This 12 months, Mirihi Island Resort celebrates its 20 12 months anniversary of bringing luxurious hospitality to the Maldives. In 2003, Swiss entrepreneur Amy Stierli and her enterprise accomplice Hussain Afeef, Maldivian pioneer of tourism, opened Mirihi’s doorways to friends to expertise the tranquility of the Maldives. In 2018, the possession of the resort was handed to Thai entrepreneur Mr. Vicha Poolvaraluck who continues to construct on the legacy with the identical ardour and motto–as distinctive as you.
The resort has acquired worldwide recognition, such because the President’s Award for finest occupancy in 2005 and 2006, voted within the High 25 Finest Lodges within the World by TripAdvisor, together with notably the seventh Finest in Service within the World and 4th Finest Resort in Asia in 2015 and thirteenth Finest within the World and fifth Finest in Asia in 2021.
“We’re so grateful for Mirihi’s longstanding repute of being a premier vacation spot within the Maldives and look ahead to celebrating all 12 months. Our employees’s give attention to visitor expertise has awarded us a variety of notable accolades, however an achievement we’re most happy with is the numerous quantity of friends who’ve repeatedly visited our resort during the last twenty years,” stated Mohamad Shareef, Normal Supervisor at Mirihi Island Resort. “A number of friends have been with us greater than 20 occasions, with 56% of all our friends final 12 months being repeat guests to this little paradise every year.”
Mirihi’s sturdy legacy is ready to proceed with the appointment of Helen Bolton as Director of Gross sales and Advertising earlier this 12 months. Bringing over 20 years of expertise within the Maldives, Helen will oversee and strengthen Mirihi’s gross sales and advertising technique.
“I’m thrilled to have taken on this key position as DOSM at Mirihi on such a milestone event as their twentieth anniversary. Having lived and labored within the Maldives for over 20 years, it grew to become my second house and, in fact, I had my favorite islands, which I used to flee to for my R&R breaks. Most colleagues selected to journey abroad for town life for these quick holidays, whereas I most well-liked to easily get pleasure from my surroundings, not pack any sneakers and take a staycation. Mirihi was all the time my first alternative and having skilled the resort as a visitor on a number of events, I fell in love with this barefoot gem of an island and am now honored to hitch Shareef and the Mirihi crew as we have a good time 20 years of service excellence,” feedback Helen Bolton. “I look ahead to strengthening our gross sales and advertising efforts in our conventional markets and growing new markets while implementing artistic initiatives to boost the resort visibility, improve year-round gross sales and firmly put Mirihi on the worldwide map.”
The anniversary shall be celebrated all year long with elevated programming together with:
- An Worldwide culinary pop-up by a 2-Michelin Starred Chef Noah Sandoval of Oriole Chicago
- In-Villa twentieth Anniversary Restricted Version Cocktail Equipment curated by Julia Momose of Kumiko, #25 on this 12 months’s World’s 50 Finest Bars. The equipment consists of Muraka Rum and native Maldivian components.
- Wellness Holidays 2.0 bundle, incorporating the 20/20/20 Wellness System with 20-minute vegan cooking or mocktail class, 20-minute Muay Thai or boxing class, and 20-minute dawn guided yoga and meditation.