1972
Kurumba Village opens on Vihamanaafushi on Tuesday 3 October — the first resort in the Maldives: thirty beachfront rooms of coral stone, coconut timber and palm thatch, and a brackish-water shower
1973
Baros opens in December with twenty-eight sand-floor thatched cabanas, the third resort in the Maldives and the first of the six islands the government released for tourism that year
1984
Baros installs the first desalination plant in the Maldives, putting fresh water and bathtubs in guest rooms
1987
Kurumba is rebuilt as a full hotel — the step that moves the Maldives from cheap island holidays to the luxury market
1990
Ahmed Siyam Mohamed opens his first Maldivian resort Sun Siyam Resorts
1995
Sonu and Eva Shivdasani open Soneva Fushi Soneva
1998
Crown & Champa forms in the Maldives Crown & Champa Resorts
2010
The Soneva Foundation trust deed is signed on 30 July Soneva Foundation
2011
Soneva sells its first leasehold residence in the Maldives after the law changes Soneva Residences
2013
Coco Privé opens on Kuda Hithi in the Maldives
2013
Velaa Private Island opens in the Maldives
2015
Atmosphere opens its first Maldivian resort Atmosphere Hotels & Resorts
2016
OZEN opens at Maadhoo in the Maldives OZEN Collection
2021
Niva opens in Georgia Niva
2021
JOALI BEING opens on Bodufushi on 15 November with Areka at its centre — a wellbeing programme built on Mind, Skin, Microbiome and Energy, the microbiome being a pillar no other protocol in this register uses Areka, Joali Being
2021
Joali Being opens on Bodufushi on 15 November with the Areka wellbeing centre Areka, Joali Being