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Thomas Cook to open first long-haul Casa Cook hotel
Thomas Cook is to open a new Casa Cook in Mauritius in winter 2019 – the first in the collection outside of Europe.
The 130-room hotel will open in Turtle Bay, a picturesque corner on the island’s north-west coast.
Situated right on the beach, Casa Cook Mauritius will open towards the end of 2019 and feature a series of beach-side swim-up rooms among its many highlights.
The hotel will continue the design aesthetic of Casa Cook hotels, incorporating local materials and echoing its environment.
Amenities will include a secluded spa with fitness facilities; a yoga pavilion with views to the horizon; a swimming platform at the end of a natural lava rock pier as well as a beachside all-day restaurant and bar serving high-quality food, including local specialities.
Casa Cook was launched three years ago with the opening of its first hotel in Rhodes and now has two hotels operating, a third to open this summer in Chania in Crete and a fourth set to open next summer in Ibiza.
The collection was created by Thomas Cook to attract a new audience to the traditional package holiday and, since launching, over 75% of Casa Cook customers have been new to the holiday company.
Casa Cook also achieves the highest customer satisfaction for all of Thomas Cook’s own-brand hotels.
Casa Cook is one of Thomas Cook’s seven own hotel brands available to British holidaymakers; from the premium family resorts of Sunwing to the adult-only retreats of Sunprime and the recently-launched Cook’s Club hotels which offer a stripped-back, urban lifestyle by the beach.
Lisa
Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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