Luxury: Sonu Shivdasani’s best-kept secrets

The iconic hotelier on his plans for the environment and a secret new resort he mustn’t yet talk about

At the Hindustan TimesLeadership Summit last year, hotelier Sonu Shivdasani spoke extensively about the hospitality industry’s responsibility towards the environment. Leisure can’t come at the cost of the future of our planet, he seemed to say.

A beginners surfing lesson that mentors local youngsters from the Maldivian island of Dharavandhoo, one of the adopted islands for the Namoona Baa project

Sonu Shivdasani and his wife Eva startedthe Namoona Baa project, a beginners surfing lesson that mentors local youngsters from the Maldivian island of Dharavandhoo

A waste segregation session at the Dharavandhoo waste management centre

The future

A villa at Soneva Fushi

Responsible luxury

The Namoona community at work