Morocco's economic engine at full throttle: Mohammed V crossed eleven million passengers for the first time, a $1.6-billion terminal will triple capacity to 35 million, the Al Boraq extension is tunnelling under the city toward Marrakech — and Hilton, Radisson Collection and Barceló are rebuilding the hotel map. Five studies, one hub.
Casablanca enters the TIO metropolis series as Morocco's business capital in build mode: Mohammed V Airport closed 2025 at a record 11.5 million passengers (+9.3%) — its first time past eleven million — inside a national record of 36.6 million airport passengers and 19.8 million tourists (+14%).
The state is building for the event decade: a new H-shaped terminal ($1.6 billion) lifts airport capacity from 15 to 35 million passengers by 2029, while the 430-km Kenitra–Marrakech high-speed extension — launched by the King in April 2025 — threads through Casablanca with a new 12-million-passenger Casablanca Sud station and a 35-minute Rabat–airport link.
The hotel market is being redrawn around the Art Deco core: LXR debuts in the Triangle d'Or, DoubleTree arrives with 389 rooms, the historic Lincoln is reborn as a Radisson Collection, Royal Hideaway reopens the ex-Farah — a pipeline timed to the 2030 World Cup Morocco co-hosts with Spain and Portugal.
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