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Barcelona-based airline Volotea will launch from December and from the French city of Strasburg to the ochre city of Marrakech, which will become the second destination of low-budget airline in the kingdom. Volotea already operates route from Nantes, France, to the coastal city of Tangier. Strasburg-Marrakech route will be operated by one weekly flight every […]
Marrakech, the Red City, will soon be home to Morocco’s first intangible heritage museum, which will boost the city’s attractiveness to local and foreign tourists. The museum will be housed in the old central bank building in the mythical Jamaa EL Fna square, a cultural space listed on the UNESCO World heritage featuring street performers […]
The African Court of Mediation and Arbitration, CAMAR by its French acronym, has just opened in Marrakech, Morocco. It will intervene to settle disputes involving Africans at the continental level. The project to set up CAMAR was finalized at a constitutive congress held in Marrakech, on April 5. The Court, the first of its kind […]
Marrakech has once again confirmed its standing as Morocco’s tourism hub. TripAdvisor has just ranked the Ochre City as the ninth best destination for travelers in 2019, ahead of cities like Dubaï (10th), Prague (11th) or New York (13th). TripAdvisor has published Tuesday (March 26) its list of countries acclaimed by users of the […]
Listening to the voice of youth and addressing their challenges have topped the concerns of the Moroccan Monarch whose tours in the country and the continent have always attached paramount importance to youth wellbeing and future. To mention but a few initiatives led by King Mohammed VI, on Thursday, he inaugurated in Marrakech two sports […]
As more wealthy tourists flock to Morocco, Marrakesh is reinventing itself with luxury hotels and resorts to attract its share, wrote the New York Times in an article on the new attractions of Morocco’s main tourist hub. Marrakech with its centuries-old medina and distinctive charm is lately experiencing the building of a flurry of luxury […]
Morocco’s imperial cities of Rabat, Fez and Marrakech will get a new revamp with the implementation of a 1.4 billion program aiming at increasing the attractiveness of their centuries-old medinas (old town). The program, unveiled at a ceremony chaired by King Mohammed VI in Rabat, aims at upgrading the old medinas in order to unlock […]
Morocco’s jewel, Marrakech, made it to the top ten of Tripadvisor’s list of most attractive cities, ranking 8th ahead of Istanbul, New York and Dubai. “Marrakesh is a magical place, brimming with markets, gardens, palaces, and mosques. Exploring the intimate courtyards and snaking alleyways of the historic Medina can easily eat up a day,” said […]
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and Proparco, a subsidiary of Agence Française de Développement (AFD), are investing €100 million and €35 million, respectively, in the first green bond issuance by Banque Centrale Populaire (BCP), to promote sustainable, environment friendly projects in Morocco. This is the first green bond issuance in foreign currency […]
Former UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, stressed in Marrakech that the UN system must be reformed to adapt to the changes in the globe or risk irrelevance. Speaking at the Mo Ibrahim Governance Weekend, the former UN chief underscored the importance of such reforms regardless of the complexities inherent to it. “The UN by itself […]