IHG to manage HPL Maldives property

SINGAPORE InterContinental Hotels Group has signed a management agreement with Hotel Properties Limited to open a new InterContinental resort on the island of Maamunagau in the Maldives.

The 83-room InterContinental Maldives Maamunagau Resort will mark the brand’s entry into the Maldives when it opens.

This is the third resort that IHG has in partnership with HPL. The Singapore-based property owner and developer also owns Holiday Inn Resort Kandooma Maldives and Holiday Inn Resort Vanuatu.

Maamunagau island is located at the southern point of Raa Atoll (North Maalhosmadulu Atoll). International travellers can take a seaplane directly to the resort from Male’s Ibrahim Nasir International Airport.

The resort will have a wide range of food and beverage outlets including an all-day dining restaurant. It addition it will   feature a Club Lounge, pool and spa where guests can lounge and relax.

IHG Asia, Middle East and Africa chief executive officer, Jan Smits, said: “Tourism in the Maldives has been a major contributor to its economy, contributing more than 40%  of the country’s GDP last year, and sentiments are positive as the country continues to be one of the world’s most highly sought after travel destinations. It is a great time to be bringing our InterContinental brand into the Maldives.”

IHG currently operates 25 resorts across three brands in Asia and Australasia: InterContinental, and Holiday Inn, including the 160-room Holiday Inn Resort Kandooma Maldives.

With the signing of InterContinental Maldives Maamunagau Resort, the company now has 13 resorts in its development pipeline which will open within the next five years.