Niva Velassaru and Niva Dhigali join the portfolio in a mid-January rebrand
A quiet weekend renaming brings two familiar South Male' properties under the same banner.
Two of the Maldives' longest-running resort addresses were rebranded on Thursday as Niva Velassaru and Niva Dhigali, bringing both into the Niva portfolio of independently managed luxury properties.
Operations continue uninterrupted; the general managers remain in place. Rate cards for the new season were released Friday morning.
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