Adagio City Aparthotel, a joint venture and a major hotel company offering rooms with cooking facilities, has opened its first North Africa property in Casablanca, the firm announced on its website last week. Adagio's Moroccan facility has now 96 apartments, two gyms, a roof, a restaurant, a swimming pool and four meeting rooms that can host up to 200 people, the company said. For the record, Adagio City Aparthotel is a joint venture created in 2007 by AccorHotels and Pierre & Vacances. In addition to its new location in Morocco, Adagio is present in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Brazil.