• Marrakech will gain new Ryanair flights from Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds and Bradford.
• Michelin-starred chefs Hélène Darroze and Rohit Ghai have been engaged to head up the restaurants at the Royal Mansour (royalmansour.com) and Oberoi Marrakech (oberoihotels.com) respectively.
• The Medersa Ben Youssef, a historic Islamic college, has reopened after a five-year long restoration. It’s stunning.
• Serious Casablanca art galleries Galerie 38 (lagalerie38.com) and Loft Art Gallery (loftartgallery.net) have open new exhibition spaces in Gueliz
• Hot new restaurants include Sahbi Sahbi (sahbisahbi.com), led by an all-female Moroccan cooking crew and designed by Studio KO; and Pétanque Social Club (pscmarrakech.com) from Kamal Laftimi in a vintage 1930s boule club with a gorgeous garden.
• Jajjaj (00 212 5243-36537) is a part exhibition space, part tearoom and boutique and is the new venture from Hassan Hajjaj, Marrakech’s most famous artist.
• Rising star Laurence Leenaert has opened her first riad, Rosemary, where everything has been designed bespoke by the talented artist (rosemarymarrakech.com).