My uncle is in the process of booking a trip to the Maldives for the first week of December.
(Before that, he'll also be in Sri Lanka for a week, any recommendations on where to go and where to stay are also much appreciated.)
He would be in the Maldives for 7 nights and he'd be willing to spend up to ~450 USD per night (or less).
I saw that by buying HHonors points during a promotion and using the new points pooling feature, he'd probably be able to book the Conrad Maldives for about that rate (provided there's enough award availability).
However, I don't know if it would be a good choice. The photos I've seen didn't look that spectacular, and from what I've read, you'd only get a beach villa for points anyway.
Are there any other hotels you can recommend in that price range (of course, transferring points from his German Amex or simply buying hotel points is an option as well).
He likes small, boutique hotels with great, personal service.
I don't think a family resort would be his kind of thing.
Any suggestions?