Holiday Inn Resort Kandooma Maldives is set to open the resort’s doors from 1st September 2020. The resort is opening with strict adherence to the public health and safety regulations of the Maldives Government.
Kandooma Maldives will adjust the resort’s service in restaurants and bars by developing contactless transactions and check-ins. According to the resort, some of the enhanced healthy and safety procedures at the property will include:
- Domestic Transportation:Disinfection and decontamination procedures approved by the Maldives Health Protection Agency will be undertaken on speedboats after every passenger disembarkation with physical distancing on board all resort vessels during passenger transfers
- Arrival: Reduced contact and physical interaction at check-in and check-out; touchless transactions; front-desk barriers; sanitizer stations; sanitized key cards
- Villas: Verification of sanitization with items marked as cleaned / ready to use (e.g., glassware, remote controls); removal of in-room collateral or other high-touch items; upgraded laundry protocols
- Restaurants & Bars: New standards and approaches to dine-in services, in-villa dining, and events
- Public Spaces and Amenities: Visible and more frequent deep cleaning of high-touch surfaces; spacing / reduction of furniture for social distancing; best practices for pools, fitness centres, and lounges
- Medical Assistance: Resident doctor certified on Covid-19 protocols of the Maldives Health Protection Agency available at the resort
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, our team has remained committed to working with our local and trusted health and safety organisations in the Maldives to implement additional measures to ensure the wellbeing of our guests and colleagues. Building on this work, we will implement the IHG Clean Promise, where the rigorous cleaning procedures of our IHG Way of Clean programme has been expanded and developed with experts from Ecolab and Diversey – both world leaders in hygiene and cleaning technologies and services.
A statement issued by the resort
Holiday Inn Resort Kandooma Maldives in South Male Atoll boasts 160 villas polished in four different styles. The villa categories include; beach and garden villas, beach houses, family villas and over-water villas. The 32-acre resort is accessible by a 40 minutes speedboat journey from the main Velana International Airport.
