Dubai-based Jumeirah Group has signed an agreement with Xanadu Holdings to manage a new five-star deluxe resort, the Jumeirah Meradhoo in the Maldives. The resort will complement Jumeirah Maldives, the group's other development in the Maldives. Jumeirah Meradhoo is the second management agreement signed by the group in the Maldives and brings the total number of properties under development or in operation by Jumeirah globally to 42.