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Pixie Lott to headline New Year 2022 celebrations at Maldives luxury resort

Father Christmas arrives at the Amilla Maldives resort

Musician Pixie Lott will headline New Year celebrations at the Amilla Maldives Resort, it’s been announced.  Also counting down to 2022 will be a performance by Eurovision Russian pop star Dima Bilan, best known for his 2008 winning entry ‘Believe’. 

Twice-nominated for the BRIT Awards, Pixie had a UK number one in 2009 with ‘Mama Do (Uh Oh, Oh Oh).’ Her debut album, Turn it Up , went on to sell 1.5 million copies and spawned six consecutive top 20 singles.

Subsequent chart toppers include ‘Boys and Girls’ and ‘All About Tonight’. The star has also appeared as a guest judge on The X Factor and as a coach on The Voice Kids UK, alongside will.i.am and Danny Jones.

Also part of the resort’s festive celebrations, soccer superstar Arjen Robben will host football camps at the resort. The former Chelsea, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich winger will be sharing his Champions League-winning techniques and skills with a special football camp and coaching sessions exclusively for Amilla guests, between December 26 to 30 .

Also part of the resort’s festive celebrations, soccer superstar Arjen Robben will host football camps…

The Amilla resort as seen from the air
The Amilla Maldives resort is on the biosphere reserve of Baa Atoll

A verdant natural island in the UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve of Baa Atoll, Amilla Maldives Resort comprises 67 Villas and residences, elevated over crystal clear waters.

Other entertainments lined up for the season include festive cookie decorating classes, treasure and snowman hunts, a Jingle Rock disco, and a Dickens-themed ‘Past, Present and Future of Sustainable Fashion’ show. Expect also performances from the Maldives own Limestone Band and DJ Tappu.

Abercrombie & Kent is offering seven nights at Amilla Maldives from £11,225 per person, based on two adults sharing a Reef Water Pool Villa on B&B, including flights and shared seaplane transfers. Price based on travel from 20-27 December 2021.

For more travel options for the Amilla Maldives Resort and Residences click here.

I tried London’s viral chocolate pasta… but it’s the fresh Italian classics here which stole my heart 

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