{"id":6454,"date":"2017-11-23T09:51:03","date_gmt":"2017-11-23T09:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planetdiveholidays.com\/blog\/?p=6454"},"modified":"2017-11-23T10:52:10","modified_gmt":"2017-11-23T10:52:10","slug":"whats-new-maldives-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planetdiveholidays.com\/blog\/whats-new-maldives-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s new in the Maldives for 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Maldives<\/a>’ relative isolation from any large landmass has led the region to become one of the best diving destinations in the world. It is well known in the diving world for its incredible marine life and stunning crystal clear waters, and with over a thousand individual islands with surrounding reefs, it\u2019s no wonder that this is a diver\u2019s paradise. Don’t miss out on traveling to the Maldives in 2018.<\/p>\n

\"Manta-Ray-Maldives\"<\/p>\n

Heres what’s new for the Maldives in 2018:<\/h4>\n
New luxurious St Regis Resort<\/h5>\n

Tucked away on a distant private island, only reachable by seaplane, is the new and supremely luxurious St Regis Vommuli<\/a> Resort.<\/p>\n

\"St-regis-maldives\"<\/p>\n

This stunning new resort is the epitome of a luxury island paradise with stunning overwater villas serviced by a private butler and a world-class spa – all designed with pure luxury in mind.<\/p>\n

\"St-regis-maldives-villa\"<\/p>\n

The resort boasts six different restaurants offering a wide range of delicious cuisine. The resort is perfect for a family holiday and has one of the best kids clubs in the world! Don’t miss out on a visit to this paradise in 2018.<\/p>\n

New Carpe Diem Resort to open in June<\/h5>\n

One of the top award-winning Maldives liveaboard<\/a> fleets has just announced that they will be opening a stunning and unique resort and spa on a private island in the Raa Atoll. The Carpe Diem Resort<\/a> will be a perfect spot for a Maldives dive holiday.<\/p>\n

\"Carpe-Diem-Resort-Lagoon-<\/p>\n

This resort will be adding to the existing three high-end liveaboard cruise vessels and is scheduled to open June 2018. <\/p>\n

\"Lagoon-Beach-Pool-Maldives\"<\/p>\n

The resort will emphasise an activity-driven atmosphere with the resort\u2019s tagline being \u2018Social by Nature\u2019 which will be reflected against the backdrop of a healthy house reef and a significantly large lagoon.<\/p>\n

Dive with a purpose in 2018<\/h5>\n

Seize the day and participate in a unique ‘Dive with a Purpose<\/a>’ marine expedition on the Carpe Diem Maldives luxury liveaboard cruises.<\/p>\n

\"Carpe-Diem-Rescue-a-reef\"<\/p>\n

Dive in one of the world\u2019s most popular underwater destinations while carrying out reef conservation and conducting marine research under the guidance of expert marine biologists from the UK and USA.<\/p>\n

\"Dive-Maldives\"<\/p>\n

This incredible initiative brings leisure divers together with scientists to help protect the reefs of Maldives. With three trips in May, July and September 2018 there are plenty opportunities to get involved.<\/p>\n

Travel aboard a luxury floating resort<\/h5>\n

The Floating Resort by Scubaspa<\/a> is a new and unique concept that combines exceptional spa experiences with unforgettable scuba diving.<\/p>\n

\"Scubaspa-maldives\"<\/p>\n

This incredible Maldives liveaboard was designed for divers who travel with non-diving partners and guests with a keen interest in spas. Explore the best of the Maldives in true luxury and comfort and choose to enjoy a dive only or spa only package or combine the two for the best of both worlds.<\/p>\n

\"Scubaspa-maldives-liveaboard\"<\/p>\n

With travel dates available throughout 2018 it is the perfect way to enjoy a Maldives dive holiday.<\/p>\n

Its time to start planning your 2018 Maldives dive holiday, so contact us<\/a> to help plan the holiday of your dreams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Maldives’ relative isolation from any large landmass has led the region to become one of the best diving…","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":6469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[187,228],"tags":[234,59,525,524],"class_list":{"0":"post-6454","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-maldives","8":"category-marine-mammals","9":"tag-dive","10":"tag-liveaboard","11":"tag-luxury-resort","12":"tag-mladives","13":"cs-entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetdiveholidays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetdiveholidays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetdiveholidays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetdiveholidays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetdiveholidays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6454"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetdiveholidays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6474,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetdiveholidays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6454\/revisions\/6474"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetdiveholidays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetdiveholidays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetdiveholidays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetdiveholidays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}