HPL appoints IHG to manage upcoming 83-room Maldives resort

Singapore

SINGAPORE-BASED Hotel Properties Limited (HPL) has inked a management agreement with InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) to manage an 83-room resort that will be open in Maldives in three to five years' time.

This will be the third resort that IHG will be managing for HPL. It will mark the first time that IHG will bring its global luxury brand, InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, to the Maldives, said Jan Smits, IHG's chief executive for Asia, Middle East and Africa (AMEA).