Eric Trump assures that the project will redefine luxury and innovation in investments.
In 2024, El Salvador promoted tourist tokenization despite; now he inspires giants like Trump.
The Trump organization and London-listed real estate company Dar Global announced the launch of the Trump International Hotel Maldives. This is the brand’s first hotel in the Maldives and its first tokenized hotel development, something that recalls the steps of the Hilton in El Salvador.
The project consists of tokenizing the hotel during its development phaseoffering interested parties the possibility of participating in the investment.
The resort of the Maldives, 25 minutes by speedboat from Malé, the capital of that Republic, will offer 80 luxury beach and overwater villas. This provided that its construction and launch will be completed at the end of 2028.
Eric Trump, executive vice president of The Trump Organization, stated that the project “will redefine luxury and set a new standard in real estate investments via tokenization,” according to the official statement.
Ziad El Chaar, CEO of Dar Global, added: “Tokenizing the Trump International Hotel Maldives development is a global milestone that unites luxury, innovation and technology to transform hospitality investments.”
The initiative resembles a model from El Salvador. This was launched in May 2024. It happened when Inversiones Laguardia (Inverlag) tokenized the construction of the Hampton by Hilton, located near the Monseñor Romero International Airport, 40 km from San Salvador.
The Salvadoran project sought to raise $6.25 million with HILSV tokens10% premium, 5-year term and minimum of $1,000 per investor, as reported by CriptoNoticias at the time.
Unlike previous models that tokenize finished assets, both projects focused on the construction phase. The one from El Salvador used Bitcoin’s Liquid network and was traded on Bitfinex with tether (USDT).
However, the El Salvador project did not raise the expected amount. It barely achieved 1.8% of the scheduled amount in the first hours, so it did not advance. Now we have to wait for the result of the Trump organization’s tokenized hotel initiative.
Although the announcement does not detail the name of the token, it is explained that this initiative offers fractional ownership through digital assetsallowing potential income during the construction phase.
The launch platform is not specified, although it could be linked to projects such as the Trump family’s World Liberty Financial (WLFI) to tokenize real estate.
The tokenization schedule lacks a date at the moment, although it could begin imminently after today’s announcement, November 17, 2025.