Minor Hotels presents a collection of festive season offers that encourage guests to celebrate connection and discovery across its distinctive properties in Asia and the Maldives. Each property's thoughtfully curated festive programme blends local heritage with holiday traditions for a memorable way to end 2025 and begin 2026.

Anantara Koh Yao Yai Resort & Villas: A Mystical Himmapan

Anantara Koh Yao Yai Resort & Villas introduces guests to the mythical world of Himmapan, where ancient Thai legends meet the natural beauty of Koh Yao Yai. Over two weeks, the resort offers activities inspired by folklore, including floating sound baths under the New Moon, themed dinners, batik painting workshops and tales of the naga around a beach bonfire. 

The resort's celebrations also include Thai cultural activities throughout the week, featuring maki roll lessons with locally sourced fish and rice, beach fishing with local fishermen, and ancient performance classes such as muay ka yong and rum kra tob mai. Guests can begin 2026 with an immersive Thai Cultural Day, beginning with a sunrise ceremony and a traditional island breakfast, followed by Spice Spoons cooking classes, craft-making, and guided cultural walks.

Anantara Layan Phuket Resort: Festive Glow and New Year Reset Journeys

Anantara Layan Phuket Resort offers guests renewal and radiance during the festive season, with Layan Life by Anantara, the resort's wellness and longevity centre, providing curated journeys designed to nurture wellbeing from the inside out.

Throughout December, the Sparkling Holiday Glow Journey features advanced skin assessments, Hyrafacial Platinum treatments, and revitalising IV therapy, ensuring they greet the new year with a luminous glow. For those seeking a fresh start in the new year, Detox Cleanse and Gut Reset journeys offer a personalised approach to wellness, combining precision diagnostics with tailored plans for long-term vitality. 

Anantara Bophut Koh Samui Resort: Lotus Whispers

Anantara Bophut Koh Samui Resort sets the scene for guests to embrace serenity, renewal, and joy with Lotus Whispers, a celebration inspired by the resort's feature in HBO's 'The White Lotus' Season 3.

Each day, guests enjoy themed dining experiences rotating between the resort's beachfront, lotus pond, and Guilty restaurant. Families are at the heart of the celebrations, with a full calendar of festive-themed arts, crafts, and activities designed to delight guests of all ages. At the resort's Anantara Spa, featured in the show, guests can select the White Lotus Indulgence Deluxe treatment, a two-hour ritual that includes a foot soak, scrub, massage, and a full-body treatment using white lotus oil to release tension and restore inner calm.

Anantara Golden Triangle Elephant Camp & Resort: Echoes from the Past, A Mekong Trade Journey

Anantara Golden Triangle Elephant Camp & Resort in Northern Thailand presents a festive programme inspired by the Mekong River's history. 

Guests savour family feasts, soulful jazz mornings, and sacred merit-making rituals, all rich with flavour, culture, and wonder. Evenings begin with Explorer Cocktails by a crackling fire and whispers of the wild. Themed dinners for Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year's Eve, as well as the resort's signature Mekong Nights, feature the graceful movements of local performers, uplifting melodies, and a festive spread of regional flavours throughout the season. Guests may select Chef Yui's Winter Odyssey menu at Samsarn, which brings together tastes from three regions, creating a dining experience as diverse as the cultures of the Mekong. 

Avani+ Luang Prabang: Land, River and Spirit

Downstream along the Mekong River, Avani+ Luang Prabang in Laos celebrates the season with a programme inspired by the land, river, and spirit of the UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The land grounds every celebration with traditions, flavours, and festive feasts. Guests' festive meals begin with a sacred Baci ceremony, followed by the warmth of Laotian hospitality. On the water, the river offers festive moments that flow beyond time, including a sunset Christmas Eve cruise and a New Year's Eve dinner cruise along the Mekong. Guests experience the spirit of Luang Prabang throughout the week through cycling tours, water blessings, guided market visits, and the climb up Phousi Hill. 

Niyama Private Islands Maldives: Boho Luxe Festivities in Nature's Playground

Niyama Private Islands Maldives encourages guests to feel the rhythm of the islands and embrace the freedom to play, dance, and reconnect in Nature's Playground.

The resort's festive programme features an impressive line-up of visiting practitioners: celebrity chef Roberto Alcocer brings playful Baja Mexican cuisine from his acclaimed restaurants; fitness champion Shaune Stafford offers private and group training sessions; and Jessica Klein leads yoga and Pilates classes for all levels. Creative guests explore tattoo artistry with Erroic Tattoo, blending time-honoured techniques with contemporary flair, or seek relief and alignment with specialist Lorenzo Arcuri. Each day at Niyama provides opportunities to indulge, discover, and celebrate, making every festive escape vibrant and unique.

Avani+ Fares Maldives Resort: Tales of the Maldives

Avani+ Fares Maldives Resort presents the Tales of the Maldives, blending vibrant heritage with festive joy.

In the Baa Atoll, guests will savour Maldivian culinary traditions at Fares Baa'zaar, a lively island souk filled with street food stalls, live Bodu Beru beats, and handmade local crafts. Christmas takes on a distinctly Maldivian twist, with Tales of Christmas offering cocktails, live music, and a gala dinner under the stars. The festivities continue with Tales of Smugglers, inspired by the colourful past of Fares Island. Families set sail on a pirate cruise adventure before the adults enjoy Rum, Ribs, and Reggae Night, and children settle in for a Jack Sparrow movie night under the stars, complete with tropical treats.

Discover festive offers and unforgettable celebrations across Minor Hotels' properties at minorhotels.com/offers/festive-celebrations.