Hotel Watch · Tangier
Four Seasons Heads to Tangier
Toronto-based Four Seasons has signed a 99-key resort with 27 villas on Tangier's Cap Malabata, its fourth in Morocco. It gives Morocco itineraries a luxury northern anchor.
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