Onyx Hospitality Group, one of the region’s leading hotel management companies, has signed an agreement with a joint venture company led by Panchshil Realty to launch OZO Maldives.
Scheduled to open in the third quarter of 2020, the 200-villa private island resort will occupy a secluded island in the Raa Atoll, located northwest of the Maldivian capital of Male. Of the 200 villas at OZO Maldives, 60 villas will be located over water while 140 villas will be located on the beach, with 50 beach villas offering larger family-friendly layouts and private plunge pools.
Featuring design elements and experience touch points inspired by a fictitious castaway explorer named Sebastian King III, an artist and amateur sailor who was shipwrecked and lived alone on the island for eight years before allowing himself to be discovered, OZO Maldives will immerse travellers in a reinterpretation of the legacy he left behind through a series of structures, shelters and landmarks that Sebastian creatively constructed from island-sourced raw materials and flotsam washed ashore over the years.
Other facilities include OZO’s signature Eat all-day-dining restaurant; a rustic and informal ‘Victory Bar’ and floating lagoon pavilions and jungle tree-decks for private dinners; Maai Spa, a signature Thai wellness concept; a gym and yoga facility; dive centre and a large landscaped lagoon swimming pool.