Eyeing better Indian clientele
Christophe Plantier, General Manager, Constance Le Prince Maurice, Mauritius tells about the USP of the property and the company’s new initiatives for this year.
QTell
us something about your property.
Constance Le Prince Maurice is a small property located on a private peninsula. It is a wild piece of land surrounded by mangroves, almost 60 acres. It is a private piece of land, surrounded by a lagoon, neither too deep nor too chirpy and perfect for people who are not great swimmers or for kids. We do propose a lot of water sports facilities here. There are three restaurants and 89 keys with six different room categories. We have one unique floating restaurant which is the only one on the Indian Ocean. The wine cellar holds more than 25,000 bottles coming from 17 different countries. We serve all sorts of food including vegetarian, as we know that it is very important to have vegetarian food for Indians. We also have two golf courses and all guests who stay with us can get access to them for free. How important is the Indian market for you? What is the percentage of Indian arrivals? For the time being we are targeting the high end clientele. We didn’t really market our property in India as such. We have been focussing mostly on the European market till now. I think China, Russia and India are the forthcoming important countries so it is important for us to be able to promote our hotels to get more awareness and attract more clientele.
QWhat
is the USP of the hotel?
The hotel is located on the East coast that is probably the widest coast of Mauritius. Another important thing is that the hotel is facing the North and people get the sun all day long. It is very sheltered in the winter season because of the major wind blowing from the Southeast side. We have a big kids club and two big golf courses.
QHow
you?
was 2014 for
It’s been much better as we have been suffering since the last four years because of the recession in Europe. The business is picking up. The UK market is still strong in Mauritius alongwith the French and German market. We are targeting occupancy of sixty per cent in the forthcoming year.
QAre
you taking any new initiative this year?
The hotel has been refurbished completely two years ago. Eventually we are planning to renovate and expand the kids club. So this is probably one of the main targets and we are going to be busy consolidating our assets.