Opened last July, the Royal Mansour of Tamuda Bay stands on an area of 10 hectares. The seaside complex located facing the Alboran Sea, has 55 rooms, suites and villas, the “simplest” of which measures 80 m², and the most majestic, more than 1,500 m². The decoration is special: the mosaic on the walls of the reception, formed by 100,000 shells collected in the surrounding area, attracts attention. Its 4,000 m² spa also leaves no one indifferent. Beyond making figures, the installation of a Royal Mansour in Tamuda Bay aims to contribute to the tourist development of this region in the north of the kingdom, only frequented by the Moroccan upper middle class during the summer, confides Dominique Di Daniel, hotel director, to the French newspaper Les Echos.
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“Bringing international customers is my main mission at Tamuda Bay. We want to revitalize a region which, to date, only attracts vacationers three months a year. It’s up to us to create a clientele, thanks to plane connections and extraordinary experiences,” adds Jean-Claude Messant, general director of the group, who is delighted with the extension of the royal hotel group, fourteen years after the opening of the Marrakech brand. Before Tamuda Bay in July, the Royal Mansour opened its doors in Casablanca in April. “In Casablanca, the idea is to bring back into fashion an entire Art Deco district, Sidi Belyout, close to the Hassan II mosque and the marina, which was coveted in the 1950s but which had fallen asleep,” reveals the DG.
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Located a stone’s throw from Jemaa El Fna Square, the Royal Mansour Marrakech is unique in its kind. It is a “medina within the medina”, a luxurious palace which, unlike classic hotels with rooms and suites, has around fifty private riads, equipped with a Moroccan lounge, rooms with bathroom, and ‘a terrace with private pool. “Many hotels in the world have a basement, but we are the only ones to have built these galleries from the start which allow us to provide an invisible service! Customers who have requested a butler or ordered a meal in their riad are granted as if by magic. They are fascinated and often want to visit these basements. », says Jean-Claude Messant.
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The Royal Mansour, ranked the most welcoming establishment in the world in 2024 according to the World’s 50 Best Hotels, is also distinguished by its restaurants entrusted to star chefs. In Marrakech, the hotel restaurant is managed by Hélène Darroze (six Michelin stars) and Massimiliano Alajmo (three stars) who offer contemporary Moroccan and Italian cuisine. In Tamuda Bay, we find Alajmo, and two other three-star chefs: the Spaniard Quique Dacosta and the Frenchman Eric Frechon. The hotel group plans to expand into other cities in the kingdom. “There is indeed a vision of development in our group. Two new openings are planned in the next three or four years. But I can’t tell you where,” said Jean-Claude Messant. The group plans to instead open three establishments in Rabat, Agadir, and Tangier.
