SALT

Most hotel concepts take a formula and transplant it to their destination. SALT is different. Launching its first venture in Mauritius in November 2018, SALT is a new family of experience-led, sustainability-focused hotels, each steered and shaped by its location. Instead of creating a bubble of luxury in a beautiful setting, SALT forges meaningful and authentic connections with the community around it, enabling guests to explore the pure, unvarnished reality of culture and landscape, meet the people who define it, and share their own skills with local residents. Every SALT hotel will take its design inspiration from the aesthetics and visual traditions of the destination – for the first, SALT of Palmar, Camille Walala has drawn inspiration from the colours and motifs of demotic Mauritian design – and take its culinary cues from regional cuisines. On the sustainability side, organic ingredients come from on-site farms or the local area; waste is minimised or recycled; single-use plastics are banned, and the hotels go out of their way to support local makers, enterprises and community initiatives.

In the run-up to the launch of SALT of Palmar, Zetteler Films visited Mauritius to meet the hotel team and uncover the untold tales of both the hotel’s development and the community of which it is a part. We made a series of short films, each focused on a particular individual, aiming to capture the unique blend of personalities, talents and ideas that shape the wider SALT story.