Anantara Hotels, Resorts & Spas, a leading operator and developer of luxury hotels, resorts and spas, has
announced the development of Anantara Zanzibar Resort, expected to open in 2020 as part of the Zanzibar
Amber Resort mixed-use lifestyle community. Occupying in excess of 1,000 hectares of prime Indian Ocean
coastline in the north east of Zanzibar, Zanzibar Amber Resort is an integrated project which is currently
under development blending contemporary lifestyle aspirations with premium hospitality and world-class
facilities. 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, a mixed-use project 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. 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, comments, "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. We believe Tanzania has enormous growth potential in
the tourism and lifestyle sector, and we look forward to working with Pennyroyal Gibraltar to maximise the
resort's potential. 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." "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," commented Brian Thomson, Principal, Pennyroyal Gibraltar.