The Maldives

The Maldives: the good, bad and ugly of celebrated holiday destination that has fans in Taylor Swift, Tom Cruise, Prince William and Kate Middleton

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The Good The annual World Travel Awards have something of a problem. The Maldives keep winning. In 2023, the Indian Ocean archipelago picked up the prestigious title of World’s Leading Destination for the fourth year in a row. Its Marketing & PR Corporation was voted World’s Leading Tourist Board (second year running) and there was … Read more

Opinion | Four Seasons Koh Samui next up for murder, mayhem and more tourists if HBO picks Thai island hotel for The White Lotus season 3 – which it will

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Haley Lu Richardson as Portia and Jennifer Coolidge as Tanya in HBO’s The White Lotus season 2, which was filmed at the Hotel Taormina, San Domenico Palace, in Sicily. Photo: HBO The Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea. Photo: Shutterstock The fact Thailand will be given the White Lotus treatment next has been a badly … Read more