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Amenities include a Nespresso machine and Apple TV in all rooms, a wi-fi system offering the islands’ fastest connections, a ‘digital concierge’, 24-hour room service and the Marlin Bleu Restaurant and Bourgeois Bar. Although the spate of new hotels has slowed a little, the new Carana Beach (
caranabeach.com) just 25 minutes from the airport on Mahe will ‘establish a new category of boutique Seychelles accommodation’ in September according to the owners, who also operate the long-established Denis Private Island (
denisisland.com). With 28 oceanfront suites and 12 oceanfront pool suites the Carana Beach is said to ‘accentuate the wild nature of the location’ with blue seas, lush jungle, massive granite pillars and a white-sand beach. The ‘Iles Des Palmes’ eco resort (ilesdespalmes.
com) on Anse Takamaka, Praslin and built mainly of timber, teak and coco de mer leaves, won three awards in 2014 including a Trip Advisor certifi cate of excellence. Hilton Seychelles Northolme Resort and
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Spa (
hilton.com/Seychelles) is to launch 16 new additional rooms on stilts featuring infi nity pools with views overlooking Beau Vallon
Bay. (Northolme is the hotel where Ian Fleming used to holiday and the views are mentioned in his book For Your Eyes Only. JA Resorts and Hotels’ boutique island hideaway Enchanted Island Resort (jaresortshotels. com), which features just 10 luxury pool villas won the Seychelles’ Leading Villa award for Owners Signature Villa in 2014. Also a recent winner of awards was Denis
Private Island for Best Scenic Environment in the World Luxury Hotel Awards 2014 and Best Luxury Private Accommodation in the Luxury Travel Guide’s Global Awards 2014. The newly-opened Wine Boutique at
MAIA Luxury Resort & Spa (
maia.com.sc) offers guests access to over 300 vintages from across the globe, making the collection the Seychelles’ most extensive, and adding to
the hotel’s award-winning dining scene. Airlines: Air Seychelles (
airseychelles.com) will launch three weekly Airbus A330-200 non- stop Paris CDG fl ights from July, replacing the current twice-weekly service via Abu Dhabi. It is also dramatically increasing weekly frequencies on its regional network from this month (April). Ethiopian Airlines (
ethiopianairlines.com)
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