The St. Regis Maldives Vommuli Resort has been ranked second among the Top 20 Resorts in the Indian Ocean in the Condé Nast Traveler US Readers' Choice Awards 2026 — a reader-voted honour that arrives just as the property marks its 10th anniversary.
The resort sits on its own private natural island in Dhaalu Atoll and opened in 2016. Its calling cards include overwater and beach villas, architecture shaped around the island environment, a lively house reef, and the brand's signature butler service. General Manager Ozgur Cengiz credited the ranking to the team's work over the decade, framing it as a milestone-year bonus for the property.
The Maldives featured elsewhere in this year's awards round-up too. Constance Halaveli took 10th place in the Condé Nast Traveller UK Top 25 Indian Ocean list, one of four Constance properties recognised across the Indian Ocean rankings — the others being Lémuria (13th) and Ephelia (17th) in Seychelles, and Tsarabanjina in Madagascar (12th in the Rest of Africa category).
Away from the Condé Nast votes, the South Asian Travel Awards 2026 handed out two more Maldivian gongs. Sun Travels was named Best Inbound Travel Agency, with the company pointing to its shift from traditional agency work to a tech-driven B2B platform offering real-time resort inventory and API connectivity. Ocean Group Maldives, running dive centres since 1998, picked up Leading Dive Centre/Brand — a nod to its PADI-certified multilingual teams and growing marine conservation programmes with resort partners, including coral restoration.
For travellers weighing up a Maldives booking, reader-voted lists like these are a decent shortlist filter: they reflect actual guest experiences rather than marketing spend. Vommuli's streak of strong reviews plus a decade of operations suggests a well-run, family-friendly luxury option with solid snorkelling on its doorstep, while Constance Halaveli offers another proven atoll retreat in the same price tier. The Ocean Group award is a useful signal if diving is central to your trip — many top resorts outsource their dive centres, and this operator runs programmes across multiple luxury properties.
