Featured News | January 26, 2026

Nominations Open for TTM Awards 2026

Travel Trade Maldives has officially opened nominations for the TTM Awards 2026, celebrating excellence across the Maldives’ travel, tourism, and hospitality sectors. As part of TTM Maldives 2026, the awards will recognise outstanding achievements among resorts, hotels, top producers, and airlines.

The TTM Awards 2026 introduce two new award categories, along with ten additional categories exclusively dedicated to luxury and ultra-luxury resorts. With these additions, the awards now feature a total of 37 categories recognising resorts and hotels, reflecting the evolving diversity and excellence of the Maldives hospitality landscape.

The award categories for TTM Awards 2026 consist of:

  1. Best Beach Resort
  2. Best Wellness Resort
  3. Best Honeymoon Destination
  4. Best MICE Destination
  5. Best Family Resort
  6. Best Boutique Resort
  7. Most Picturesque Resort
  8. Best Dive Resort
  9. Best Fun & Friendly Resort
  10. Best Design Resort
  11. Best Emerging Resort
  12. Best Wedding Destination
  13. Most Sustainable Resort
  14. Best City Hotel
  15. Most Innovative Resort
  16. Best Surf Resort
  17. Best All-Inclusive Resort
  18. Best Culinary Resort
  19. Best Beach Villa Resort
  20. Best Water Villa Resort
  21. Best Adults Only Resorts
  22. Best Content Creator
  23. Best Nature Resort
  24. Best House Reef
  25. Best Spa
  26. Best Restaurant
  27. Best Resort for Sports & Fitness
  28. Leading Private Island
  29. Luxury Wellness Resort
  30. Luxury Honeymoon Resort
  31. Luxury Family Resort
  32. Luxury Beach Villa Resort
  33. Luxury Water Villa Resort
  34. Luxury Culinary Resort
  35. Luxury Spa
  36. Luxury Restaurant
  37. Leading Luxury Resort

Nominations for the TTM Awards are exclusively open to TTM partners. Resorts may nominate themselves for award categories based on their partnership tier, subject to eligibility criteria and successful completion of the vetting process. Approval notifications will be communicated upon review.

As TTM Maldives marks its milestone 10th edition, celebrating a decade of excellence, partnership renewals for 2026 are now open, and current partners are encouraged to renew via TTM Connect.

Award winners will be selected through a structured voting process, consisting of:

  • 20% votes from the Travel Trade Maldives Editorial Team
  • 40% votes from travel trade professionals registered on TTM Connect
  • 40% public votes

The TTM Awards & Gala Night will be held on 27th August 2026 as part of TTM Maldives.
The nomination deadline is 31st March 2026.

Nominations can be submitted via connect.traveltrademaldives.com/awards

Full details on award categories, eligibility criteria, and the nomination process are outlined in the TTM Awards 2026 Media Kit here.

For further information, please contact us at ttm@traveltrademaldives.com.