# IHG Maldives Resorts 2026 — InterContinental Maamunagau & Noku > Compare both IHG resorts in the Maldives — InterContinental Maamunagau and Noku Vignette — now Holiday Inn Kandooma has left: points, transfers, prices. Source: https://luxatolls.com/ihg-maldives/ · Last updated: 2026-10-17 · Language: en · Prices in US dollars (USD) unless stated otherwise --- Independent Comparison # IHG Resorts in the *Maldives* IHG runs two resorts in the Maldives under its core hotel brands — InterContinental Maamunagau, the secluded all-Club flagship in Raa Atoll, and Noku Maldives, IHG's first Vignette Collection property, in Noonu. Both earn IHG One Rewards points. Holiday Inn Resort Kandooma left IHG on 30 September 2026 and is now Kandooma Maldives (HPL Hotels & Resorts). IHG also operates two Six Senses resorts, covered on their own page. 2 Resorts 2 Atolls 131 Villas Reviewed by [Tym Lewtak](https://luxatolls.com/about/) · Founder, LuxAtolls Last updated 17 Oct 2026 Both At A Glance ## IHG's Maldives *Roster* IHG runs two Maldives resorts under its core brands — InterContinental Maamunagau, the secluded all-Club flagship deep in Raa Atoll, and Noku Maldives, IHG's first Vignette Collection property, in Noonu. Holiday Inn Resort Kandooma left the group on 30 September 2026. (IHG also runs the Six Senses brand — Laamu and Kanuhura, which we cover [separately](https://luxatolls.com/six-senses-maldives/), and a second Vignette — Vaagali — is due to open late 2026.) Entry rates span $890 to $1,037/night. | Resort | Brand | Atoll | Transfer | Villas | From / night | Lux Pulse | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [InterContinental Maldives Maamunagau](https://luxatolls.com/resorts/intercontinental-maamunagau/) | InterContinental | Raa | Seaplane | 81 | **$890** | 4.9 · 2,342 reviews | | [Noku Maldives](https://luxatolls.com/resorts/noku-maldives/) | Vignette Collection | Noonu | Seaplane | 50 | **$1,037** | 4.7 · 1,306 reviews | The Properties ## Each IHG Maldives Resort, *Side By Side* Editorial summaries drawn from our full independent reviews. Tap any card for the deep dive — villas, restaurants, reef rating, real pricing, FAQ. [InterContinental InterContinental Maldives Maamunagau Raa Atoll·81 villas·Seaplane The world's only all-Club InterContinental resort. Manta nursery at your doorstep. The first and only all-Club InterContinental resort in the world puts every guest on a Club IC rate regardless of meal plan. The Raa Atoll location places Hanifaru Bay (UNESCO) within 35 minutes, and the resort's own lagoon serves as a nursery for juvenile reef mantas. Lux Pulse **4.9** Strong & Growing From $890 /night 2,342 reviews Full review](https://luxatolls.com/resorts/intercontinental-maamunagau/) [Vignette Collection Noku Maldives Noonu Atoll·50 villas·Seaplane IHG's first Vignette Collection resort in the Maldives. Noonu Atoll's quiet five-star, rebranded into IHG's Vignette Collection in December 2024 — making it the only IHG One Rewards points-earning luxury resort in the Maldives. Fifty villas on a 700-metre island where the smallest unit starts at 175 sqm, the sunset house reef brings turtles to your deck, and Vignette's Isla… Lux Pulse **4.7** Solid & Improving From $1,037 /night 1,306 reviews Full review](https://luxatolls.com/resorts/noku-maldives/) Rooms & Rates ## Villas, Rates & *Meal Plans* Entry rates and villa categories across IHG's Maldives resorts, with each property's meal-plan options. “From” prices are lead-in nightly rates and move with season — tap any resort for its full review and live pricing. | Resort | Villa type | Size | Pool | From / night | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [InterContinental](https://luxatolls.com/resorts/intercontinental-maamunagau/) | Overwater Villas | 100–150 sqm | All pool | **$890** | | | Beach Villas | 145–180 sqm | All pool | **$950** | | | Family Villas | 175–275 sqm | All pool | **$1,050** | | | Residences | 295–1,120 sqm | All pool | **$2,500** | | [Noku Maldives](https://luxatolls.com/resorts/noku-maldives/) | Beach Villas | 175–220 sqm | 2 of 3 | **$1,037** | | | Water Villas | 186–190 sqm | 2 of 3 | **$1,103** | | | Beach Two-Bedroom Pool Retreat | 400 sqm | All pool | **$2,999** | ### Meal plans & all-inclusive [InterContinental](https://luxatolls.com/resorts/intercontinental-maamunagau/) BB / HB / FB / AI All-inclusive available [Noku Maldives](https://luxatolls.com/resorts/noku-maldives/) BB / HB / FB / AI All-inclusive available Dining ## Dining at *Each Resort* The signature tables worth planning a night around, across IHG's Maldives resorts. Tap any resort for its full dining write-up and meal-plan inclusions. [InterContinental](https://luxatolls.com/resorts/intercontinental-maamunagau/) Eight bars and restaurants with full Club InterContinental dining woven through — an over-water Mediterranean tower, an interactive seafood market and a dhoni-shaped sunset bar. [The Lighthouse Mediterranean An over-water blue-and-white tower with the dining room at the top — Mediterranean plates and 360° lagoon views from the resort's most dramatic seat.](https://luxatolls.com/resorts/intercontinental-maamunagau/) [The Fish Market Asian Seafood Pick your own catch from the ice and have it cooked your way — Maldivian seafood meets South-East Asian flavours.](https://luxatolls.com/resorts/intercontinental-maamunagau/) [Sunset Bar Cocktails The island's most-photographed spot: a dhoni-shaped over-water bar built for the sundowner hour.](https://luxatolls.com/resorts/intercontinental-maamunagau/) [+5 more at InterContinental — see all dining →](https://luxatolls.com/resorts/intercontinental-maamunagau/) [Noku Maldives](https://luxatolls.com/resorts/noku-maldives/) A compact, intimate two-restaurant island — a beachfront Mediterranean main and a poolside pan-Asian table drawing on Maldivian, Sri Lankan and Indian kitchens. [Palms Restaurant International The beachfront main: open-air all-day dining with a Mediterranean-leaning à la carte at dinner.](https://luxatolls.com/resorts/noku-maldives/) [Thari Restaurant Pan-Asian Poolside dining pulling from Maldivian, Indian, Sri Lankan and Thai kitchens — the guest-favourite table.](https://luxatolls.com/resorts/noku-maldives/) [Palms Bar Cocktails A black-and-white open-air cocktail bar on the sand beside Palms.](https://luxatolls.com/resorts/noku-maldives/) [+1 more at Noku Maldives — see all dining →](https://luxatolls.com/resorts/noku-maldives/) Getting There ## Getting to *Each Resort* How you reach each IHG resort from Velana International Airport (Malé), and the round-trip transfer fare — charged on top of the room rate. Seaplanes fly in daylight only; speedboats run around the clock. | Resort | Transfer | Duration | Round trip / person | Notes | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [InterContinental](https://luxatolls.com/resorts/intercontinental-maamunagau/) | Seaplane | ~25 min | **~$760** | Seaplane — daylight hours only | | [Noku Maldives](https://luxatolls.com/resorts/noku-maldives/) | Seaplane | ~45 min | **~$540** | Seaplane — daylight hours only | Loyalty Strategy ## IHG One Rewards at the *Maldives Resorts* **IHG One Rewards** is IHG's loyalty programme — rebranded from IHG Rewards Club in April 2022. Members earn 10 base points per US$1 on qualifying spend (plus a tier bonus of 20–100%), and both Maldives resorts are full points-earning IHG hotels. **Redemption is fully dynamic — there is no award chart.** The points cost of a free night floats with the cash rate, so high-season villa nights at InterContinental and Noku run very high. Watch shoulder-season dates, when cash rates — and points prices with them — drop furthest. **The 4th-night-free benefit is the headline play.** The IHG One Rewards Premier, Premier Select and Business credit cards give every 4th night free on a *points* stay of four or more consecutive nights at the same hotel. Maldives trips are usually 4–7 nights, so this stacks neatly. It must be a pure points booking (not Points + Cash). **Elite recognition is resort-discretion.** At InterContinental Maamunagau and Noku, Diamond Elite members get complimentary breakfast for two when chosen as the welcome amenity (specialty restaurants and room service excluded). Platinum gets a points or drink amenity, not breakfast, and upgrades at all tiers are availability-gated and rarely jump villa categories. Note that Maamunagau is the world's only **all-Club InterContinental** resort — so every guest, elite or not, already receives Club InterContinental breakfast, afternoon tea and an evening aperitif hour. **The Six Senses caveat.** IHG also runs [Six Senses Laamu and Kanuhura](https://luxatolls.com/six-senses-maldives/), which earn and redeem IHG One Rewards points — but Six Senses runs its own service model, and the standard IHG elite on-property perks (free breakfast, upgrades, welcome amenity) do *not* extend there the usual way. Full detail is on the Six Senses page. Where They Are ## IHG Maldives *on the Map* Both resorts plotted on the Maldives — Raa in the north and Noonu in the central-north. Tap any pin or legend entry to jump to the full review. Both, keyed to the map 1. 1 [InterContinental Maldives Maamunagau](https://luxatolls.com/resorts/intercontinental-maamunagau/) Raa · Seaplane 2. 2 [Noku Maldives](https://luxatolls.com/resorts/noku-maldives/) Noonu · Seaplane The Decision ## Which IHG Maldives Resort Is *Best For You?* There's no single "best" IHG resort in the Maldives — the two target very different trips. Here's the angle-by-angle call: Best for families InterContinental Maldives Maamunagau Planet Trekkers kids club for ages 4–12, family beach and lagoon pool villas, and two- and three-bedroom residences — Noku has no dedicated kids club. Holiday Inn Kandooma, the old family pick, left IHG on 30 September 2026. Best for value / cheapest InterContinental Maldives Maamunagau The lower entry rate in our data, and every guest gets Club InterContinental benefits — breakfast, afternoon tea and evening aperitifs — whatever the plan. Noku's seaplane is about $220 pp cheaper return, so compare the all-in cost for your dates. Best for seclusion InterContinental Maldives Maamunagau A remote Raa Atoll private island of 81 all-pool villas, far from the busy airport atolls. Noku is the intimate 50-villa runner-up if you want small over remote. Best for diving & reef InterContinental Maldives Maamunagau Its own lagoon is a juvenile reef-manta nursery, and UNESCO-listed Hanifaru Bay is roughly 35 minutes away. Best for honeymoon Noku Maldives An intimate, design-led 50-villa island with overwater pool villas and a swim-across lagoon — the more couples-coded of the two. Maamunagau is the luxe alternative with its adults-only Retreat. Best for a cheaper transfer Noku Maldives Its seaplane runs about $540 pp return against roughly $760 pp at Maamunagau — on a couple's trip that is around $440 saved before you choose a villa. FAQ ## Common *Questions* How many IHG resorts are there in the Maldives? Two under its core hotel brands — InterContinental Maamunagau (Raa) and Noku Maldives, Vignette Collection (Noonu) — plus two Six Senses resorts (Laamu and Kanuhura), run under IHG's Six Senses brand and covered on a [separate page](https://luxatolls.com/six-senses-maldives/). Holiday Inn Resort Kandooma left IHG on 30 September 2026 and is now Kandooma Maldives. A second Vignette Collection property, Vaagali Maldives, is signed for late 2026. Do IHG Maldives resorts earn IHG One Rewards points? Yes — both are points-earning IHG hotels. You earn IHG One Rewards points on room and on-property spend and can redeem points for free nights. IHG uses fully dynamic award pricing with no fixed award chart, so the points cost of a night floats with the cash rate and demand. Which IHG Maldives resort is the cheapest? InterContinental Maldives Maamunagau has the lower entry rate in our data, from $890/night. Both IHG Maldives resorts are reached by seaplane, so compare the all-in cost — villa, meal plan and the return flight — for your dates; see the [full review](https://luxatolls.com/resorts/intercontinental-maamunagau/). Holiday Inn Kandooma, the former value pick, left IHG on 30 September 2026. Is InterContinental Maamunagau all-inclusive? Not by default — it sells bed-and-breakfast, half-board, full-board and an all-inclusive plan. But it's the world's only **all-Club InterContinental** resort, so **every guest** receives Club InterContinental benefits regardless of plan: à la carte breakfast, daily afternoon tea (3–5pm) and an evening aperitif hour (5–7pm). The all-inclusive plan adds lunch, dinner and unlimited drinks on top. Can I use the IHG One Rewards 4th-night-free benefit in the Maldives? Yes, with the IHG One Rewards Premier, Premier Select or Business credit card. On a **points** booking of 4 or more consecutive nights at the same resort, every 4th night is free. It must be a pure points stay (not Points + Cash). The no-fee IHG One Rewards card (formerly Traveler) is moving the benefit behind an annual spend threshold. With Maldives points prices this high, it is worth the most on a longer stay. Do IHG elite benefits like free breakfast work at these resorts? At InterContinental Maamunagau and Noku, **Diamond Elite** members get complimentary breakfast for two when chosen as the welcome amenity (specialty restaurants and room service excluded; each resort defines the details). **Platinum** gets a points or drink amenity, not breakfast. Note that [Six Senses](https://luxatolls.com/six-senses-maldives/) (also IHG) earns points but does not extend the standard IHG elite perks the same way. Is Noku Maldives really an IHG hotel, and what was it before? Yes. Noku Maldives became **Noku Maldives, Vignette Collection** when it joined IHG — signed in August 2024 and launched under the brand in November 2025, IHG's first Vignette Collection property in the Maldives. It opened in 2018 as the independent Noku Maldives (owned by Roxy-Pacific); the island was earlier Zitahli Kuda-Funafaru. The IHG/Vignette name is an addition, not a full rebrand. Keep Exploring ## Related Guides [Six Senses Maldives — also IHG, compared](https://luxatolls.com/six-senses-maldives/) [Best Maldives Resorts — Editor's Top Picks](https://luxatolls.com/best-resorts/) [Four Seasons Resorts in the Maldives](https://luxatolls.com/four-seasons-maldives/) [Maldives Atolls Guide](https://luxatolls.com/atolls/) ## Quote an IHG *Maldives Stay* Share your dates and which resort you're leaning toward (or "not sure yet — recommend") and we'll build a personalised quote. 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