Anantara Hotels, Resort and Spa has announced it will open a resort in Zanzibar in 2020.
Zanzibar Amber Resort will occupy more than 1,000 hectares in the north east of Zanzibar and will feature 100 guest rooms and 50 one and two bedroom pool villas.
Dillip Rajakarier, CEO of Minor Hotels, parent company of Anantara, said:“Anantara Zanzibar Resort will be the first property in the region to showcase Anantara’s authentic luxury and personalised hospitality.
“Whilst offering a unique addition to Anantara’s portfolio, the resort’s discerning guests will benefit greatly from the project’s integrated lifestyle facilities.
“The development of Anantara Zanzibar Resort marks a key strategic move that provides synergy and diversifies Minor Hotels’ well-established presence in East Africa, complementing the Elewana Collection of luxury safari camps, lodges and beach resorts in Tanzania and Kenya.”
Brian Thomson, principal of owning company Pennyroyal Gibraltar, said:“We are delighted to have Anantara as a founder hotel partner of Zanzibar Amber Resort, their distinctive lifestyle brand profile and commitment to creating outstanding luxury hospitality product being of significant appeal to us.
“We anticipate that this strategic partnership will bring Zanzibar Amber Resort to the attention of a modern, cosmopolitan, thoughtful traveller that represents exactly the kind of market demographic to which we aspire, and look forward to a successful and enduring partnership between Pennyroyal Gibraltar and Minor Hotels.”
Anantara currently has 37 hotels and resorts in 12 countries, the two latest additions being Sri Lanka and Oman.
Leisure facilities at the location will include a luxury spa and wellness centre, a gym, a kid’s club and a teen’s club, in addition to three restaurants and bars.
