Newly opened Hilton Maldives garners prestigious awards

Just four months after opening its main island following a 15-month US $30 million total renovation, the Hilton Maldives takes first place amongst luxury resorts in the Maldives.

The resort’s renowned undersea restaurant – the only one of its kind in the world – won the hotly contested ‘Best Innovative Concept’ prize by the internationally recognised Worldwide Hospitality Awards at a glittering ceremony in Paris.

A week later, the prize-giving moved to London where the resort’s General Manager, Carsten Schieck, came on stage at the prestigious Sunday Times Readers’ awards to collect the prize for ‘Best Hotel Worldwide’. That same week, the resort also received accolades from Virgin Holidays, whose clients voted the resort ‘Silver Award for Best Hotel Middle East, Africa and Indian Ocean’.