Rabat Hotel Boom: 47 Projects for 2030 World Cup

To rival the infrastructure of Spain and Portugal, co-organizers of the event, Morocco has launched into a genuine race against time. Administrative procedures are running at full speed to fill the initial room deficit. According to information revealed by Rue20, no fewer than 47 hotel projects are at the final approval stage or in full construction. The wali of the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra region, Mohamed Yacoubi, personally supervises this urban transformation. His strategy includes the conversion of several existing administrative buildings, such as the Saada building or the central headquarters of the Deposit and Management Fund, located in the heart of downtown.

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In parallel, the State has released various land parcels through calls for tender to develop complexes of different categories. Construction projects are advancing rapidly, announcing the imminent opening of a Hilton establishment on the Zaër road near Mega Mall, as well as the opening of three or four-star brands in the Agdal and Medina neighborhoods. The coastline will also undergo profound change with the programming of five-star palaces on the corniche of the Ocean district. From the martyrs’ cemetery to the Story hotel roundabout, old buildings are being demolished to make way for a vast area dedicated to beach tourism and high-end offices.