Soneva Fushi Resort & Spa adds eleven more private swimming pools

The Soneva Fushi Resort & Spa in the Maldives has announced it is adding eleven more private swimming pools to its multi award winning resort. The new pools all vary in shape so that they fit comfortably with the natural vegetation, and are up to ten meters in length and six meters in width. Reservations are already being taken for villas with these pools for stays starting from 01 August 2003.

"We are making this dramatic move due to the overwhelming popularity of the private pools at our Sunrise and Sunset Presidential Villas", said Mr Shivdasani, President and CEO of Six Senses, owner of the resort. "Despite the fact that all accommodations at Soneva Fushi open onto white sand beaches washed by the gentle atoll waters of the Indian Ocean, the additional private pools reinforce the position of Soneva Fushi as the global benchmark for island escapes".

Opened in 1995, Soneva Fushi Resort & Spa was the first Six Senses Resort and remains the flagship of the Soneva brand, underscored by the numerous accolades it receives. These include World's Best Resort, and Best of the Best in the year 2000 awarded by Conde Nast Traveller, UK;  and winner in the Beach and Ocean Hideaways category awarded by Harpers & Queen in 2002.

On its own private 100-acre island, the resort is 60 nautical miles northwest of Male International Airport. Guest transfers are by seaplane and the luxury island is ringed by white sand and rich coral reefs.

There are 65 luxury accommodations with a total of thirteen soon to have private pools. The resort also offers restaurants and bars, the holistic Six Senses Spa, a tennis court, library, conference room and a wine cellar with several hundred vintages.

Six beachfront Crusoe Suites and five Soneva Fushi Suites plus a second Presidential Suite were recently added, firmly establishing the resort's niche, catering to the very highest end of the leisure market.