Mauritius
Longing for holidays, sun, palm trees and deep blue sea? Maritime
welcomes you to the dream island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean.
Stay at the white sandy beach, just a stone throw from the romantic
‘Turtle Bay’. The hotel built, is in Mauritian style, it is surrounded
by fascinating nature and adventurous scenery. Opened in December
1990, the Maritim Hotel is a luxurious resort of the highest
international standard. Its remarkable setting and its perfect blend
of tropical and colonial architecture, provide an elegant background
for a sophisticated and yet a totally relaxing vacation.
At a glance:
* 221 tastefully furnished rooms and suites, all with balcony or
terrace, bathroom/WC, air conditioning, music channel, colour TV with
video channel, minibar, telephone and safe.
* Main Restaurant “Belle Vue” for break fast and dinner
* Gourmet restaurant “Mon Desir” with Caribbean cuisine
* Cocktail lounge next to pool bar
* Beach Restaurant “La Maree”
* 3 tennis courts with flood lights
* Table tennis
* Diving center
* Water sports and other activities
* Private nine hole golf course
* Pool
* Beauty and Health center
* Boutiques
* Maritim conference room
Location
The hotel lies on a 25- hectare private estate known as Balaclava
(between the capital Port Louis and Grand Bay) on the northwest coast,
which is the sunniest region of Mauritius. The distance to the
airport is 60 km (45 Min), to Port Louis 12 Km and Grand Bay 12 Km.
According to my project guidelines, I am writing on the three main
restaurants of the Maritime hotel and the kind of cuisine the...
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... will not have to
worry about staff retention.
Despite some of the problems, the restaurants at the Maritim hotel
offer you the opportunity of appreciating all the flavours of the 4
continents and the bar of which you can taste the tropical cocktails.
Every evening a live band or musical group and of course the well
known Mauritian sega provide entertainment. There are countless ways
of enjoying yourself here. And after sundown, let yourself be
enchanted by the rhythm of the Mauritian Sega dance
Bibliography
To bring this project up to this level, I made many reference works
and researches from the following:
* Maritim Hotel magazines (imported from Mauritius) by Vikash Basgeet,
Indian Ocean printing, 2004.
* Email from: info.mau@maritim.com
* Maritim Website http://www.mauritius.com/maritim/
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