Safari Information

Carina Liveaboard is one of the Maldives’ most popular safari ships, and is well-equipped to ensure a safe and comfortable scuba diving trip around the Maldives.   The special marine biology cruise will include comprehensive dive briefings and workshops to help you the coral reefs and their inhabitants in a whole new light. These briefings will be held in English and German.   As well as a stunning underwater experience, scuba divers on the Carina marine biology cruise will have the chance to take the Night Naturalist Specialty course, a programme developed by Mary herself and recognised by PADI as an official specialty course.  You can also obtain the PADI- Underwater Naturalist Certification during the cruise, making this not only a great scuba diving holiday, but also an opportunity to further your diving education.

Mary Spiegel Has Developed Her Own PADI-Recognised Underwater Specialist Course

Carina Liveaboard Prices

The entire diving package price is EUR 2,150 per person, including all dives and meals. This does not include the specialty course, which is charged at EUR 90 per person.  The cruise start date is confirmed, and a few places are still open for booking. We look forward to diving with you! Please contact us via mail@maldivesdivetravel.com for more information and bookings.

Maldives Plans Meeting for threatened nations

From the Associated Press, October 21, 2009

The Maldives will convene a summit next month of countries suffering some of the worst impacts of climate change ahead of a global conference on the issue in Copenhagen, government officials said.

The low-lying island nation has become a leading voice on the issue of global warming, even staging an underwater Cabinet meeting this month to express concerns about rising sea levels.

Government officials said Tuesday that the two-day conference starting Nov. 9 is meant to forge a common position for some of the world’s most vulnerable countries ahead of global talks in Copenhagen in December.

Those talks aim to replace the Kyoto Protocol, the first global agreement requiring modest reductions by industrialized countries in emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases widely believed responsible for changing the earth’s climate.

Wealthy nations want broad emissions cuts from all countries, while poorer ones say industrialized countries should carry most of the burden.

“We have chosen island states and countries suffering from deforestation, glacial melting and desertification,” said Ahmed Naseem, the Maldives state minister for foreign affairs.

The Maldives conference is expected to include Bangladesh, Barbados, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guyana, Kenya, Kiribati, Nepal, Philippines, Rwanda, Tuvalu and Vietnam.

The Maldives is Popular Destination Among Celebrities

The Maldives, one of the most luxurious destinations in the world is also one of the world’s most expensive destinations.  It’s not surprising then, that the Maldives is a popular destination among the rich and famous around the world.  The following is a quick summary of the hottest celebrities that have been spotted in the Maldives in recent months and years.

Beyonce and Jay-Z Charter a Yacht in the Maldives

In 2008, Beyonce and Jay-Z chartered a mega-yacht and cruised around the Maldives.

Jay-Z and Beyonce Chartered a Mega-Yacht in the Maldives

Naomi Campbell  Holidayed in the Maldives in December 2008

Naomi Campbell visited the Maldives in December 2008, where she vacationed with her Russian billionaire boyfriend Vladislav Doronin.

Naomi Campbell Holidayed in Maldives with Russian Billionaire Boyfriend

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes Honeymoon in the Maldives

After an elaborate wedding in Italy in 2006, Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise jetted off to the Maldives for a romantic honeymoon.

Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise Honeymooned in the Maldives in 2006

Katie Price, aka Jordan, Holidays in Maldives to grieve break-up with Peter Andre

Katie Price, or Jordan, as she is more commonly known, recently visited the  Maldives after her break-up with Peter Andre.  She stayed at the 5-star Conrad Rangali Island Resort, where she also got into serious trouble with the Maldivian authorities for sunbathing topless.

Jordan Grieved Breakup with Peter Andre at the Conrad Rangali Island Resort