During ITB Berlin 2025, from 4th March 2025 to 6th March 2025, The Cocoon Collection & Splendid Asia connected to exchange ideas and words. This gathering of minds led to fruitful exchanges, with positive changes, upcoming & completed upgrades made by The Cocoon Collection to their properties being the highlight.
The Cocoon Collection brought significant changes to the Cocoon Maldives property in 2024, with them being the following:
- New Lagoon Suites with Slides
- Five new Lagoon Suites with Pools
- Five new Beach Suite with Pools
- Refurbished Guest Villas
- New Fitness Centre & Yoga Pavilion
- Expansion of Loabi Loabi Bar
- Enhancement of Guest Beach
- Lagoon Enhancements
The resort collection has 2025 and beyond in mind now, with You & Me Maldives and Joy Island slated for a variety of enhancements within the coming months:
- You & Me Maldives
- New Wellness Restaurant
- La Pasta extension with new furnishings
- Revamp of Green Carpet Restaurant
- Guest Villa upgrades
- New furnishings for Cheers Bar
- Enhancements to the main pool & Silent Beach
- Plans to upgrade You & Me Maldives to a Premium All-Inclusive resort in 2026
- Joy Island Maldives
- New Teppanyaki Restaurant
- New Gaming Room for teengers
- Hydroponic Sustainability Project
- Beach Villa Revamp
These changes come after a desire to further improve the guest experience at their resorts, in an effort to strive for even better experiences at all three properties. Resorts at The Cocoon Collection got nominated in two categories at the South Asian Travel Awards (SATA) 2024 for Leading F&B Hotel / Resort and Leading Family Resort.
You & Me Maldives got nominated for the following categories, Leading Beach Hotel / Resort, Leading Fine Dining Outlet in Hotel / Resort & Most Romantic Resort and won Gold in one of them.
Cocoon Maldives got nominated in the Leading Wedding Hotel / Resort and Leading Designer Hotel / Resort categories, with the resort winning the ‘South Asia’s Leading Designer Hotel / Resort’ 4 years in a row prior. Cocoon Maldives won Gold at SATA 2024 as well, with Joy Island Maldives winning Silver alongside them, after being nominated for Leading F&B Hotel / Resort and Leading Family Resort.
