TOURISM – Hilton did not wait for the official announcement of tourism figures in 2016 to launch its new project in Morocco. The American hotel chain Hilton has announced that it will launch construction work on an establishment in Casablanca in 2018.
A first hotel marking Hilton’s return to Morocco was inaugurated with great fanfare in February 2016 in Tangier, bringing the number of Hilton Garden Inn hotels worldwide to 650.
Today it is the turn of the country’s economic capital to welcome the second Hilton Garden Inn in Morocco. Carlos Khneisser, vice president of development for MENA at Hilton Worldwide, said in a group statement that: “Casablanca is a market we have been eyeing for some time and we are confident we have identified the right partner and location to establish our first property.”
Located in the Sidi Maârouf district of the economic capital, the Hilton Garden Inn, the high-end hotel brand of the Hilton Worldwide group, will be built in co-management with the Sadiki Group. With a capacity of 118 rooms, and should welcome its first customers in 2021.
