Beachcomber Resorts & Hotels is the trading name of New Mauritius Hotels Ltd, a Mauritius-based company in the hospitality industry. It owns and manages eight hotels in Mauritius, one in the Seychelles and one in Morocco. It also operates an in-flight catering business (operating as Plaisance Catering) and five tour operating companies around the world. New Mauritius Hotels is the biggest and oldest hotel group in Mauritius with about 2077 rooms (around 25% of the total in Mauritius). It is one of the two largest companies listed on the Mauritian stock exchange by market capitalisation. History The first hotel of the group was started in 1952. 1952 : The Park Hotel (Curepipe - central region) first hotel of the group, nowadays the headquarters of the group. 1962: Opening of Le Chaland (south-east of Mauritius) Opening of Le Morne Plage (south-west of Mauritius) 1964: Establishment of New Mauritius Hotels Ltd (NMH) trading as Beachcomber Hotels 1967 : Opening of Le Brabant (replacing the former Le Morne Plage in the south-west of Mauritius) 1971 : Opening of Trou aux Biches (in the north of Mauritius) 1972: Opening of the Dinarobin Pierre Desmarais Hotel (south-west of Mauritius) 1985 : Opening of Royal Palm Mauritius (north of Mauritius) 1991 : Opening of the Shandrani (replacing the former Le Chaland in the south-east of Mauritius) 1992: Beachcomber Hotels buys the former Pullman Hotel in Grand-Bay and renames it Le Mauricia 1994 : Beachcomber Hotels buys the former "Le Mariya Hotel" located in Pointe aux Piments. Following extensive works, the hotel is renamed Le Victoria 1996 : Le Méridien Brabant and Paradis are merged under the brand name, Paradis Hotel & Golf Club 1997 : Beachcomber Hotels buys Le Canonnier (north of Mauritius) 2001 : Opening of Sainte Anne Resort & Spa (Sainte Anne Island, Seychelles) Opening of the Dinarobin Hotel Golf & Spa (south-west of Mauritius) 2006 : Creation of the ‘Apartment Village’ at Le Mauricia 2007: Launch of Shandrani Serenity plus, the first fully inclusive 5 star resort in Mauritius 2010: Reopening of Trou aux Biches, renamed Trou aux Biches Resort & Spa after two years of work 2011: Takeover of brands Mautourco and White Sand Tours 2013: Soft opening of Royal Palm Marrakech, the first Beachcomber hotel in Morocco 2014: Opening of a Spa by Clarins at the Royal Palm Marrakech In 2016, a fraud of some MUR 115 million was perpetrated through