Swiss Hotel Industry in Morocco

Morocco, and in particular Marrakesh, do stop to see its nights hotel increase with a rise in both figures. Rather stable and extremely well served by airlines airline, this country has in addition a climate that attracts Europeans. No wonder since when to see the big names in the hotel business it install the latest by the date being the Mandarin Oriental and the Four Seasons. They are not the only ones . “ Ard Wa Samaa ” (which means “ earth and sky ”) is a boutique hotel project, imagined and conceptualized by Genevan Michel Jean Menghetti.

It is a customer seeking a rebate in the form in a frame healthy and close to nature. On a former farm farm located between Marrakech and the chain of the Atlas, it remains almost as hundreds of lemon, pomegranate, olive, orange or even of fig trees, spread on this land for more than seven hectares.  

“The partners financiers of our group have taken the decision for me to entrust the development of our various projects. Reason for which I gathered around to me a team of women and men with multiple skills, in the service of innovation for environment preserved, “observes Michel Jean Menghetti, established since several years near Marrakech.    

“A lasting investment “

The first project in the course of realization is the shop- hotel that a once completed in the beginning of the year next , will include more of forty suites. The presentation in the form will be done in several spas, inspired feng shui, harmonizing the energy of the place. This qualitative research is also found in terms of energy consumption. The hotel will be able to operate in total energy self- sufficiency thanks to 3000 m 2 of photovoltaic panels.  

The four restore points will be supplied in fruit and vegetables bio from mainly crops own to Ard Wa Samaa. Finally , to take advantage of an exceptional sky, still spared from light pollution, two astronomical observation domes will be erected on towers, served by telescopes. In addition to the proximity to several famous golf courses, customers will appreciate the stud farm and its twenty horses.    

The chairman of the board of directors of the Ard Wa Samaa group, Guillaume Cramer, is enthusiastic : “In my opinion, this is a very good example of a lasting investment, which demonstrates a long- term commitment. In as partner and manager of investor of this project, I had the opportunity in the past to look to many projects, as diverse as exciting. “

The man belongs to an old family Geneva installed since 1624 in that which is regarded as one of the main places financial worldwide. “My grand father had founded the house wealth management Cramer & Cie, subsequently repeated by my father, before to become Banque Cramer. Myself even I was collaborating in this institution, prior to becoming investor independent in different areas, real estate in particular. ”  

Note that this shop- hotel will allow to term the creation of a hundred jobs. The Director General of Ard Wa Samaa Anas Rahhouti, is derived from the Ecole hôtelière des Roches Marbella, as well as Essec Business School. He worked within chains Mandarin- Oriental, Taj Hotels & Resort, Marriott and Tigmiza Suites & Pavilions. “We are seeking yet some investors complementary to our future projects,” we entrust Michel Jean Menghetti.

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