The hotel has 135 rooms (with each room covering 30 to 45 square meters), 71 suites (with each suite covering 55 to 212 square meters), and 3 riads (with each covering 700 square meters) for rent.[8]
In a 1935 letter to his wife, Winston Churchill wrote about the hotel; "This is a wonderful place, and the hotel is one of the best I have ever used".[9] One of the bars at the hotel is now named after Churchill.[12]
"Mamunia" was written by Paul McCartney in 1973 whilst staying at the hotel.[13]
In September 2009, the hotel reopened after being closed for a 3-year renovation.[14] The renovation was led by designer Jacques Garcia.[12] It added more reds, yellow and black colors to the design as well as LED displays to be used for advertising. The removal of a number of original features during this renovation was criticized.[1]
In 2019, the government of Morocco announced that state-owned railway company ONCF would sell a 60% stake it owned in the hotel in a privatization deal in order to cut its debt.[15]
In 2020, the mansion, its four restaurants, four bars, and various pavilions were renovated. Chefs Pierre Hermé and Jean-Georges Vongerichten each redesigned one of the restaurants.[16]
Facilities
The riads are each composed of three bathrooms, salons, private swimming pools and terraces.[8] It has signature restaurants by chefs Pierre Hermé and Jean-Georges Vongerichten.[10] The hotel also includes a 20-acre garden, colonnaded courtyards, a spa, and a health club in a glass cube.[17]
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^ a b cAamari, Oussama (16 February 2022). "Mamounia, the Hotel Where Anna Delvey Stayed is Real". Morocco World News.
^ a b c d"La Mamounia – Marrakesh". Lifestyle magazine. Archived from the original on 19 February 2022.
^ a bPfeiffer, Tom (29 September 2009). "Morocco's star magnet hotel La Mamounia re-opens". Reuters.
^ a bBigar, Sylvie (9 December 2020). "Hotel La Mamounia In Marrakech Unveils 2020 Renovation By Jouin And Manku, With Restaurants By Jean-Georges Vongerichten And Pierre Hermé". Forbes.
^"Stay the Night: La Mamounia, Marrakech". The Independent. 18 April 2010.
^ a bAfacan, Dominique (30 January 2019). "Inside La Mamounia: Marrakech's Legendary Luxury Hotel". Forbes.
^Blaney, J. (2007). Lennon and McCartney: together alone: a critical discography of their solo work. Jawbone Press. pp. 85–87. ISBN978-1-906002-02-2.
^Chanial, Jean-Pierre (28 September 2009). "La Mamounia, rebirth of a myth". Le Figaro.
^Eljechtimi, Ahmed (20 November 2019). "Morocco's rail operator to sell Marrakech's La Momounia hotel to cut debt". Reuters.
^"Marrakeschs legendäres Palast-Hotel: La Mamounia". Mirabeau Magazin (German). 22 March 2021.
^Kaufman, David (29 November 2009). "A Starry Night in Morocco". The Daily Beast.
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