What is it that you're after? Which Maldives properties have you already been to? And why would you be more optimistic about Alila? Not only would you have to hope it opens by then, but you'd have no advance idea whether service/hard product is solid. There'd be no guarantee of anything.

I've only been to four properties out there, but Park Hyatt just hits the spot vs the others.

Your cons: older rooms, smaller rooms, less variety in activities, less variety in Food. Long transfer.

Your pros: superior service. Genuine investment in your experience and not just maximizing profit. Food quality is superb and some of it takes from Maldivian cuisine. Property is intimate. Property is extremely eco friendly. Reef is amazing, beach is second-to-none.

Look, places like the Waldorf, St Regis, Conrad... they're all great. Many people would genuinely be more comfortable in some of them. Heck, the convenience of a yacht transfer and the luxury of giant rooms all with decent sized pools (W.A)... that's even up my alley, and I loved every minute of it. But it still isn't the same. And as my sister told me on our most recent trip, she enjoyed the St. Regis, but didn't understand what the Maldives was about until she arrived at the Park Hyatt.

All that said, I can't guarantee you'll feel the same way. Four of us in my family do.