Celebrating Our World Travel Awards 2026 Nominations

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Kandooma Maldives Targets Asia for Eid Holiday Travel

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An Activity-rich Island Escape Awaits Families this Easter at Holiday Inn Resort Kandooma Maldives

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Every Day is Valentine’s Day in February at Kandooma

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GALLOP INTO LUNAR NEW YEAR 2026 AT KANDOOMA MALDIVES

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Demand Surges for Big Australian Acts Performing at Kandooma Maldives in 2026.

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Kandooma Champions Collaboration and Partnership as the Cornerstone of Sustainability Progress

At a time when the global tourism industry is being called upon to take greater responsibility for its environmental and social footprint...

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KANDOOMA MALDIVES ACHIEVES GREEN GLOBE CERTIFICATION

Holiday Inn Resort Kandooma Maldives is proud to announce it has successfully achieved Green Globe Certification...

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FLIPPING THE SWITCH ON EXPENSIVE DIVE PURSUITS

Kandooma Named ‘Maldives Leading Dive Resort’ at 2025 World Travel Awards, and you can dive there for free...

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THE PRESETS TO IGNITE MALDIVIAN NIGHTS IN EXCLUSIVE ISLAND SHOWCASE APRIL 2026

Holiday Inn Resort Kandooma Maldives will host a series of engaging activities for the inaugural ‘Kandooma Manta Month’ to raise awareness about manta ray conservation and offer guests unforgettable experiences...

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Kandooma Maldives Dives into World Manta Month Celebration

Holiday Inn Resort Kandooma Maldives will host a series of engaging activities for the inaugural ‘Kandooma Manta Month’ to raise awareness about manta ray conservation and offer guests unforgettable experiences...

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Holiday Inn Resort Kandooma Maldives Wins Best Surf Resort Award 2024

Holiday Inn Resort Kandooma Maldives has been awarded "Best Surf Resort in the Maldives" at the prestigious Travel Trade Maldives (TTM) Awards 2024...

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‘BIRDS OF TOKYO’ TO RETURN TO KANDOOMA MALDIVES IN 2025

Holiday Inn Resort Kandooma Maldives and event organisers Music in Paradise have confirmed ‘Birds of Tokyo’ one of Australia’s most popular contemporary...

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Jimmy Barnes Concert

Holiday Inn Resort Kandooma Maldives is fully booked for Music in Paradise 10th anniversary celebration with Jimmy Barnes and friends.   15 July 2024 – Male, Maldives: Holiday Inn Resort Kandooma Maldives’ long-term partner, Music in Paradise will present their 10th anniversary celebration event “Stranded in the Maldives” 1-11 September 2024. Seven intimate shows featuring

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Aussie Band ‘the Church’ to Perform At Kandooma Maldives in 2025

2 July 2024 - Male, Maldives: Holiday Inn Resort Kandooma Maldives and event organisers Music in Paradise have confirmed that Australian band...

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Kandooma Maldives ‘DIVE FREE’ Major Success

5 July, 2024 - Male, Maldives: In August last year, Holiday Inn Resort Kandooma Maldives, launched a ‘Dive Free’ promotion offering free scuba diving for guests...

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New ‘all-inclusive’ Among Best in Maldives

14 June, 2024 - Male, Maldives: Holiday Inn Resort Kandooma Maldives has upgraded and refreshed its ‘All-inclusive’...

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‘All-inclusive’ Stays Most Popular at Kandooma Maldives While global cost of living pinches, ‘all-inclusive’ stays grow

2 May 2024 - Male, Maldives: Award-winning Holiday Inn Resort Kandooma Maldives has crunched the numbers...

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Take your family to the Maldives!

When you think of the Maldives, you probably think of honeymooners, couples, or general images of two people in love, leading each other by the hand through white sandy beaches and turquoise waters. What most people don’t know about the Maldives is that it’s an incredible place to take the entire family for a tropical

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Couple Staring at the Beach in Holiday Inn Resorts Maldives

MJ’s Trip to Holiday Inn Resort Kandooma Maldives

There is nothing better than spending your holiday on a relaxing island in the Maldives. As travellers, we were suffering from the pandemic for a long time, and we were scared to take the risk and travel during the unstable conditions. However, the Maldives was our best choice during this hard time. We left our

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Island Wellness Diaries: Managing wellness in uncertain times

It’s no doubt that our tolerance for uncertainty has been tested a lot over this last year. It’s been full of starts, stops, changed plans and last minute decisions. And for most of us, this increased uncertainty and lack of control has taken a toll on our overall wellness. In this blog, I share my

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10 Things I Love About Diving in Kandooma

Written by Henley Spiers Photos taken by Henley Spiers   That Clear Warm Water The water in the Maldives has an inexorable pull – drawing us in to cool off from the year-round sunshine, and offering divers the opportunity to dive in without worrying about cumbersome thermal protection. Jump in free and easy, and enjoy

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Island Wellness Diaries: Wellness Check

Happy Global Wellness Day 2020! Wellness is about viewing aspects in our lives as small puzzle pieces that, when brought together correctly, create the larger wellness picture. Today I wanted to share a quick wellness check that you can do for yourself to discover which areas in your life are in balance and which areas

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Surfing with Steve: Surf Travel in the Maldives

I first came to the Maldives almost 20 years ago and whilst some things have changed since then, one thing hasn’t, and it’s the reason I keep coming back here to surf each year! The water temp is still 27 degrees, the ocean is still crystal clear and the Maldives is still paradise. Surfing is

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Island Wellness Diaries: Meditation

So you’re interested in meditation? Congratulations! This will be one of the most simple yet powerful changes you can make for your mental health and overall wellbeing. Meditation is used by many spiritual practices as a way to quiet the endless chatter of the mind and find internal peace and happiness. There’s a famous quote

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Island Wellness Diaries: An Intro to Lifelong Healthy Habits

While we are so lucky to have all this extra time, let’s acknowledge it for the luxury that it is and take advantage. Remember that thing you’ve always wanted to do but could never find the time? Well, the time is now. Pick up an instrument, learn to sew, paint, exercise, meditate – whatever speaks

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Surf Music in Paradise 2020

It’s time to talk about something uniquely tailored for the music lovers, the surfers, and the folks who generally love to have a good time in tropical utopias. Prepare yourself for Surf Music in Paradise 2020, a subsidiary of the world’s largest surf travel network, The Perfect Wave Travel. Founded in 2011, Surf Music in

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Pacific Romance ‘Inside Word’

It is always a pleasure to welcome guests from far away shores and our new friend Ramsey Qubein was no exception. Ramsey is a travel writer and hotel journalist for Business Traveler magazine and is a member of the Society of American Travel Writers. He has traveled to 166 countries and lived in both Madrid and Paris. Ramsey is

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A Secret Slice of Paradise

It is always a pleasure to welcome guests from far away shores and our new friend Ramsey Qubein was no exception. Ramsey is a travel writer and hotel journalist for Business Traveler magazine and is a member of the Society of American Travel Writers. He has traveled to 166 countries and lived in both Madrid and Paris. Ramsey is

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Your Next ‘Out of Office’

Have you ever had your desktop background, set as a tropical island in the middle of jewel-toned emerald waters, surrounded by an array of tropical plants? After months of working from home, I’d find myself longingly staring at my computer screen background amongst the dozen of windows and tabs I had opened (a very stark

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