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MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH BARAKA LODGES LTD. TO OPEN FIRST LUXURY SAFARI LODGE IN AFRICA
JW Marriott Masai Mara Lodge signals growth in the continent as the global hospitality leader enters the luxury safari segment. BETHESDA, Md., March 22, 2022
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[{"type":"text","content":"JW Marriott Masai Mara Lodge signals growth in the continent as the global hospitality leader enters the luxury safari segment.\nBETHESDA, Md., March 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Marriott International, Inc. today announced it has signed an agreement with Baraka Lodges LTD. to enter the safari segment in Africa. JW Marriott Masai Mara Lodge will be located within the Mara National Reserve, one of Africa's most renowned wildlife conservation and wilderness regions. Offering discerning travellers an unparalleled setting, the elegant retreat expects to welcome guests in 2023.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nOverlooking the famed banks of the River Talek and on the edge of the reserve, JW Marriott Masai Mara Lodge's prime location will offer guests a distinctively elevated camp from which to discover the Masai Mara National Reserve, its stunning vistas, abundant wildlife, and endless plains. Plans for the new-build lodge feature 20 private tents, including one presidential canvas-topped pavilion and two interconnecting canopied suites, ideal for families, each with a private terrace overlooking the river. Shared spaces will include a restaurant, lounge bar, spa, and a large outdoor terrace with fire pits that will play host to traditional Masai dance performances in the evening. The untamed landscape will offer guests the opportunity to observe the \"Big Five\" that Masai Mara is home to: lions, leopards, buffalos, rhinoceros and elephants. Between June and September, the reserve is also host to the annual great wildebeest migration, when more than 10 million animals travel a distance of 1,800 miles from the Serengeti in neighbouring Tanzania.\n\"As a brand rooted in mindfulness, we cannot think of a more perfect retreat for the mind, body, and soul than the Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya,\" said Bruce Rohr, Vice President and Brand Leader, JW Marriott, Marriott International. \"JW Marriott Masai Mara Lodge will offer guests a luxurious backdrop to make once-in-a-lifetime memories as they connect with nature and wildlife as never before. We are thrilled that the JW Marriott brand will be welcoming adventure travellers, including families, to this breath-taking part of the world.\" \nConservation of the land and its inhabitants will be at the heart of JW Marriott Masai Mara. The safari lodge aims to employ up to 50 locals from the Masai ...