Award-winning Island Luxury Fulhadhoo Boutique Hotel
. . . AN INDUSTRY EXAMPLE OF COMMUNITY- INCLUSIVENESS AT ITS FULLEST
Island Luxury Boutique Hotel takes local island tourism to a new level with their first property on Baa Fulhadhoo . The hotel offers authentic local island experiences and has set an industry example of community-inclusiveness at its fullest .
The hotel received two Maldives Tourism Awards 2022 . The Best Training and Career Development , and Highest Parity of Maldivian Employees awards were presented to proud Director Yunus Ziyad .
Owner and Group Director said , “ We wanted to set an industry example of community-inclusiveness at its fullest meaning . When local tourism was established , it was intended to provide job opportunities and economic benefit to local island communities . Our mission was to establish a property that demonstrated that this was possible , whilst offering hospitality at a service level equal to a premium hotel or resort .”
Island Luxury has always believed it is people who transform a holiday into an unforgettable experience , which is why both their team and the local community of Fulhadhoo is at the heart of their business and why training and development are its foundation . Local carpenters hand crafted the hotel . Local seamstresses designed and made uniforms and soft furnishings . The hotel is staffed by locals : the chef , gardeners , cleaner , captain and crew of their private sailing yacht SY Island Luxury . Local women support in-house laundry services and help with the baking of cakes , pastries , traditional Maldivian sweet hedhikaa . They also organize a weekly food festival so that guests and locals can join in the tastes of the Maldives . Local hosts share the secrets of their island home .
Set in a coconut palm grove , mere steps from the ocean , Island Luxury Fulhadhoo Boutique Hotel is an idyllic island getaway . The upper floor holds four spacious rooms with open air bathrooms , and a view of a breath-taking infinity pool . The main floor offers a further four deluxe rooms .
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