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Maldives hotel market

1 story · First covered Mar 18, 2026 · Latest Mar 18

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Maldives hotel market Coverage

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Mar 18

Luxury Wellness Residencies Are Brand Theater... And They're Working

JW Marriott flies a sound healer to the Maldives for three weeks, and somewhere a brand VP is calling it "strategy." But here's the thing... there's a $35 billion reason this keeps happening, and it has nothing to do with chakras.

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Mike Storm 3 min read · Mar 18