EXCELLENT!
It’s only just opened and already a huge hit:
.HERE, the smallest luxury resort in the Maldives,
has been hailed as one of the world’s best hotels
on Condé Nast Traveller’s 2026 Hot List
Hamburg, 28 April 2026 – It’s all about being in the know: the ultra-luxury resort .HERE features on Condé Nast Traveller’s 2026 Hot List. This award recognises the world’s best new hotels. “It’s not easy to go one better in the Maldives, but .HERE, the newly opened resort on Somewhere Island in the UNESCO-protected Baa Atoll, has managed it” – so says editor-in-chief Diva Thani, who visited and reviewed the resort herself.
Condé Nast Traveller magazine was founded in 1987 and quickly became the undisputed authority on luxury travel. Appearing on the Hot List, which is compiled anew each year, is the ultimate accolade for any hotel. .HERE not only graces the cover of the coveted May/June issue as the ‘Best New Hotel’, but has also been recognised for its excellence in three further categories: Best Wellness Hotel, Best Beach Hotel, and Best Hotel in Australia, New Zealand and Asia.
Diva Thani is responsible for the Condé Nast brand worldwide, and she was clearly enthusiastic about .HERE in the Baa Atoll UNESCO Biosphere Reserve: “As a new benchmark for privacy in the Maldives, this design-led island resort offers spacious villas stretching from the beach to the lagoon, and barefoot luxury in its most discreet form.”
And this is perhaps the resort’s most important feature: at .HERE, luxury means having a choice. The eternal question in the Maldives – beach or over-water villa? At »Somewhere«, you don’t have to choose. Each of the seven residences stretches across the entire width of the island: beach at one end, a wooden jetty with the coveted ladder leading straight into the Indian Ocean at the other.
“Every villa offers breathtaking views of sunrises and sunsets and gives guests more opportunities to relax outdoors: rather than retreating to the air-conditioned interiors during the hottest hours of the afternoon, I simply strolled along the beautiful pool to the other end of my shaded villa and continued reading there in the gentle breeze,” enthuses Diva Thani.
.HERE is the smallest resort in the Maldives – and the most exclusive. It comprises the island of ‘Somewhere’, featuring seven two-storey private villas, each with three or four bedrooms – and, at 1,300 and 1,400 square metres respectively, offering plenty of space for families or travellers with staff. The second island, ‘Nowhere’, consists of two villas with a total area of 3,500 square metres. It has just opened and can be booked exclusively.
It has just opened and is available for exclusive hire.
The two islands feature a stunning restaurant and bar – perhaps just the right amount of socialising to make the splendid isolation afterwards all the more enjoyable. Head chef Georgios Vasilopoulos, formerly of Raffles Dubai and Nobu Matsuhisa Mykonos, runs the open-air restaurant Safar. He was previously the personal chef to the Jordanian royal family.
Gregor Gerlach, who opened .HERE with his sister Anoushka Gerlach, is delighted with this accolade: “When the editor-in-chief of Condé Nast praises our new resort so enthusiastically, it’s a wonderful endorsement of our work – hardly anyone else has comparable expertise in the luxury travel market.”
