Thai hospitality company Anantara Resorts, owned by Bangkok-based Minor International, is to makes its debut in Africa with two five-star resorts in Morocco.

Through a strategic partnership with Morocco-based investment fund H Partners, Anantara will manage the Anantara Marrakech Resort & Spa, which is to be developed within the Atlas Golf Resort, in Marrakech, and the Anantara Mogador Resort & Spa, which is to be constructed with 40 rooms and 60 villas next to the town of Essaouria, on Morocco's Atlantic coast.

Construction on the projects is to start later this year and both resorts are expected to open in 2011.

Expect more fruits from this partnership in the future as these developments are rumoured to be the first of many between the two companies.

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