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As we speak: Get complimentary VIP perks at any Soneva Resort
As most of you already know, I’m an enormous fan of luxurious inns (and I assume most of you might be as properly since you might be following my weblog). Aman, Mandarin Oriental, Rosewood and 4 Seasons rank amongst my favourite resort manufacturers. However none comes near my absolute favourite resort group on the earth: Soneva. What I like a lot in regards to the Soneva – and the way they discriminate themselves from their high-end opponents – is their pursuit for excellence, the distinctive design of their resorts, their dedication to impressed residing, their very sensible tackle barefoot luxurious, their breathtaking ‘distant however accessible’ pure areas, and their creation of genuine experiences (in contrast to another). Soneva has 5 spectacular resorts to date (with extra thrilling properties deliberate to open within the close to future):
I’m able to provide the readers of my weblog complimentary VIP perks at any Soneva resort (for brand spanking new bookings made earlier than August 2026). These advantages are listed under and are available along with beneficial affords & financial savings that are discovered on the official Soneva Fushi, Soneva Jani, and Soneva Kiri web site:
- A resort credit score valued at 10% of the web room income (when reserving a Finest Accessible Fee) or 5% of the whole package deal income when reserving one of many Soneva particular packages. For instance, in the event you guide 7 nights at Soneva Kiri at a greatest obtainable price of $1500 USD per evening, you’re going to get a resort credit score of seven x $150 USD = $910 USD, which you need to use on meals, spa, and actions.
- Two personalised Soneva experiences per keep (complimentary) from the Soneva expertise brochure (excluding Soneva In Aqua). You might have the chance to pick premium actions akin to Sonu’s picnic which is roughly $1050 USD per individual. For instance, when reserving a keep at Soneva Jani, these experiences may additionally embrace:
- Personal Cinema Paradiso expertise with dinner
- Father & son picnic and mom & daughter spa
- Personal Dinner on the Starlight Desk and a session on the observatory
- Cooking class for kids and household
- Dawn breakfast
- Gourmand eating expertise which incorporates chocolate and wine tasting
That is the way it works:
- Step 1: contact me by electronic mail earlier than confirming a reserving (with point out of you most popular journey dates, the variety of individuals in your journey occasion, and age of children if any). I’ll then introduce you per electronic mail to my Soneva contact.
- Step 2: after the introduction, Soneva will give you the very best charges or package deal on your most popular journey dates, and the Soneva ambassador advantages might be added to your reservation upon affirmation of the reserving.
Beneath you discover some additional details about the historical past of Soneva and the main points (+ my evaluations) of the group’s stunningly lovely resorts.
SONEVA JANI, MALDIVES
Situated on an uninhabited five-island cluster within the Noonu Atoll, the Maldives’ most unique resort is fringed by pristine seashores, blanketed with lush tropical greenery, and surrounded by a 5.6 km (3,4 mi) lagoon of crystal clear waters with uninterrupted Indian Ocean views. Every one of many phenomenal water villas has a non-public lap pool and opens to its personal stretch of lagoon, with some villas that includes slides going immediately from the highest deck into the lagoon under. The spotlight of the villas is the retractable roof in the master suite, which slides again on the contact of a button in order that friends can lie in mattress and stargaze. A couple of months in the past, Soneva Jani added Chapter Two to its portfolio of luxurious water villas, and launched thrilling new eating ideas, an overwater Soneva Wellness Heart, and a entire new all-inclusive approach to expertise the very best of the resort with Soneva Limitless.
SONEVA FUSHI, MALDIVES
Soneva Fushi, the primary ‘Robinson Crusoe’ type hideaway within the Maldives, is about on the privately owned tropical island of Kunfunadhoo in Baa Atoll, a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve. The island – which is 1,400 m (4,600 ft) lengthy and 400 m (1300 ft) extensive – ranks among the many largest islands within the Maldives. Other than the crystal clear waters, white seashores and tropical local weather, the island’s unusually wealthy vegetation affords a singular pure expertise. Large, multi-bedroom, fairytale-like luxurious villas and personal residences are hidden amongst dense tropical foliage. In line with the castaway theme, many are constructed to resemble tree homes. All open to their very own non-public stretch of sugar white sands, and most boast their very own non-public seawater swimming swimming pools. In summer season 2020, Soneva Fushi additionally unveiled eight fabulous water retreats, that are the biggest and most luxurious overwater villas on the earth.
SONEVA SECRET
The primary resort within the Haa Dhaalu Atoll, Soneva Secret options 14 overwater and island villas, together with the Maldives’ solely floating villa. Designed to supply the final word in Soneva hospitality and exemplary service requirements, every villa contains a devoted group of three, which features a Barefoot Guardian, Barefoot Assistant and devoted chef, to make sure each keep is wholly personalised. Thirty years within the making, the Soneva Secret resort idea builds upon Soneva’s expertise on the forefront of outstanding hospitality, and units a brand new, unmatched normal in intuitive, personalised service, beautiful non-public villas and unspoiled settings, surrounded by nature. In its press launch, Soneva calls the brand new property its “first” Soneva Secret Resort, which works by the official title Soneva Secret 2024, hinting there may be extra to return within the subsequent years.
SONEVA KIRI, THAILAND
Distant but accessible by a 70 minute flight from Bangkok on the resort’s non-public aircraft, Soneva Kiri sits on Thailand’s 4th largest however least populated island, Koh Kood, within the Gulf of Siam. Some of the unique seaside resorts on the earth, Soneva Kiri affords an unrivalled mixture of luxurious, environmentally pleasant design and unforgettable, genuine Thai experiences. The 35 resort villas (together with 11 non-public residences) are amongst the biggest on the earth. Situated on the idyllic seaside or sunny slopes within the rainforest, all have beautiful infinity swimming pools, impossibly stylish furnishings, private electrical buggies, and impeccable service courtesy of non-public butlers. Highlights embrace the open air cinema Paradiso, Benz’ mangrove restaurant, the chocolate & ice cream parlour, the kids’s den, and the spectacular Treetop eating pod.
- Resort web site: Soneva Kiri
- Prime 10 accolades: Soneva Kiri options in my high 10 lists of the most insanely lovely inns in Thailand, the world’s most wonderful seaside resorts, the world’s most outrageous resort experiences, the greatest non-public plunge swimming pools on the earth, the world’s most lovely resort seashores, the world’s greatest luxurious inns, the world’s greatest household inns, the world’s most distant inns, the most astonishing seaside retreats in Asia, and luxurious inns with non-public airports.
- Tip: get complimentary VIP perks when reserving Soneva Jani by way of Virtuoso (e.g. villa improve, breakfast, early check-in , late check-out, and $100 USD resort credit score).
- Overview: learn my overview of Soneva Kiri right here.
SONEVA IN AQUA, MALDIVES
Soneva in Aqua is the primary floating villa within the Maldives and each honeymooner’s dream. The pioneering new boat villa idea of the extremely luxe Soneva resort group combines all the advantages of the group’s iconic resort’s companies and facilities with the liberty and exclusivity related to reserving a non-public boat constitution. The 2-cabin boat contains a spacious important cabin with a glass backside spa and bathe amenities, in addition to a second room with a king-sized mattress and en-suite amenities. Different options embrace an exterior raised solar and eating deck, a decrease stage bar and eating space plus daybeds, lounge seating and a jacuzzi.
HISTORY OF THE SONEVA HOTEL GROUP
In 1995, Sonu Shivdasani, an Indian-British hotelier, launched the now world-famous Soneva Fushi resort on the abandoned Maldivian island of Kunfunadhoo. He additionally constructed his home there, collectively together with his spouse Eva Malmstrom, a Swedish vogue mannequin, who developed the design and furnishing of the distinctive resort.
They’d no concept that their intensely private imaginative and prescient of a regionally crafted villa and environmentally accountable way of life would type the idea of a profitable assortment of world-class inns, resorts and spas. However that’s precisely what occurred. Soneva Fushi was the primary ‘castaway’ resort within the Maldives, pioneering a pattern for back-to-nature luxurious holidays. And it nonetheless tops my checklist of the high 10 greatest luxurious resorts within the Maldives. In 2009, the Soneva Resort group constructed a second, much more spectacular resort – Soneva Kiri – on the unspoilt Thai island of Koh. Final 12 months, the group launched the primary floating villa within the Maldives, SonevaIn Aqua. And this autumn, it opens Soneva Jani, a spectacular resort that will set new requirements on this vacation spot that’s already recognized for its world-class resort requirements.
The success of the Soneva model additionally paved the way in which for Sonu and Eva’s different resort group, the Six Senses Resorts & Spas, throughout South East Asia and Europe. In 2006, Soneva Fushi made a income of roughly US$ 20 million and by 2011, Six Senses was a $150–175 million worldwide luxurious spa and resort chain with 26 resorts and 41 spas. Underneath Eva’s and Sonu’s path the Six Senses model gained world fame earlier than being bought in 2012.
As we speak, Sonu and Eva concentrate on their Soneva resorts with non-public residences, as a part of the “One Proprietor, One Operator, One Philosophy, One Model” technique. And whereas the Sonevas might have many imitators, they haven’t any equals. Each Soneva Resorts impress on a variety of ranges. Breathtaking ‘distant however accessible’ pure areas, effortlessly stylish lodging, unimaginable meals, actually memorable actions, an inspiring ethos of sustainability and repair that’s uncannily intuitive.
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