Beachcomber Hotels
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Beachcomber Hotels, the longest established hotel group in Mauritius, was able to select prime beach locations in and more recently in the Seychelles, to build world class resorts in the Indian Ocean.
History
- 1952 - Purchase and opening of Le Park Hotel in Curepipe by Mauritius Hotels Ltd.
- 1962 - Opening of Le Chaland in the south-east of the island and of Le Morne Plage on the south-west coast.
- 1964 - Incorporation of New Mauritius Hotels Ltd. (NMH), company which played a significant role in the development of tourism industry in Mauritius. The first investments included Le Park Hotel, Le Morne Plage and Le Chaland.
- 1967 - Construction of Le Brabant - 28 rooms.
- 1968 - Addition of 36 rooms at Le Brabant.
- 1970 - Dinarobin Inns and Motels Ltd. (DIM) was launched to construct and operate Trou Aux Biches Village Hotel in the north and Dinarobin Pierre Desmarais Hotel next to Le Morne Plage. Construction of Plaisance Catering Unit.
- 1971 - Opening of Trou Aux Biches Village Hotel. Additional 24 rooms were built at Le Chaland.
- 1972 - Opening of Dinarobin Pierre Desmarais Hotel at Le Morne. Extension of Trou Aux Biches Village Hotel with the construction of 10 additional villas.
- 1974 - Extension of Dinarobin Pierre Desmarais Hotel with 48 extra rooms and of Plaisance Catering Unit.
- 1981 - Splitting up of NMH and DIM into property, operating and management companies. Thus, four companies were created, of which three, namely, Le Chaland Ltd, Trou Aux Biches Ltd and Les Hôtels du Morne Ltd, called "operating companies", took aver the hotel operations and one, Beachcomber Ltd., called "management company" took over the management of NMH and DIM - which became known as the "property companies" - as well as the management and marketing of the newly formed operating companies.
- 1985 - NMH, DIM and Beachcomber Ltd. invested, by means of a new company called Grand Baie Hotel Ltd., in a prestigious hotel project called the Royal Palm. With increasing competition, a substantial programme was carried out to extend and renovate the other hotels.
- 1987 - Extension of the Royal Palm with 20 additional rooms.
- 1988 - Extension of the Paradis with 30 additional Superior rooms and 24 additional Superior rooms at Trou Aux Biches.
- 1990 - Construction of Shandrani Hotel started as the old Le Chaland was closed down. Major works were carried out on Le Morne golf course which became an international 18-hole course and the Paradis Hotel was further upgraded.
- 1991 - Opening of the new Shandrani.
- 1992 - New Mauritius Hotels Ltd. participated in the acquisition of ex-Pullman in Grand Baie (in receivership) and the hotel is known today as Le Mauricia.
- 1993 - Amalgamation of Les Hôtels du Morne Ltd., Trou Aux Biches Ltd. and Dinarobin Inns and Motels Ltd.
- 1994 - Acquisition and completion of the ex-Mariya project in Pointe Aux Piments (in liquidation), today known as Le Victoria.
- 1995 - Listing of Grand Baie Hotel Limited.
- 1996 - In order to upgrade and increase the size of the Paradis Complex, the old Brabant Hotel was demolished to be replaced by 104 Deluxe rooms, 12 Deluxe villas and 1 Presidential Villa.
- 1997 - NMH made the acquisition of Le Canonnier hotel. Trou Aux Biches hotel was closed for extension and upgrading works.
- 1998 - Le Canonnier hotel was closed to allow a major renovation and extension programme to be carried out. The hotel was transformed in a 248-room resort fully refurbished and remodelled. During that same year, the Royal palm was also closed for nearly five months due to major renovation works.
- 1999 - Shandrani hotel was closed at the end of April to carry out a general uplifting of its public areas and the construction of new guest rooms and restaurants. With its 327 rooms, Shandrani became the country's largest resort hotel.
- 2000 - The construction of Dinarobin hotel at Le Morne started in May.
- 2001 - The existing Paradis hotel is closed for extensive renovation from end of April to mid December, after which its rooms and suites will be all sea facing and of very high standard.
Construction works have started in August on Sainte Anne island in the Seychelles for a beach resort comprising of 87 villas.
Paradis Hotel reopens mid December with a completely renovated golf course.
- 2002
The rebuilding of Le Victoria gives way to the creation of more space, light and comfort at the hotel. The hotel was able to reopen on 23rd December, proudly boasting its revamped image: the reception, restaurants and bar lead to expansive terraces which edge to the large pool, taking the public areas closer to the sea. Added features at the restaurants are La Table du Chef, a private nook within Le Superbe restaurant as well as a special miniclub restaurant created for the younger guests. A big attraction is L’Horizon beach side restaurant, accommodating 60 guests, with tables set right in the sand. The conference room has been modernised while the spacious rooms have been toned to the elegant and decorative marine atmosphere of the revived hotel.
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