As of 2014 about one million tourists visit Mauritius every year, mainly coming from Europe, where the principal markets are France (including the neighbouring island of Reunion) and the United Kingdom. Marketing is also increasingly aimed at other European countries, as well as India and China.
Most LUX* properties are beachfront hotels. LUX* Belle Mare is located on the East Coast, LUX* Le Morne on the West Coast and LUX* Grand Gaube in the North. All three are rated five star although the government is currently thinking of introducing a revised system.
The group also runs LUX* Maldives, recently rated by readers of Condé Nast Traveller magazine as their number-one pick on the Indian Ocean Hot List, as well as LUX* Ile de La Reunion and LUX* Tea Horse Road Lijiang in China. There are plans to open five further boutique hotels along the Tea Horse Road in due course. LUX* is also moving into the Middle East, with a new hotel expected to open shortly in the United Arab Emirates, LUX* Al Zorah.
Other hotels managed by LUX* Resorts & Hotels include Tamassa in Bel Ombre on the South Coast of Mauritius, the Merville Beach just outside Grand Baie (Mauritius' largest seaside village) and Le Recif in Reunion Island. It also has a private island, Ile des Deux Cocos, located close to the Blue Bay Marine Park.
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LUX* has developed a franchise with its Café LUX* brand in May 2015, the first Café LUX* coffeehouse to open outside LUX* Resorts & Hotels, featuring LUX*’s own organic Island Blend, freshly roasted at LUX* Belle Mare. Café LUX* opened its first coffeehouse in the heart of the island, at La City Trianon. It also has a fractional ownership division, LUX* Villas, in UK.
