Friday 07th July 2011. Press Release
Stephan Killinger nominated as Managing Director
of Mazagan Beach Resort
Following the departure of Mrs Marie Beatrice Lallemand, Kerzner International would like to thank her for all her efforts to position the Mazagan Beach Resort as the new destination in Morocco. We wish her success and all the best for the future. We have the pleasure to announce the appointment of Stephan Killinger as Managing Director of Mazagan Beach Resort effective from July 01st 2011. Stephan Killinger is originally from Germany and brings over 25 years of international experience in the luxury hotel industry in Europe, Middle East, USA and Asia. Killinger’s most recent assignment with Kerzner International, was at One&Only Reethi Rah in the Maldives where he spent three years as General Manager of this renowned, award-­‐
winning resort. Stephan previously worked also for One&Only Ocean Club in the Bahamas. His career as a seasoned hotelier lists many prestigious luxury hotel chains such as Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Peninsula and Ritz Carlton Hotels. As Managing Director of Mazagan Beach Resort, Stephan Killinger has the ambition to establish Mazagan as the leading touristic destination in Morocco. Mazagan Beach Resort is a unique coastal destination resort overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, located 90km south of Casablanca. The luxurious resort offers a golf and spa destination in a previously unexplored region of Morocco, that benefits from a year-­‐round temperate climate. With its idyllic location right on the sandy beach, Mazagan Beach Resort encompasses a 250-­‐hectare site including an 18-­‐hole golf course designed by Gary Player, a 7km stretch of beach, luxury boutiques, eight restaurants, the only casino in a 200km radius, a nightclub, a spa and one of the largest conference centres in the region. Kerzner International Holdings Limited, through its subsidiaries, is a leading international developer and operator of destination resorts, casinos and luxury hotels. Kerzner’s flagship brand is Atlantis, which includes Atlantis, Paradise Island, a 2,317 room ocean-­‐themed destination resort in The Bahamas, as well as The Cove Atlantis and The Reef Atlantis. Kerzner extended its Atlantis brand globally with the development of Atlantis, The Palm, Dubai, a 1,500-­‐room, water-­‐themed resort opened in late 2008 on The Palm. Mazagan Beach Resort, a 500-­‐room destination casino resort in Morocco, opened in October 2009. Kerzner also manages seven of the top-­‐rated luxury resort properties in the world, under the One&Only brand, which are located in The Bahamas, Mexico, Mauritius, the Maldives, South Africa and Dubai. The latest addition to the collection, One&Only The Palm, Dubai, opened in November 2010. For more information concerning Kerzner and its operating subsidiaries, visit kerzner.com.