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BNP trading room, Paris - France

Frantel hotel, Crédit Lyonnais tower, Lyon - France

Coteba focuses on exports and new markets

The 1973 and 1979 oil crises led to a severe downturn in the French property development market. The development of
Our reaction was therefore to look abroad and widen our range of project management services to computing in the 1980s
other types of building. In 1976, we took charge of a major office development scheme in Casablanca, was another important
Morocco, for the OCP (Office Chérifien des Phosphates), a client we subsequently helped with many turning point. We adopted
other projects, such as the creation of Ben Guerir new town and operations at Khouribga and Safi. CAD, desktop publishing
When Coteba celebrated its 20th anniversary, 200 employees went to visit our different projects, most and databases for
notably hotels in Marrakech, the head offices of the BCM (Banque commerciale du Maroc) and BMCE
(Banque marocaine du commerce extérieur). our own usage but, in
particular, large banks
In the 1970s, we also began to work for Framatome, on a nuclear power plant at Koeberg in South called on our expertise
Africa. We also managed the construction of the Cosmos hotel in Moscow, a magnificent building in project management
boasting 1847 guest rooms and featuring a congress centre, which helped us to gain a foothold in the to help them coordinate
hospitality market. Many other projects followed: the Méridien hotels in Porto, Lisbon, Bora Bora and the creation of trading
Papeete, the Sheraton and Hyatt hotels in Casablanca, etc. In 1989, Disneyland commissioned us to
provide general management services for the 5000 guest rooms in its new Euro Disney Resort (later rooms, interconnect their
Disneyland Paris). To celebrate the completion and success of this outsized operation, which coincided networks of branch offices
with Coteba’s 30th anniversary, over 500 people travelled to Orlando, Florida, at the invitation of and get ready for the
Disneyland. introduction of the euro.

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