Edition Talks: Soneva Founder and CEO, Sonu Shivdasani

The constant motion driving cogs in the industrial machine often makes the journey of a hotelier a rather 'wander'-ous one. Since resorts first emerged in the Maldives nearly half a century ago, many notable personalities have graced the hospitality scene, left their mark and moved on from these turquoise horizons to greener pastures.

As such, in a sea of constantly emerging new additions and trends, only an elite few remain on their original pedestal. Impressively, a quarter of a century after their first grand opening, that is certainly the case with Sonu Shivdasani, a pioneer of eco-tourism and the man behind the widely celebrated philosophy of ‘intelligent luxury’.