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About HAZ

The association of Zanzibar's hotels

We bring hotels together to grow their business, speak with one credible voice, develop Zanzibari talent and protect the island that makes it all possible.

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Our purpose

To make hospitality a force that builds a better Zanzibar: for the businesses that invest in it, the people who live here and the island they share.

Vision 2030
Zanzibar is known as the island where hospitality and community prosper together, and its hotel industry can prove it.
Mission
HAZ unites Zanzibar's hotels to grow their business, speak with one credible voice, develop Zanzibari talent and protect the island that makes it all possible.
Our promise to members
Membership pays back: in business won together, in knowledge, in influence and in standing.
Our promise to Zanzibar
What Zanzibar's hotels give back is measured, published and growing.

The Zanzibar Balance

A hotel is only as strong as the island around it. Stronger hotels build a stronger Zanzibar, and a stronger Zanzibar builds stronger hotels.

Hotels prosper when Zanzibar's people thrive and its place is protected, and the island gains most when its hotels prosper. This is shared value, not charity: the commercial case and the community case are the same case.

  1. Stronger hotels
  2. Stronger Zanzibar
  3. Stronger hotels

Why hotels trust HAZ

Strong associations are useful first, influential second and admired third.

  • Hotel-specific

    Founded in June 2021 by professional hoteliers as the association for Zanzibar’s hotel and hospitality sector.

  • Commercially useful

    Joint promotions with airlines and partners, shared exhibition stands, negotiated terms on digital systems and one-to-one service agreements with Affiliates win business no hotel wins alone.

  • Evidence-led

    Market Pulse, Hotel Pulse and the Hospitality Impact Report make HAZ the source of hotel-sector facts.

  • Accountable

    The CSR & Sustainability Impact Observatory turns member contributions into verified, published totals.

  • Recognised

    HAZ membership is accepted by the Zanzibar Commission for Tourism as evidence of association membership for hotel licensing.

The respected senior hotelier everyone calls first.

Well informed, generous with help, commercially sharp, rooted in Zanzibar and quietly confident. Five values guide how we work.

  1. Members first

    Every activity earns its place by being useful to member hotels.

  2. Respect

    For Zanzibar’s people, culture and faith, and for every view at the table.

  3. Integrity

    We say what we can prove, publish what we measure and correct what we get wrong.

  4. Shared success

    We grow when Zanzibar grows. Profit and community are not traded off.

  5. Stewardship

    We leave the island better than we found it.

How HAZ works

Built by hoteliers for hotels, organised close to where members operate.

The Board

The Executive Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, office bearers and chapter chairs lead HAZ on behalf of its members.

Meet the Board

Regional chapters

West, North Coast, East Coast and Pemba chapters bring members together close to where they operate.

Chapter chairs

HAZ Hotel Forum

A monthly forum where owners and General Managers solve common problems together.

About the Forum

Working groups

Seven working groups, including Human Capital and Sustainability, turn shared problems into workable proposals.

About working groups

People · Place · Prosperity · Together

Join the hotels that are shaping Zanzibar’s next decade.

Membership pays back: in business won together, in knowledge, in influence and in standing.

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