MALE, Maldives, 24 September 2019: Thailand’s Singha Estate, a company controlled by the Boonrawd Brewery’s Singha beer family, will open Crossroads an “integrated leisure” destination spreading out on two of islands in the Maldives.
One island is home to The Marina @ Crossroads, a retail and entertainment space that is close to Male the Maldives capital. It will bring to the Maldives luxury shopping, fine dining, and a conference hall, with PADI-certified watersports and a dive centre.
A transit hotel, SAii Lagoon Maldives, a Curio Collection by Hilton, will target short-term visitors who can use the facilities at the town centre during their stopover for connecting flights.
Another facet of the mega project is the Maldives Discovery Centre, an interactive educational-centre-cum-museum that promotes environmental conservation and Maldivian local arts and crafts.
It will boast one of the region’s most advanced marine life laboratories, that hosts biologists who carry out research and longitudinal studies on sea-life and coral propagation through a Junior Coral Curator programme and a clownfish release initiative.
The group’s second island under development is the site of the Hard Rock Hotel Maldives, developed and managed by S Hotels & Resorts.
Crossroads and its hotel development projects come under the Singha Estate Public Company Limited headed by chairman Chutinant Bhirombhakdi.
Commenting on the Maldives project, he said: “With Crossroads, we intend to make history by being the largest integrated leisure and entertainment destination in the Maldives.”
Singha Estate Public Company is headed by the chief executive officer, Naris Cheyklin.
(SOURCE: Singha Estate Public Company Limited)
