Sun Hotels and Resorts has purchased two islands in northern Noonu Atoll in the Maldives for resort development.
According to local Maldivian paper
Haveeru the company purchased Dhigurah Island from its previous owner Wego Maldives for an unspecified amount in October.
The second purchase, Minaavaru Island, was leased for agricultural development to a company called Impact Fisheries Maldives in 2010. Sun Hotels and Resorts has asked the country’s Fisheries Ministry permission to transfer ownership of the island and said it intends to develop eco-agro tourism on the island.
The Sun Hotels and Resorts group, owned by Maldivian MP Ahmed Shiyam, currently has six resorts and spas, with four in Mauritius and two operating in the Maldives. At present no date or details have been released for two island developments.
