Anantara Hotels & Resorts | 534,877 followers on LinkedIn. Unforgettable Journeys | Anantara. The word in Sanskrit means "without end"​ and evokes the freedom, movement and harmony that are the spirit of the Anantara experience and culture. Since the Anantara experience was born in 2001 in Thailand, operating within one of Asia Pacific’s largest lifestyle companies Minor International, we have successfully expanded to Anantara Hotels & Resorts across Vietnam, China, Indonesia, the Maldives, the Middle East and Africa.