Sherpa Hospitality Group Sign MoU with Shinta Mani Hotel

In a closed event here at Dwarika’s Hotel Kathmandu, Sherpa Hospitality Group, a subsidiary of Yeti World and owners of the Moksha Mustang Resort, have announced the signing of an MoU with Bangkok Based HMDAsia to re-develop Moksha Mustang as their first internationally flagged Shinta Mani Hotel.

The Mustang based , 29 room Shinta Mani Mustang Resort will be managed by its owners, Sherpa Hospitality Group and is scheduled to open in Q4, 2022. Prior to opening as a Shinta Mani, architectural guru Bill Bensley added his creative touches to the property.

Bill Bensley, One of the world’s most renowned Hotel developers/architectes sharing a few words on the newly formed partnership and prospect luxury hotel said, “Mustang, for me, is a mouthwatering cornucopia of totally unique Himalayan architecture layered upon a sparsely populated mountainscape. While knowing Mustang for years, I have only just been blessed to visit my new nirvana once recently”

In conversation with Nepal News Bill Benseley shared, “My first time i was ever here in Nepal was in the 80’s but I only recently visited Mustang recently upon which I was left kicking myself in the head wondering why I hadn’t discovered this place sooner. Nepal after its natural disasters and political unrest is finally in a period of stability, it is now ripe for tourists to boom. Through the luxurious hotels of Shinta Mani we look to provide the exclusivity, solace and stunning nature to the luxury tourists. We look for quality over sheer quantity. However Shinta Mani isn’t a Hotel made for the richest of the rich of this world, that is not its sole purpose. Shinta Mani is to uplift the community around these remote places by providing them with training, jobs, assistance bringing the community along with the nation's tourism up as a whole.”

Activities at the resort are to include trekking, horse riding, rock climbing, cycling, archery, hiking, helicopter tours and wellness, with a personalized guest experience program that caters to the traditions of Sherpa hospitality. In keeping with Shinta Mani’s philosophy of giving back to the communities in which they are located, a charitable Foundation is also to be created for this purpose.

The resort shall be developed as an all-inclusive experience, with the guest’s journey curated to provide the most remarkable 360 degree, luxury experience in the Himalayas. Room, air-transfers, activities, spa, food and beverage are all included in the package - the only thing guests will pay extra for are the helicopter tours.

Guests will fly from Pokhara or Kathmandu to Jomsom which is at an altitude of 2,700 meters, from which it is a short drive to the resort. Rates at the Shinta Mani Mustang Resort for the all-inclusive program will start from USD $1,500 per night.

At the signing ceremony on February 19, 2022, Sokoun Chanpreda, Managing Director of HMD Asia said “we are delighted to be entering into this agreement with Sherpa Hotels & Resorts and highly value our partnership with them. We have incredible synergies between our brands and look forward to a fruitful and successful alliance in this very special destination.”

Namgyal Sherpa, owner of Sherpa Hospitality Group said after his recent visit with Bill Bensley, “Our group has been promoting experiential travel in remote areas of Nepal for many years now. It has been our dream to create world class, luxury hotel experiences in the Himalayas and we couldn’t find a better partner than the Shinta Mani brand to collaborate with on this vision as we share similar values. We are very excited to be pushing the boundaries and creating a new and exciting project that will help reposition Nepal as a luxury adventure destination”.