Featured NewsAugust 24, 2024

TTM Awards & Gala 2024 Honours Excellence in Maldives Hospitality Across 28 Categories!

The TTM Awards & Gala 2024 took place at Adaaran Select Hudhuran Fushi on the evening of 22nd August 2024, announcing this year’s award winners and highlighting outstanding achievements within the hospitality industry.

This year’s event expanded to include four new categories: Editor’s Choice: Best Spas, Editor’s Choice: Best Restaurants, Editor’s Choice: Best Resort for Sports & Fitness, and TTM Top Producers – Airlines, bringing the total to 28 award categories. The expanded categories reflect the diverse and unmatched excellence within the Maldives’ tourism and hospitality sector.

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This year’s award winners are as follows:

Best Beach Resorts

  • NH Collection Maldives Havodda Resort
  • The Standard, Huruvalhi Maldives

Best Wellness Resorts

  • COMO Cocoa Island
  • Dusit Thani Maldives

Best Honeymoon Destinations

  • Alila Kothaifaru Maldives
  • Grand Park Kodhipparu, Maldives

Best MICE Destination

  • Villa Nautica

Best Family Resorts

  • Seaside Finolhu Baa Atoll Maldives
  • Hilton Maldives Amingiri Resort & Spa

Best Boutique Resort

  • Milaidhoo Maldives

Most Picturesque Resorts

  • Cora Cora Maldives
  • Ayada Maldives

Best Dive Resorts

  • Avani+ Fares Maldives Resort
  • Bandos Maldives

Best Private Island

  • Kudadoo Maldives Private Island

Best Fun & Friendly Resorts 

  • ROBINSON Noonu
  • Hard Rock Hotel Maldives

Best Design Hotel 

  • Patina Maldives, Fari Islands

Best Emerging Resorts

  • SO/ Maldives
  • Barceló Whale Lagoon Maldives

Best Wedding Destinations 

  • Vakkaru Maldives
  • Furaveri Maldives

Most Sustainable Resorts 

  • Banyan Tree Vabbinfaru
  • Sandies Bathala Maldives
  • Taj Exotica Resort & Spa, Maldives

Best City Hotel

  • Maagiri Hotel

Most Innovative Resort 

  • Siyam World Maldives

Best Surf Resorts

  • Cinnamon Dhonveli Maldives
  • Adaaran Select Hudhuran Fushi
  • Holiday Inn Resort Kandooma Maldives

Best All-Inclusive Resorts

  • Heritance Aarah
  • JA Manafaru Maldives

Best Culinary Resorts

  • JW Marriott Maldives Resort & Spa
  • Mövenpick Resort Kuredhivaru Maldives

Best Beach Villa Resorts

  • Sirru Fen Fushi – Private Lagoon Resort
  • Jawakara Islands Maldives

Best Content Creator

  • Siyam World Maldives

Best Water Villa Resorts

  • The Ritz-Carlton Maldives, Fari Islands
  • Jumeirah Olhahali Island

Best Adults-Only Resorts

  • Komandoo Island Resort & Spa
  • Adaaran Prestige Vadoo

Editor’s Choice: Best Spas

  • The Spa – Kuda Villingili Resort Maldives
  • Raffles Spa – Raffles Maldives Meradhoo

Editor’s Choice: Best Restaurants

  • Feeling Koi – Amilla Maldives
  • Only BLU – OBLU SELECT Lobigili
  • Nest – Niyama Private Islands Maldives

Editor’s Choice: Best Resort for Sports & Fitness

  • Hideaway Beach Resort & Spa

TTM Top Producers

  • Agoda
  • Aqua Blue Collection
  • Aurora Travel
  • Beijing Ontour Travel Agency
  • Bingo Holidays
  • Bliss Maldives
  • Booking.com
  • British Airways Holidays Ltd
  • Desert Gate Tourism
  • dnata Travel Group
  • DTH Travel
  • Elevate
  • Emirates Holidays
  • Eturia
  • Exciting Travel Holidays
  • Expedia Group
  • Hotelbeds
  • Hummingbird Travel
  • Ignite Travel Group
  • Intour Maldives
  • Island Hopper
  • Island Life Travel
  • Kunming Dolphin International Travel
  • MakeMyTrip
  • MALDIVIANA
  • Nanjing Whale Trip Travel Limited
  • Odeon Tours
  • Pearl Travel Service
  • Pickyourtrail
  • Resort Life Travel
  • Runtour Travel
  • Ryoko Maldives
  • Shanghai Ctrip International Travel Service
  • Shenzhen II Tour Travel International Service
  • Sporting Vacanze
  • Tatabye Maldives
  • Thompsons Holidays
  • Travelers Street
  • Travelzoo
  • Trip.com
  • TUI Group
  • Viluxur Holidays
  • Voyage Privé Group
  • WebBeds
  • World Surfaris

TTM Top Producers – Airlines

  • Aeroflot
  • AirAsia
  • Etihad Airways
  • FlyDubai
  • IndiGo
  • Qatar Airways
  • Singapore Airlines
  • Sri Lankan Airlines

The evening was a grand celebration, featuring dinner, live music, and ample networking opportunities, bringing together leading travel trade professionals and industry stakeholders.

The TTM Awards & Gala 2024 is part of TTM Maldives, the largest travel trade show in the Maldives, which took place from 21st to 22nd August 2024, attracting over 500 travel trade professionals and more than 100 hoteliers, facilitating over 3,000 pre-scheduled meetings.