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Jalboot to manage Crossroads marina

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Singha Estate Public Company Limited, a premier property development and investment holding company, announced a collaboration with Jalboot Holdings last month to manage its luxury marina at Crossroads, the largest integrated destination in the Maldives. The partnership is going to last 10 years and the contract is renewable.

With its close proximity of a 15-minute boat ride from Velana International Airport and Malé, the capital city of Maldives, Crossroads aims to captivate leisure travellers and family markets with a development spanning nine islands, boasting 1,300 rooms and a retail space of over 11,000 sqm. The project’s leisure and entertainment hub, The Township, will house a variety of international restaurants, retail outlets, a world-class wellness spa, a Maldives Discovery Centre with coral preservation and coral propagation activities, a diving centre, a multi-purpose hall, a kids’ club, and a cultural centre. World-renowned partners at the Township include Hard Rock Café Maldives, Café del Mar, and two of Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants, Ministry of Crab and Nihonbashi.

The hospitality projects include, but are not limited to, Curio by Hilton (178 keys) and Hard Rock Hotel (198 keys), apart from five to six other unnamed hotel properties. The first guests on the project will start arriving at the end of this year when Curio by Hilton will open, promptly followed by the Hard Rock Hotel. Studies have assessed that the island will see 4,000 guests before the year is over, so it will be Jalboot’s job to ferry them to and from the island. By March 2019, about 400 keys will be operating in the project, which comes with a large retail component, 7km of house reef and as mentioned earlier, a marina. It is also the only integrated project in the Maldives, with hotels quite close to the city so it’s not just for tourists but also locals.

Jalboot Holdings is a leading integrated provider of vessel design, construction and operation of sightseeing and passenger transfer ferry services based in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Due to the company’s extensive expertise in marine transport and marina management, Jalboot has been chosen to provide a full spectrum water transport solution for Crossroads, including marina management, water transport and other support services. It will also open a ‘one stop shop’ retail space at Crossroads’ Township that will hold agencies for different vessels and spare parts, with a chandlery stocking specialist supplies and equipment. This retail space will include a dedicated VR Lounge for visitors to experience virtual tours on many of Jalboot’s vessels available for purchase.

Alongside managing Crossroads’ luxurious berth yacht marina, Jalboot will be providing a comprehensive range of luxury cruise services at the integrated destination totalling six vessels consisting of a round-trip ferry transportation services to and from Velana International Airport, Malé, and other nearby islands; a yacht chartering service; and cutting-edge electric Dhoni boats providing inter-lagoon services.

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