erimaldives.com Places to stay The Reef You Return To: A Week on Eri Maldives "In one drop of water are found all the secrets of all the oceans." — Kahlil Gibran There is a category of Maldivian island that the travel world has largely overlooked. Not the overwater-villa archipelago shaped for the honeymoon market, nor the villa-and-infinity-pool compound designed By Natalia Nova • 6 min read
kandima.com Luxury Hotels Kandima Maldives: the art of living at full volume There is a particular version of the Maldives that most people carry in their imagination long before they arrive: the overwater villa, the glassy lagoon, the careful, considerate silence of a place designed above all else to be undisturbed. That version exists, and it is not wrong. But it is By iTravel Staff • 8 min read
hyatt.com Luxury Guides A Guide to Morocco: The Best Hotels, Dining and Cultural Experiences Where to Stay Royal Mansour Marrakech A 53-riad compound within the medina walls, owned by King Mohammed VI of Morocco. Each riad is a three-storey private house with its own rooftop terrace and plunge pool. Staff move through a network of underground corridors, maintaining service without visible presence. By iTravel Staff • 6 min read
Luxury Hotels The Fortress Resort & Spa: A Different Side of Sri Lanka’s South Coast Some hotels become part of a destination. Others become the reason to slow down and notice it. The Fortress Resort & Spa belongs to the second category. Located on Koggala Beach, approximately twenty minutes from Galle Fort, this boutique resort occupies one of the most interesting stretches of Sri Lanka’ By Natalia Nova • 6 min read
hyatt.com Luxury Guides The Mediterranean Luxury Resort Edit 2026 For the 2026 season, Mediterranean luxury is no longer defined by beachfront position alone. Across Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal, the most relevant resorts and resort communities now prioritise privacy, villa-style accommodation, design integrity, wellness and gastronomy. This iPremium edit brings together new openings, recent arrivals, major renewals and By iTravel Staff • 4 min read
Gastronomy Why Bangkok Is Becoming Asia’s Luxury Lifestyle Capital Design-led hotels, flagship retail expansions and a constellation of Michelin-starred restaurants are repositioning the Thai capital for a global audience of affluent travellers. On the Chao Phraya River, where the Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok at Chao Phraya and Capella Bangkok opened in 2020, curated art collections, expansive suites By iTravel Staff • 4 min read
dior.com Gastronomy Michelin & Gastronomy: New Zealand, La Jolla and Saint-Tropez Redefine Culinary Travel The luxury gastronomy map is shifting again. This week’s key signals come from three destinations: New Zealand, where Michelin has arrived for the first time; La Jolla, where California’s fine-dining scene is expanding beyond major cities; and Saint-Tropez, where gastronomy, beach culture and rosé define the By iTravel Staff • 3 min read
News New Hotel Openings Watchlist: Amanvari, Tokyo, Turks & Caicos and Rome This week’s luxury hotel watchlist points to four markets gaining momentum: Baja California, Tokyo, Turks and Caicos, and Rome. The signals are different in each case — a long-awaited resort opening, senior leadership appointments, and early positioning for a major European debut — but together they show where luxury hospitality By iTravel Staff • 3 min read
Luxury Hotels Locanda La Raia: Where Italian Hospitality Begins with the Land “He who sows utopia will reap reality.” — Carlo Petrini Some places do not try to impress immediately. They wait until the guest’s pace changes. La Raia is one of them. In Lower Piedmont, in the hills of Gavi, around an hour from Milan and less than an hour from By Natalia Nova • 7 min read
cinnamonhotels.com Travel Twenty Metres from Shore: Inside Ellaidhoo Maldives by Cinnamon "The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever." — Jacques-Yves Cousteau In the Maldives, geography determines everything. Some islands are built around architecture. Others around privacy. A smaller number are shaped by what lies beneath the surface. Ellaidhoo Maldives by Cinnamon By iTravel Staff • 5 min read
dhigufaru.com Travel Dhigufaru Maldives: A Thin Line of Sand in the Baa Atoll "Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry The grammar of modern luxury has become additive. Every property I visit now feels louder than the one before it, every hour of the By Natalia Nova • 7 min read
hyatt.com/alila-hotels-and-resorts Luxury Guides New Luxury Hotels in the Maldives: A Guide to Openings A survey of the properties redefining the Maldivian archipelago, from remote northern atolls to emerging private-island concepts in the south. Introduction: The Archipelago Shifts The Maldives has long operated as a kind of laboratory for high-end hospitality. A nation of roughly 1,200 islands, fewer than 200 of By Natalia Nova • 17 min read
