St. Regis Vommuli Maldives

The Vommuli House is a holistic wellness and family retreat with an exercise room equipped with advanced equipment, special Pilates sessions, a children's club with marine-themed activities, a yoga and meditation studio, a luxury salon, a family wellness concierge, and VR meditation journeys. The resort operates from 6AM to 10PM for fitness and 7AM to 9PM for wellness, offering a range of services including Davines sustainable hair treatments, 3D hair printing, and crystal facials. The resort also provides smart bracelets and VR meditation journeys to enhance the spa experience.

Vommuli Dive & Watersports Centre offers a range of diving and marine experiences, including PADI 5-Star Gold Palm Center, exclusive dive sites, private yacht charters, and cutting-edge gear. The resort supports marine conservation through Coral Nursery, the adopt-a-coral program, weekly educational tours, and eco-diving with coral-friendly sunscreen. The professional team includes multilingual instructors with a minimum of 10 years of experience and emergency response certification. DAN oxygen kits and full-face communication masks prioritize safety. New additions include underwater champagne service, TikTok-friendly treasure hunts, and an AI drone. Operating hours are from 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM daily.

The library offers a luxurious literary experience with over 1,500 volumes, including rare first editions, Maldives cultural archives, and beach-ready bestsellers in eight languages. The library features Jean-Michel Gathy-designed reading nooks, humidity-controlled rare book cabinets, and whisper-quiet acoustic paneling. Signature services include personalized reading prescriptions, literary events, tech-enabled reading, and underwater reading pods with reef views. The library also provides luxury lending with a €10,000 deposit for rare book villa delivery, Butler Book Retrieval, midnight reading snack service, and Writer's Retreat Package. Open 24/7, the library offers amenities like an artistic hot chocolate bar and silent coffee sommelier service. 

The St. Regis Maldives features a tennis court with a hybrid artificial grass surface, LED lighting, and professional services for singles and doubles play. The court includes Wilson Pro Staff rackets, Babolat RPM Blast strings restringing service, vibration dampeners, and overgrips. Professional services include ball boys/girls, post-match cold towel and electrolyte service, and a scoreboard with match statistics. The resort offers coaching programs, private lessons, and night tournaments with glow-in-the-dark balls, DJ playlists, cryotherapy sessions, and yoga for tennis recovery. 

The Norma - Azimut Flybridge 66 offers a luxurious private yacht experience in the Maldives. The yacht is Italian-crafted and has dimensions of 20.3m length, 5.3m beam, and 1.65m draft. It offers three lavish cabins, including a full-beam master suite with a marble ensuite and crew quarters. The yacht also features a Flybridge Jacuzzi, a Bose Lifestyle surround sound system, a 4K Cinema in the main salon, and a Teppanyaki grill on the aft deck. The yacht also includes water toys and activities, including Seabob F7S underwater scooters, an inflatable paddleboard yoga platform, and snorkel gear with prescription masks. The crew includes a captain with 15+ years of Maldivian waters experience, a deckhand/mixologist, and a chef trained at Michelin-starred venues. The yacht has a range of 120nm and reaches 25+ dive sites. 

The St. Regis Boutique offers curated collections, including designer beachwear, sun protection kits, local craftsmanship, and collaborations with designers like Jean-Michel Gathy. Exclusive launches include "Coral Couture," silk scarves featuring reef patterns, and "Astor Trunk," a leather travel set with 24k gold tools. Convenience services include island delivery of champagne chillers and emergency toothbrush/phone charger kits, as well as personal shopping sessions with a fashion butler. The boutique is located near the main jetty and offers prices ranging from USD 50 for resort logo caps to USD 28,000 for Maldives pearl chokers. 

The Socialite offers a designer beach club and VIP lounge atmosphere, daily Golden Hour with a live DJ spinning tropical house, and the resort's signature "Island Mary" cocktail cart. Signature experiences include "Bubble & Bites" featuring Dom Pérignon pairings and chef's surprise canapés, "Celebrity Style Nights" featuring fashion shows and mixology battles, and "Socialite Sessions" featuring networking breakfasts and luxury brand pop-ups. Upgrades include "Influencer Island" with professional lighting and a content creator concierge, "Silent Soirées" with wireless headphone parties, and "Caviar & Canvas" with sunset painting classes with champagne. Culinary highlights include a grazing menu featuring wagyu sliders, lobster tacos, and vegetable "caviar" made from seaweed pearls. The hub is located over water at the resort's western tip and operates from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. 

The Whale Bar Grill is a modern oceanfront restaurant with an architectural icon, a 360° glass floor, and a 24k gold leaf ceiling. It offers dining concepts like Golden Hour Tapas, a tasting flight, and a Moonlight Grill with premium proteins cooked on Himalayan salt blocks. The mixology theater showcases 18 homemade spice blends and rare finds. Exclusive experiences include "Midnight Dive," "Bubble & Bites," and "Chef's Catch." The restaurant is located at the western tip of the island and offers lounge and dining hours. 

The Elements is a dining concept that features four element stations: earth, air, fire, and water. The open-air pavilion features flowing water features, glass-encased flame centerpieces, and suspended mineral sculptures. Signature experiences include the "Omakase of the Elements" with 12 courses, interactive molecular gastronomy, and interactive molecular desserts. Innovations include climate cooking, zero kilometers, and digital sommelier. Elemental mixology includes signature cocktails like "Volcanic Ash" and "Tidal Mark" with gin washed with oyster shells. Rare finds include a 1947 Château Cheval Blanc. The restaurant is located in a central island position with all-element exposure and serves dinner only from 7PM to 11PM. The dress code is elegant chic with neutrals and metallic accents.

The St. Regis Maldives offers an immersive open-air movie experience in an immersive setting nestled in dense banyan trees with suspended lanterns. The cinema features cutting-edge technology such as laser projection, Dolby Atmos sound system, and climate control. The program features daily themes such as Maldivian Cultural Night, Classic Hollywood, New Release Premieres, and Family Matinee. Signature experiences include a 5-course tasting menu during films and post-screening Q&As with filmmakers. Innovations include "Sensory Cinema" with scent diffusion matching film scenes and tactile effects, and the annual "Jungle Film Fest" competition for eco-themed shorts. Showtimes are 6PM for families and 9PM for adults. Concessions include truffle popcorn in coconut bowls and liquid nitrogen ice cream stations.

The St. Regis Maldives Vommuli Resort offers a unique open-water swimming program that combines marine exploration with athletic training. The program features a military-grade GPS watch that tracks stroke count, pace, and calories burned, and a bioluminescent trail for night swims. Safety features include a shark-safe electromagnetic bracelet, a buoyancy belt with an emergency alert button, and drone lifeguard surveillance. The program also includes "Race the Rain" mode, predicting weather windows via AI, and a coral camera for recording swim footage.

The Manta Ray Club offers a marine biology lab, interactive microscopes, a live coral cam, and "Science Chef" sessions for young ocean enthusiasts. The resort also offers a PADI Bubblemaker Certification and a resort-exclusive "Clownfish Curriculum" with custom mini-BCDs and underwater treasure hunts. New for 2024 is the "Robotic Reef Explorer" program, which involves building underwater drones, tracking satellite tags, and mixing music using reef soundscapes. The program offers daily schedules, including microplastic fishing competitions, 3D-printed coral structure design, snorkel science safaris, and dolphin communication workshops. The club has been rated "Best Kids' Program in the Maldives" by Condé Nast Traveller 2024. Age groups include Manta Pups and Reef Rangers.

The Teen Lounge at The St. Regis Maldives Vommuli Resort offers a luxurious space for Gen Z to express themselves creatively. It features a DJ & Music Production Studio, a TikTok Creator Space, and workshops on tropical house beat-making and record mixes. The lounge also offers silent disco nights and new additions like "Influencer Island" for private photo shoots, an underwater hammock equipped with a GoPro mount, a bioluminescent night backdrop, gaming pods with Maldives-themed Fortnite skins, and VR snorkeling simulations. Exclusive experiences include a DJ vs. Chef battle, a TikTok Takeover, and a Coral Remix. Parents can enjoy daily digests of their children's activities, privacy controls, and sibling discounts. Open from 10AM to 10PM, the lounge is exclusively for ages 13-19.

T•PAN is a 16-seat omakase counter where Chef Takumi Yamamoto reinterprets Japanese kaiseki with Maldivian seafood. Signature experiences include the "Dassai Moon" tasting menu, featuring 12 courses paired with rare sakes, and the "Midday Kaiseki" with a lighter 8-course format. Unique elements include a 200-year-old hinoki wood counter, 18th-century Imari porcelain tableware, and frozen glasses for optimal flavor. additions, exclusive events include "Sake Sommelier Nights" and Dassai brewmaster-hosted dinners.

ALBA is a Michelin-inspired Italian restaurant under Executive Chef Marco Rossi, featuring a 1200-bottle wine cellar with rare Super Tuscans and Amarones. The restaurant offers a breakfast with freshly baked focaccia and sfogliatelle, a live station with organic eggs, and a Prosecco trolley for morning Bellinis. The lunch/dinner menu includes a signature "Truffle Symphony" menu with white Alba truffles and whole roasted branzino with Aeolian capers. The restaurant's design features an overwater pavilion with a wave-inspired roof, 48 covers, and 270° ocean panoramas. The restaurant offers a "Dolce Vita" aperitivo hour and private pasta-making classes.

The Orientale features three live kitchen theaters, featuring chefs from Tokyo, Delhi, and Shanghai, creating authentic dishes in an open-air overwater pavilion. Signature stations include "Silk Road Wok" (Chinese), "Tandoor Heights" (Indian), “Live Dosa Station,” “Edomae Counter,” and “A5 Miyazaki Beef Teppanyaki.” The restaurant also offers an innovation, a "Chef's Odyssey" tasting menu, "Midnight Noodles" service, and a Robatayaki Grill upgrade with rare ingredients. The restaurant's design elements include a floating pavilion with a retractable roof, 56 covers, and traditional Asian water gardens with koi channels.

The Whale Bar features an architectural icon with a manta ray-inspired overwater structure, a 360° glass floor with reef sharks and stingrays, and a pyrography mural ceiling with 24k gold leaf detailing. It offers culinary highlights like Golden Hour Tapas, a tasting flight with Maldivian spices, and 12 micro-plates. Moonlight Dining offers shared plates like octopus with smoked paprika and carved tableside. The Mixology Theater offers 18 homemade spice blends. Rare finds include Macallan Lalique series and 1975 Rum Clément in hand-blown glasses. More experiences include "Midnight Dive" and "Bubble & Bites."

Cargo, in the jungle, serves as a dining enclave, serving Middle Eastern cuisine with Maldivian twists. Signature experiences include "Souk at Sunset" with a meze trolley featuring hummus with black truffle, smoked eggplant dip with Maldivian chili, and freshly baked kubz bread. Chef's signature dishes include "Diamond" lamb chops, whole roasted seabream with harissa foam, and flambéed Piscataway. The restaurant features a shisha lounge with 12 exotic flavors and a limited-edition gold-plated date. The restaurant seats 28 people on repurposed boat benches, features 1,872 hand-strung Moroccan lanterns, and includes a custom oud-infused misting system. The restaurant is open Monday-Sun, with a "desert chic" atmosphere.

Decanter is a subterranean wine sanctuary with over 3,200 curated labels across 16 climate-controlled cellars. It offers signature experiences like "Black Label Dinners" featuring a 7-course menu paired with legendary vintages, "Sommelier's Challenge" with rare Burgundies vs. cult Napa Cabs, and "Cigar & Vintage" nights with Cohiba Behikes and 30-year-old Ports. The space is 12m below sea level with glass wine walls and temperature-controlled at 14°C/57°F. The team includes Master Sommelier Luca Ricci, Executive Chef Marco Rossi, and Wine Director Anna Köhler. In 2024, DECANTER offers exclusive programs like the "Bottle No. 1" program, "Moonlight Cellar" tastings during the full moon, and "Zero Kilometer Corkage" complimentary service for guests' personal collections.

The Crust & Craft pizzeria is an artisanal pizzeria in a sun-drenched beach shack, where guests can knead flour-dusted dough alongside chefs in open-air kitchen sessions. Signature offerings include a "Build-Your-Own" Pizza Lab, 48-hour fermented sourdough crusts, 15 premium toppings, and family-friendly favorites like local reef fish fingers and St. Regis sliders with foie gras upgrade options. The secret menu includes gold-dusted "Maldives Millionaire" pizza and caviar grilled cheese. The restaurant features sand-floor dining with hammock chairs, daily pizza tossing competitions, and wood-fired oven aromas. Innovations include "Pizza & Prosecco" pairing flights, kids' cooking classes, and limited edition "Coral Crust" made from spirulina-infused dough. 

The Vommuli Island offers a 24-hour private dining experience, transforming your villa into a Michelin-starred stage. This includes sunrise to moonlight in-villa service, unlimited access to all resort restaurants' dishes, and executive chef consultations for personalized menus. Signature experiences include "Breakfast in the Pool" with tropical fruit platters, "Sunset Chef's Table" with a 7-course tasting menu, and "Midnight Mystique" with truffle grilled cheese. Additional enhancements include "Spontaneous Supper" and live video sommelier sessions with global winemakers.

Liquid Yoga at Iridium Spa offers a unique underwater yoga practice in the spa's 25m² Blue Hole hydrotherapy pool. The practice involves Watsu-inspired floating postures, heated seawater with Epsom salts, and real-time hydro-pressure adjustments to support poses. Class highlights include "Zero-Gravity Flow" with foam supports, "Lunar Tides" with synchronized tidal patterns, and "Coral Asana" private lessons with poses mimicking marine life. The spa features a hydro-track system, underwater Dolby Atmos speakers, and "Cryo-Yoga" contrast therapy. Instructors are certified in traditional Hatha Yoga, Aquatic Therapy, and Freediving. The spa also offers bioluminescent night sessions and private lessons with marine biology briefings.

The Iridium Spa at The St. Regis Maldives Vommuli Resort is an innovative wellness sanctuary in the Indian Ocean. It is one of the selective overwater spas in the Maldives, featuring six glass-bottom treatment pavilions and an Ayurvedic Tower with a traditional healing hut. Signature experiences include "Blue Hole Hydrotherapy," a 25m² seawater pool with 12 therapeutic stations, and "Caviar Renaissance," a 120-minute Ayurvedic facial with Beluga caviar extract. Other innovations include "Liquid Yoga," "Moon Cycle," and "Cryo-Sauna." The spa also offers sound healing, scent design, and touch technology. The resort has been named "Best Spa in the Indian Ocean" by the World Spa Awards 2024.