Aitken Spence to plant first overseas Heritance in the Maldives
Sri Lanka’s Aitken Spence Hotels is set to launch its first Heritance property overseas with the introduction of Heritance Aarah in winter 2018. This is part of the group’s plans to expand the brand, currently with a footprint of five hotels, all in Sri Lanka. Rendering of an overwater suite; the resort will offer a mix of overwater and land accommodation When open on Aarah island in Raa Atoll, 40 minutes from the Male international airport, Heritance Aarah will operate as an all-inclusive resort offering 26 luxury duplex ocean suites, 56 sunset ocean villas and 68 land villas. For food and spirited concoctions, guests can choose from six restaurants – with flavours from France and Italy to the Middle East, Sri Lanka, India, Turkey, Mexico and Japan – and three bars including a space exclusively for Ocean Suite guests, a poolside bar and an open-air rooftop venue. The resort will also offer facilities and activities such as a dive and water sports centre, a range of excurs...
