Travel, tourism and hospitality Emerald Collection announces new openings in 2022

The Emerald Collection, an Italian group with over 40 years of experience managing 5-star properties in the Indian Ocean, Caribbean and East Africa, has announced the arrival of a new property in northeastern Zanzibar, Tanzania, by June 2022.

Founded in 2013 and owned by the Scarapicchia family, the Emerald collection brings an authentic Italian touch to the market with its exclusive all-inclusive luxury package.

In all room categories, the exclusive guest experience includes a variety of F&B experiences (including alcohol and minibar), high-speed Wi-Fi, access to all non-motorized water activities, a snorkelling excursion and a boat trip once a week. Guests will also enjoy free access to the fitness center including a gym equipped with the latest Technogym machines, 2 tennis courts and 2 brand new padel courts.

“We are delighted to return to Zanzibar, where we have managed several owned and owned resorts for years, further consolidating our brand’s presence internationally,” said Ermenegildo Scarapicchia, CEO of The Emerald Collection.

“The success of Emerald Maldives Resort & Spa in the year of the pandemic, thanks to the special measures put in place to guarantee Covid-Free stays with the possibility of carrying out on-site tests, confirmed the excellent work of the Emerald team. The complex was the first in the Maldives to obtain GBAC STAR certification (Global Biorisk Advisory Council, a division of the ISSA – The Worldwide Cleaning Industry Association) for the protection of its customers and employees, and to rapidly vaccinate 320 employees. members.

“The opening of the new Emerald complex in Zanzibar is scheduled for June 2022. This is a brand new project for the island and for East Africa, with all suites, a wellness center. be and a convention space, a kids’ club, a diving center and, of course, our Deluxe All Inclusive package, ”he added.

The new property will join the existing Emerald Maldives Resort & Spa, which opened in the summer of 2019 and was quickly voted Best New Resort in the World and Best New Resort in the Indian Ocean at the 2020 World Travel Awards.

Part of The Leading Hotels of the World circuit, the 5-star Emerald Maldives was designed by American architect Edward David Poole to blend in seamlessly with the surrounding environment, using indigenous materials such as bamboo, natural stones and leaves of Langhi Langhi.

Developed on a 20 hectare property on Fasmendhoo Island in Raa Atoll, one of the largest private islands in the Maldives, surrounded by a natural coral reef, the resort makes sustainability its strong point in using the energy produced by solar panels positioned on the central part of the island, recirculating water for irrigation and an efficient composting system that transforms food waste into organic fertilizer for gardens and vegetable gardens , from which the “zero kilometer” products are used in the 2 bars and the 4 restaurants.

The resort also produces and bottles its own drinking water, The Emerald Water, directly on the island and has implemented a coral plantation project for the protection and regeneration of the coral reef surrounding the resort.

Guests have access to 60 beach villas ideal for families and 60 overwater villas to enjoy the warm, calm turquoise waters that surround the island, as well as the Emerald Spa and Dolphin Kids Club for children aged 3. at age 12 – the tallest in all of the Maldives and widely regarded as one of the best in the entire archipelago.

In order to better communicate on future international developments, The Emerald Collection has chosen the PRCO group to manage public relations strategies in Italy, Russia and in the CCG. – TradeArabia News Service