On their way to ITLM, the luxury travel trade show held in Cannes at the beginning of December, the heads of the Kerzner Group stopped off on 1 December at the Pavillon Ledoyenin Paris. This gastronomic event was attended by the directors of the Group's establishments - under the Atlantis, One & Only and Mazagan banners - as well as its French partners and the press. While savouring the menu devised by chef Yannick Alléno, the hundred or so guests were able to discuss Kerzner's positioning and, above all, its ambitions for the years ahead.
Jean-Gabriel Pérès, the group's French boss, was able to take advantage of this 'home' stopover to set the course for his term of office. Just a few months after his appointment at the head of Kerzner, the former CEO of Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts presented himself as "the company's first developer". This development will involve major renovation projects, such as the famous Saint Géran hotel. This icon of the Mauritian hotel industry will close its doors next February, for a period of nine months.
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But Jean-Gabriel Pérès is thinking further ahead. His objective is clear: "to make Kerzner one of the three benchmark luxury houses in the very, very high-end segment by three years"he said at the start of the dinner. The Atlantis brand is set to expand in the near future, and the One & Only catalogue is set to triple in size over the next three or four years, to around thirty establishments. The brand's first European representative will open its doors in 2018 in MontenegroOther projects could be announced in the short to medium term. "Do you know a One & lonely hotel? I'd like to turn it into a One & Only hotel."declared Jean-Gabriel Pérès to French tour operators.
