Snow in the Maldives

Now leaving the remarkable Velaa Private Island. A fortune was spent to make this island into the ultimate hideaway. It is all very tasteful – no gold and diamonds flashing except for those its elite clientele have left in their safes back home.

Part of the costly tab is that Velaa offers facilities not usually found in the Maldives like a golf academy, squash, and a covered tennis court, along with a full watersports centre, a spa with a snow room and extraordinary Cloud 9 reclining pods, four top quality restaurants and a wine cellar, and accommodation that is simply designer ... 

Some of my snapshots...

Tropical beauty

Well-being

Entrance to the spa

Cloud Nine - cloud-shaped reclining treatment pod by Klafs & Sha

The only snow in the Maldives - all for beauty treatments at the Spa

Plenty of sparkle when it comes to pools, beaches and turquoise water...

Signature restaurant Aragu

Dinner at Aragu with GM Igor Dolezel and marketing manager Alexander Kharabadze

In front of the restaurant

Breakfast

Gorgeous water villas...

Our beautiful water villa

Normally I prefer beach villas - but I loved our big water villa...

Now for sporty stuff

Lush golf course

Tennis under cover

The people are great.

Our lovely waitress

Our new Italian friend Remy - a chef who makes fantastic food

And its butlers have been recruited from among the best employed all around the Maldives.

Management and our butler saying goodbye

Time to go...

Our seaplane waiting 

Beautiful scenic flight - 45 mins by seaplane to Male

SELECT OPEN 2012

The Select Open golf championship at Svartinge Golf Club on Tuesday was a wonderful success. The day was warm, there was hardly any rain and everyone was in a really good mood.

A 25 year old won the tournament – Stefanie Klingspor (above), so the new generation is doing really well. Her mother Charlotte Palmstierna was close behind – Charlotte came second. Another loyal Select customer came third – Erik Grönberg. On hole number 8 we held a closest to pin competition, won by Mats Caneman and Stefanie Klingspor. The longest drives on hole number 16 were by Lars Procheus and Kerstin Tidholm.

The prizes were awarded by Consul of Mauritius Tord Magnuson and our Sales Manager Ulrika Thelander (also a whizz golfer, who this time cheerfully came last :).

Our warm thanks go to Svartinge Golf Club, Tord Magnuson, and One & Only Le Saint Geran.

The first prize was two tickets with Air Mauritius & 5 nights at One & Only Le Saint Geran. Second prize was 3 nights at Mazagan Golf resort in Morocco & third prize was a Duo spa treatment in the Select Collection Spa.

If you want to travel to Mauritius and the gracious One & Only Le Saint Geran during the autumn we have an excellent offer: please contact info@selectcollection.se to find out more, or phone 08-678 15 15.

Ulrika’s snapshots of the winners are below:

From the left Charlotte Palmstierna (2nd prize), Kerstin Tidholm (longest drive),
Lars Procheus (longest drive), Stefanie Klingspor (first prize and closest to pin),
Erik Grönberg (third prize).



Charlotte Palmstierna, Tord Magnusson,
Stefanie Klingsport & Erik Grönberg

Charlotte, Stefanie & Erik

Stefanie & Tord