Zanzibar news

The Emerald Collection has opened its latest retreat in Zanzibar, Tanzania, inspired by the country’s tropical landscape and cultural heritage. Emerald Zanzibar Resort & Spa ... More

The Emerald Collection – owned by the Scarapicchia family – is expanding its portfolio with the opening of three new resorts, the five-star Emerald Maldives ... More

A Tanzanian wellness-focused getaway has opened its doors on the isle of Kendwa in the Zanzibar archipelago. Developed by Czech financier and filmmaker Václav Dejmar ... More

After transforming a historic Scottish bank building into a bar, architecture studio Jestico + Whiles have unveiled their latest hospitality conversion project: a steak and ... More

Minor Hotels will open its first Anantara-branded resort in South America this year, with the launch of the Anantara Maraú Bahia Resort in the Bay ... More

Thailand-based hotel operator Minor Hotels has signed a management deal for a new beachfront spa resort in the Arab Emirate of Sharjah. The 233-key luxury ... More

Anantara Hotels, Resorts & Spas has expanded the wellness offering at the historic Royal Livingstone Victoria Falls Zambia Hotel with the opening of a luxurious ... More

Zanzibar’s accelerating development boom has taken yet another step forward, with the announcement of a new resort billed by its backers as “the largest premium ... More

Rachel Lowe-Mukherji has been named group spa operations manager for luxury brand Aman resorts. Lowe-Mukherji joins Nichola Roche, Aman’s recently appointed group director of spa, ... More

Anantara Hotels, Resorts & Spas has announced the development of Anantara Zanzibar Resort, expected to open in 2020 as part of the Zanzibar Amber Resort ... More

Architecture and property development practice Swisatec have announced new additions to their planned 40-hectare leisure village in Cape Town. A seven-storey mixed-use lifestyle centre and ... More

Here are some of the most popular stories that appeared on CLAD this week Monday Zaha Hadid Architects and Glenn Howells Architects were named as ... More

South Africa’s Verde Hotels group has won a contract to develop the transformation of an old building in Zanzibar, Tanzania into the archipelago’s “greenest” hotel. ... More

The architects behind a remote five-star hotel resort in Zanzibar have told CLAD how they are pushing sustainability to its limits on the project. Jestico ... More

Located in a 17th century Zanzibari mansion, the new Anantara Spa at the Park Hyatt Zanzibar incorporates elements of the island’s spicy history into its ... More

Minor Hotel Group (MHG) has taken over the management contract for the property currently operating as Essque Zalu Zanzibar in Tanzania. The property will be ... More

Czech developer RSJ Private Equity has selected international architecture and interior design practice Jestico + Whiles to design a new sustainable hotel resort on the ... More

Four Seasons has launched a new luxury hotel and spa - Four Seasons Safari Lodge Serengeti - in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. The property ... More

Image: An infinity-edge pool overlooks the Serengeti Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts is to take over the operation of Bilila Lodge in Tanzania's Serengeti National ... More

International hospitality design group Hirsch Bednar Associates (HBA) has worked on the design of The Residence Zanzibar - an 80-acre (32 hectare) resort opened earlier ... More

Kempinski Hotels has relaunched its Zamani Zanzibar resort as Zamani Retreat Kempinski following a redevelopment. The spa resort will be marketed as Africa's first holistic ... More

When Walsall club owner Graham Pinches bought the former Zanzibar in Stafford, UK, in June last year, he knew he was inheriting a building with ... More

Mustapha's Place hotel and bar on the east coast of Zanzibar has launched a mini-spa with a difference. The Casuarina Spa is located high above ... More

The first Anantara Spa in the African bush has opened at the Bilila Lodge Kempinski in Tanzania. Situated in the heart of the Serengeti National ... More