Anantara Hotels, Resorts & Spas is set to develop the Anantara Zanzibar Resort, expected to open in 2020 as part of the Zanzibar Amber Resort mixed-use lifestyle community, which occupies more than 1,000 hectares of Indian Ocean coastline in the north east of Zanzibar.
The master planning and infrastructure works for Anantara Zanzibar Resort have already commenced.
The luxury waterfront resort is to feature 100 guest rooms, alongside 50 one- and two-bedroom pool villas.
Leisure facilities 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.
There are also plans to introduce marine life and coral to restore and re-create a reef ecosystem.
Anantara Zanzibar Resort guests will have access to Zanzibar Amber Resort, which will offer a retail souk, a tropical aqua park, a marina, an equestrian centre and international polo club, along with further hotels.
In addition, Zanzibar Amber Resort will also feature East Africa’s first signature golf course, which is confirmed to be designed by Ernie Els.
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The owning company, Pennyroyal (Gibraltar) Limited, is working in close collaboration with local stakeholders, including the government and the Ministry of Environment, to master plan a self-sufficient and sustainably designed community with energy plants, agriculture, aquaculture and potentially an airfield in the later stages of the project.
Dillip Rajakarier, CEO of Minor Hotels, parent company of Anantara, said in a statement: "Anantara Zanzibar Resort will be the first property in the region to showcase Anantara’s authentic luxury and personalised hospitality."
He added that the guests will benefit from the project's lifestyle facilities, and Anantara would be working closely with Pennyroyal Gibraltar to "maximise the resort's potential".
“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," added Brian Thomson, principal, Pennyroyal Gibraltar.
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