Five Aitken Spence resorts in the Maldives have all earned Green Globe Certification under the Standard 1.7 Hotel & Resort category — and, notably, every property improved its compliance score on 2024. Heritance Aarah led the portfolio, jumping from 87% to 91%, while Adaaran Select Meedhupparu rose to 89%, Adaaran Club Rannalhi hit 89%, Adaaran Select Hudhuran Fushi reached 88% and Adaaran Prestige Vadoo moved to 87%. The group has worked with external certification bodies since 2017, so the latest scores reflect eight years of gradual tightening rather than a one-off push. For travellers who weigh sustainability when booking, it's a useful signal that the group's budget-to-mid Adaaran brands and its flagship Heritance are being audited to the same standard.
If you'd rather be in the Maldives for Halloween itself, Reethi Faru Resort is staging a full tropical take on 31 October. Kids get an afternoon of face painting and themed games, then the whole island shifts to an evening costume party with a DJ, dancing and Halloween cocktails. The kitchen is preparing a themed buffet mixing international and local dishes, so dinner comes with a seasonal twist lagoon-side rather than door-to-door.
Solo travellers have their own hook: Nova Maldives, in South Ari Atoll, runs its Solo Traveller Month through late September. From 25-30 September, Pika Dubey — ELLE Mental Wellness Expert 2025 and founder of The Head Space Lab — hosts three workshops covering guided journaling, an emotional wellbeing circle and a symbolic fire ceremony for letting things go. Around that, guests can drop into yoga and sound baths, try Bodu Beru drumming, eat plant-based Maldivian small plates at Soul Kitchen, or snorkel with whale sharks and mantas. Beach Villas start at £363 a night and Water Villas at £439, full board, with up to half off rates on the resort's site — a rare entry point to a typically honeymoon-priced destination.
Looking further ahead, Sun Siyam is planning Golden Week (1-7 October 2026) at two Privé Collection retreats. Sun Siyam Iru Veli in Dhaalu Atoll leans into Chinese-inspired dining, hotpot and lantern-lit beach evenings, plus whale shark trips, flyboarding and Jet Car rides. Sun Siyam Vilu Reef goes more ocean-forward with live-cooking stations, seafood barbecues, a catch-and-grill fishing outing, family dive sessions and cinema by the sea. Both programmes are built around flexible pacing — spa mornings, adventure afternoons, long dinners.
Put together, these stories show a Maldives broadening beyond the standard couple's escape: certified green operations, family festivals, dedicated solo programming and group-friendly holiday weeks. Whether you're tracking certification scores or just want a costume party on the sand, there's now an island angle for almost every kind of trip.
