The Hyatt hotel group plans to open 20 new establishments in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) over the next three years, including in Morocco, according to Manuel Melenchon, one of the group’s regional managers.
In anticipation of the 2030 World Cup, the Spanish hotel group Barceló plans to increase the capacity of its units in Casablanca to 600 rooms and carry out renovation work on the Farah hotel.
Questioned by the Haraki group on the strengthening of hotel infrastructure, Fatima Zahra Ammor, Minister of Tourism, Handicrafts, Social and Solidarity Economy, unveiled an ambitious program aimed at accelerating the improvement of the hotel offer, before the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN Morocco 2025) and the 2030 World Cup.
The Kasbah Tamadot, located in Asni in the heart of the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco, is among the 50 best places to visit in the world, according to Time magazine’s "World’s Greatest Places 2025".
Israeli Transport Minister Miri Regev will attend the Fourth Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety, to be held in Marrakech on February 18-19, 2025. However, her accommodation in a luxury palace has raised questions, particularly due to the high costs of this stay.
Following the controversy generated by the obligation for some hotel clients to present a marriage contract, the Mouvement Populaire group in the House of Representatives has proposed a law to integrate civil status on the national identity card.
In Marrakech, hotels were full of Moroccan tourists during the school holidays.
An emergency program for the reconstruction of the hotels in Marrakech damaged by the Al Haouz earthquake was at the heart of a meeting of the Regional Steering Committee chaired by Farid Chourak, Wali of the Marrakech-Safi region. The project to enhance the medina was also discussed.
In 2024, hotels in Morocco were fully booked. Fatim-Zahra Ammor, Minister of Tourism, Handicrafts and Social and Solidarity Economy, presented the results.
Several construction sites are underway on the Bouregreg River. In addition to the Mohammed VI Tower, currently being finalized, another major project should see the light of day soon.
The adoption of a system of exceptional licenses to stimulate hotel and tourism projects in Tangier, in anticipation of the major sporting events to come, seems compromised.
Ten of the 31 non-compliant tourist accommodation establishments ordered to close for one to two months continue to open their doors, thus trampling on the decision of Farid Chourak, Wali of the Marrakech-Safi region and governor of the ochre city prefecture.