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GO PRIVATE Hospitality brand Anantara Hotels, Resorts and Spas is moving into the aviation business with the launch of its new Anantara Private Jet Experience, combining accommodation and private jet transportation into a single trip that takes customers around the Maldives, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Developed in partnership with bespoke aviation company MJets, larger groups will jet about in a Gulfstream V featuring three zones for working, dining and resting, plus shower facilities, fully reclining beds, entertainment systems and service from two flight attendants. For smaller groups of up to eight passengers, there’s the Cessna Citation X, which offers fully reclining body club seats, entertainment systems and service delivered by one flight attendant. On the ground, customers will stay at the company’s signature properties including the Anantara Peace Haven Tangalle in Sri Lanka…