Luxury hotelier and one of the wealthiest women in the world, Christina Ong, is due to open her latest venture in the Maldives this month.

The resort called Cocoa Island, is located on the private island of Makunufshi and comprises 36 guest rooms, including 24 dhoni suites - the traditional Maldivian buildings suspended above the water and reached via planked walkways.

The resort also includes a hotel, the Ufaa Restaurant offering a blend of Indian and Sri Lankan cuisine, a dive centre and a range of watersports. The Shambhala Spa comprises three massage pavilions, a yoga pavilion and a twin-bedded treatment room for Ayurvedic treatments with an outdoor shower garden.

This is the latest venture from Como Hotels and Resorts, the company founded by Christina Ong and her husband, Ong Beng Seng, whose other properties include owns The Metropolitan and The Halkin hotels in London, the Parrot Bay Resort in Turks and Caicos islands of the Caribbean.