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The most anticipated luxury hotel openings

The hotels worth planning a year around, each with a first look before the doors open.

Updated 1 November 2026

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Expected Q4 2026

Six Senses The Palm, DubaiReservations open
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Six Senses The Palm, Dubai

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Reservations open

Expected 8 December 2026

Park Hyatt Phu QuocReservations open
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Park Hyatt Phu Quoc

Phu Quoc, Vietnam

Reservations open

Expected January 2027

Park Hyatt Riviera Maya CancunReservations open
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Park Hyatt Riviera Maya Cancun

Riviera Maya, Mexico

Reservations open

Expected Early 2027

Waldorf Astoria London – Admiralty ArchReservations open
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Waldorf Astoria London – Admiralty Arch

London, United Kingdom

Reservations open

Expected April 2027

Park Hyatt Mexico CityReservations open
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Park Hyatt Mexico City

Mexico City, Mexico

Reservations open

Just opened

Open now, and you can book a stay direct with the hotel.

Opened October 2026

Raffles The Red Sea
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Raffles The Red Sea

Shura Island, Saudi Arabia

Raffles opened in October 2026 on Shura Island in Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea destination, with 121 rooms, 14 suites and 33 private villas.

Opened August 2026

Amanvari
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Amanvari

Costa Palmas, Mexico

Aman’s first in the Americas. Eighteen casitas on the East Cape of Baja California Sur — Aman’s long-awaited debut in the Western hemisphere, set within the Costa Palmas community on the Sea of Cortez.

Opened August 2026

Rosewood Amaala
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Rosewood Amaala

AMAALA, Saudi Arabia

Rosewood opened on 18 August 2026 at Triple Bay, in the first phase of AMAALA on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast, with 110 pool villas and 26 branded residences.

Opened July 2026

Danieli, Venezia, A Four Seasons Hotel
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Danieli, Venezia, A Four Seasons Hotel

Venice, Italy

The legendary Danieli reborn. Four Seasons has the keys to the Danieli, Venice’s storied palazzo on the lagoon by the Doge’s Palace — open with 120 rooms, rising to 176 in 2027.

Opened June 2026

Mandarin Oriental Punta Negra, Mallorca
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Mandarin Oriental Punta Negra, Mallorca

Costa d'en Blanes, Calvià, Spain

Mandarin Oriental’s first in Mallorca. The brand’s Balearic debut, on a wooded peninsula between two coves near Puerto Portals — 131 rooms and suites across five buildings, with Matsuhisa and Leña by Dani García among the restaurants.

Opened June 2026

Four Seasons Hotel Mykonos
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Four Seasons Hotel Mykonos

Mykonos, Greece

A 94-key cliffside hotel above Kalo Livadi Bay, Four Seasons’ second address in Greece, opened in June 2026.

Opened April 2026

Château la CommaraineFounders’ Verdict
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Château la Commaraine

Pommard, France

A twelfth-century château in the village of Pommard, on the Côte d’Or, turned into a 37-room hotel with a spa, a pool and two restaurants by the owners of Royal Champagne. It sits in its own nine-acre vineyard.

Opening 2026

Expected Q4 2026

Six Senses The Palm, DubaiReservations open
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Six Senses The Palm, Dubai

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Six Senses’ UAE debut. The wellness brand’s first address in the Emirates, on the West Crescent of Palm Jumeirah — 61 suites and a sprawling spa over the Gulf.

Reservations open

Expected 8 December 2026

Park Hyatt Phu QuocReservations open
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Park Hyatt Phu Quoc

Phu Quoc, Vietnam

Park Hyatt’s first resort in Vietnam, on Phu Quoc’s southwest coast: 114 rooms and suites and 54 pool villas among lotus lakes and paddy fields, above 1.7 kilometres of beach. Opening 8 December 2026.

Reservations open

Expected Late 2026

Mandarin Oriental, Suzhou
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Mandarin Oriental, Suzhou

Suzhou, China

Mandarin Oriental is opening on the east bank of Suzhou’s Jinji Lake in 2026, a 146-room lakeside property announced in early 2025.

Expected Late 2026

Park Hyatt Vancouver
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Park Hyatt Vancouver

Vancouver, Canada

A former Shangri-La in downtown Vancouver is being redesigned into a Park Hyatt, with 119 rooms.

Expected Late 2026

Rosewood Hangzhou
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Rosewood Hangzhou

Hangzhou, China

Rosewood is opening in Hangzhou’s Wangjiang New City with around 140 rooms. Now targeting 2026 after a slip.

Expected Late 2026

Four Seasons Hotel Hanoi at Hoan Kiem Lake
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Four Seasons Hotel Hanoi at Hoan Kiem Lake

Hanoi, Vietnam

Brand’s second in Vietnam after The Nam Hai Hoi An. A roughly 95-key hotel on Hoan Kiem Lake, targeted for a 2026 debut as Four Seasons’ second property in Vietnam.

Expected Late 2026

Amangani
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Amangani

Jackson Hole, United States

Aman’s Wyoming mesa-top original returns from a top-to-bottom renovation. Amangani, Aman’s clifftop lodge above Jackson Hole, has been closed for a full renovation since April 2025 and is slated to reopen in late 2026.

Expected December 2026

Mandarin Oriental Makati, Manila
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Mandarin Oriental Makati, Manila

Manila, Philippines

Mandarin Oriental’s return to Manila after the original Makati hotel closed in 2014. Mandarin Oriental is coming back to Manila, with around 275 rooms rising above Ayala Triangle Gardens in Makati. Slated to open late 2026.

Expected 2026 or 2027

Four Seasons Hotel Madinah
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Four Seasons Hotel Madinah

Medina, Saudi Arabia

A 246-key hotel steps from the Prophet’s Mosque, with sources placing the opening across 2026 or 2027.

Expected 2026 or 2027

Four Seasons Resort and Residences Dominican Republic at Tropicalia
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Four Seasons Resort and Residences Dominican Republic at Tropicalia

Samana Bay, Dominican Republic

Four Seasons on Samana Bay in the Dominican Republic. A resort and residences on Samana Bay, with sources placing the opening across 2026 or 2027.

Expected Late 2026 or 2027

Four Seasons Resort and Residences Okinawa
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Four Seasons Resort and Residences Okinawa

Okinawa, Japan

A Kengo Kuma-designed resort with 120 rooms plus villas and a Blue Zone wellness angle, opening late 2026 or 2027.

No photographs released yet

Opening 2027

Expected 2027

Rosewood Blue Palace
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Rosewood Blue Palace

Elounda, Crete, Greece

Rosewood’s Greece debut. The brand’s first Greek address, reimagining the cliffside Blue Palace above the Gulf of Mirabello with 154 rooms looking across to Spinalonga.

Expected January 2027

Rosewood Calistoga
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Rosewood Calistoga

Calistoga, Napa Valley, United States

Rosewood’s Napa wine-country estate. A 118-acre estate at the head of Napa Valley — roughly ninety-six rooms plus villas and homesites among the vineyards and geysers of Calistoga.

Expected 2027

Six Senses Milan
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Six Senses Milan

Milan, Italy

Wellness comes to Brera. Six Senses arrives in Milan’s Brera district with around sixty-eight keys — including suites with plunge pools — and a full urban spa.

Expected 2027

Rosewood Milan
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Rosewood Milan

Milan, Italy

Rosewood is moving into Milan’s Quadrilatero della Moda, taking 70 rooms inside the Palazzo della Banca Commerciale. Rosewood’s own site now lists a 2027 opening.

Expected 2026-2027

Aman Maldives
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Aman Maldives

Maldives

Aman Maldives is under construction and reported to open around 2026-2027, with roughly 52 rooms and 16 residences by Kerry Hill Architects.

Expected 2027

Raffles Trojena
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Raffles Trojena

Trojena, Saudi Arabia

Raffles is going to the mountains: a 105-room, ring-shaped resort in NEOM’s Trojena destination, slated for 2027.

Expected January 2027

Park Hyatt Riviera Maya CancunReservations open
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Park Hyatt Riviera Maya Cancun

Riviera Maya, Mexico

Park Hyatt’s first all-inclusive opens on the Riviera Maya in January 2027, with plunge-pool penthouses about 20 minutes south of Cancun airport.

Reservations open

Expected Early 2027

Waldorf Astoria London – Admiralty ArchReservations open
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Waldorf Astoria London – Admiralty Arch

London, United Kingdom

Sir Aston Webb’s Edwardian arch at the Trafalgar Square end of The Mall becomes a Waldorf Astoria of 114 rooms, suites and residences, with Clare Smyth’s Coreus inside and Café Boulud on the roof. Bookable for stays from February 2027.

Reservations open

Expected Q1 2027

The Oberoi Sukoonvilas, Wadi Safar
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The Oberoi Sukoonvilas, Wadi Safar

Wadi Safar (Diriyah), Saudi Arabia

Oberoi’s gateway to Diriyah. Oberoi’s first resort in Wadi Safar: 60 standalone Najdi-style villas on a 70-metre escarpment, about 30 minutes from Riyadh and close to At-Turaif.

Expected April 2027

Park Hyatt Mexico CityReservations open
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Park Hyatt Mexico City

Mexico City, Mexico

Park Hyatt is heading to Polanco, Mexico City’s upscale district, and is taking bookings from April 2027.

Reservations open

Expected May 2027

Cheval Blanc Pitrizza, Costa Smeralda
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Cheval Blanc Pitrizza, Costa Smeralda

Porto Cervo, Sardinia, Italy

LVMH transforms the 1960s Hotel Pitrizza into a Cheval Blanc Maison on Sardinia’s Costa Smeralda — roughly sixty-five to eighty keys including villas.

Expected 2027

Mandarin Oriental, Rome
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Mandarin Oriental, Rome

Rome, Italy

An urban oasis in the Villini Sallustiani — 108 rooms spread across ten restored nineteenth-century villas above the ancient Gardens of Sallust.

Expected 2027

Mandarin Oriental Cristallo, Cortina
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Mandarin Oriental Cristallo, Cortina

Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy

The grande dame of Cortina returns as Mandarin Oriental’s first mountain resort, with 83 rooms and a new Herzog & de Meuron extension. Now expected in 2027.

Expected 2027 season

Oetker Collection Saint-Tropez
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Oetker Collection Saint-Tropez

Ramatuelle, Saint-Tropez, France

The collection’s 13th Masterpiece. A Provençal hamlet between Saint-Tropez and Pampelonne beach — fifty-three keys across eleven two-storey houses, with interiors by Gilles & Boissier.

Expected 2027

Aman Miami Beach
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Aman Miami Beach

Miami Beach, United States

Aman is targeting 2027 for Miami Beach, restoring the historic Versailles building and adding a new Kengo Kuma residential tower in the Faena District.

Expected 2027

Aman Dubai
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Aman Dubai

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Aman Dubai broke ground in April 2026 on a 350-metre private beach in Jumeirah 2, targeting 2027 with roughly 80-100 suites and 82 residences.

Expected 2027

Aman Karingani
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Aman Karingani

Karingani Game Reserve, Mozambique

Aman Karingani is coming soon to the Karingani Game Reserve in Mozambique, commonly cited for 2027. It would be Aman’s first sub-Saharan Africa and safari property.

Expected 2027

Amansamar
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Amansamar

Wadi Safar, Saudi Arabia

Amansamar is slated for 2027 in Wadi Safar near Diriyah, an 80-key resort and residences by Jean-Michel Gathy. It would be Saudi Arabia’s first Aman.

Expected 2027

Milaroca, A Belmond Hotel
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Milaroca, A Belmond Hotel

Riviera Nayarit, Mexico

Belmond’s first ground-up Mexican Pacific resort, on the Riviera Nayarit coast. Belmond’s Riviera Nayarit resort is slated for 2027 with roughly 57 pavilions and villas, 27 private villas, six dining venues and an organic farm.

Expected 2027

Bulgari Resort & Mansions Bodrum
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Bulgari Resort & Mansions Bodrum

Bodrum, Turkey

Bulgari’s first resort in Turkey, sprawled across a private peninsula of terraced gardens. Bulgari’s 11th property takes a private Bodrum peninsula, pairing a 43-room resort with standalone villas and 100 residential mansions. Slated for 2027.

Expected 2027

Capella Diriyah
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Capella Diriyah

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Capella’s first Middle East hotel is slated for 2027 in Diriyah, the heritage district on Riyadh’s western edge, with around 100 keys overlooking Wadi Hanifah.

Expected 2027

Capella Nanjing
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Capella Nanjing

Nanjing, China

Capella’s third mainland China hotel is slated for Nanjing in 2027, designed by David Chipperfield with heritage suites and villas, and a general manager already appointed.

Expected 2027

Rosewood Mexico City
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Rosewood Mexico City

Mexico City, Mexico

Rosewood is heading to Polanco, Mexico City’s luxury-retail district, inside the Antara tower. The date has slipped more than once, now landing at 2027.

Expected 2027

Rosewood The Raleigh Miami Beach
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Rosewood The Raleigh Miami Beach

Miami Beach, USA

Rosewood is restoring three Art Deco facades on Miami Beach into a 60-room hotel, paired with a Peter Marino residential tower. On track for 2027.

Expected 2027

Rosewood Rome
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Rosewood Rome

Rome, Italy

Rosewood is converting the former BNL headquarters on Via Veneto into a 157-room hotel. Still under construction, now stated for 2027.

Expected 2027

Rosewood Diriyah
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Rosewood Diriyah

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Rosewood is opening within Diriyah Gate near Riyadh, next to the At-Turaif UNESCO site, with 250 accommodations. Slated for 2027.

Expected 2027

Rosewood Seoul
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Rosewood Seoul

Seoul, South Korea

Rosewood is making its South Korea debut at The Parkside Seoul, with around 250 rooms. Slated for 2027.

Expected 2027

Rosewood Ranfaru
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Rosewood Ranfaru

South Malé Atoll, Maldives

Rosewood is making its Maldives debut in South Malé Atoll with around 120 villas, developed with Estithmar Holding. Set for 2027.

Expected 2027

Six Senses Tel Aviv
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Six Senses Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv, Israel

A wellness brand moving into a city tower built from five 110-year-old preservation buildings. Six Senses takes its first run at a dense city block in Tel Aviv, stitching a hotel, spa, residences and club across five century-old buildings in the Golden Triangle.

Expected 2027

Six Senses Wadi Safar
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Six Senses Wadi Safar

Wadi Safar, Saudi Arabia

Six Senses heads to Wadi Safar, an 80-key resort broken into five clusters inside the gated community near Diriyah and Riyadh.

Expected 2027

Six Senses Quexigal Palace
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Six Senses Quexigal Palace

Madrid, Spain

Six Senses takes on the Quexigal estate near Madrid: a recreated 16th-century royal village across 100 hectares, with 60 rooms, 14 suites and a five-bedroom villa.

Expected 2027

The Park Gstaad, A Four Seasons Hotel
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The Park Gstaad, A Four Seasons Hotel

Gstaad, Switzerland

Joseph Dirand takes the Bernese Oberland. A landmark Gstaad chalet-hotel reborn in 2027 with seventy-five rooms behind interiors by Joseph Dirand.

Expected 2027

Bulgari Resort Ranfushi
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Bulgari Resort Ranfushi

Raa Atoll, Maldives

The maison’s tenth hotel and Maldives debut — a private-island Bulgari Villa plus 33 beach and 20 overwater villas across Raa Atoll’s Ranfushi.

Expected 2027

Katanchel, A Belmond Hotel
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Katanchel, A Belmond Hotel

Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico

A 17th-century hacienda restored. Belmond restores the seventeenth-century Hacienda Katanchel into roughly thirty-five suites on a 220-hectare Yucatán estate with a cenote and Mayan pyramid remains.

Expected 2027

One&Only Antigua
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One&Only Antigua

Half Moon Bay, Antigua and Barbuda

One&Only’s Caribbean debut. The resort group’s first address in the Caribbean — a 132-acre site at Half Moon Bay beside a protected national park.

Expected 2027

Raffles Lake Como
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Raffles Lake Como

Moltrasio, Lake Como, Italy

The first Raffles in Italy. Raffles’ Italian debut, converting the 1920s Art Nouveau Grand Hotel Imperiale at Moltrasio — around eighty-four rooms on the western shore of Lake Como.

Expected 2027

The Maybourne Saint-Germain
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The Maybourne Saint-Germain

Paris, France

Maybourne’s first Paris hotel. The group behind Claridge’s and The Connaught comes to the Rive Gauche — a palace-style hotel of 101 keys in the seventeenth-century Îlot Saint-Germain.

Expected Summer 2027

Rosewood Hotel Bauer
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Rosewood Hotel Bauer

Venice, Italy

Rosewood is restoring the historic Bauer on the Grand Canal into a roughly 110-key hotel. Now expected late 2026 after slipping from 2025.

Expected 2027

Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences Jacksonville
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Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences Jacksonville

Jacksonville, USA

A hotel and private residences set as the centerpiece of the Jacksonville Shipyards redevelopment, with a roughly 2027 opening.

Expected 2027

Four Seasons Resort and Residences Caye Chapel, Belize
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Four Seasons Resort and Residences Caye Chapel, Belize

Caye Chapel, Belize

A private-island resort with overwater bungalows, billed as Four Seasons’ first private island in the Western hemisphere, opening around 2027.

Expected 2027

Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences Jeddah at the Corniche
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Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences Jeddah at the Corniche

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

A hotel and private residences on Jeddah’s Corniche, developed with Midad Real Estate, opening around 2027.

Expected 2027

Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences New Cairo Capital at Madinaty
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Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences New Cairo Capital at Madinaty

New Cairo, Egypt

A hotel and private residences within the Madinaty development in New Cairo, opening around 2027.

Expected 2027

Four Seasons Hotel Taipei
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Four Seasons Hotel Taipei

Taipei, Taiwan

An approximately 260-key hotel with views toward Taipei 101, set to be Four Seasons’ first property in Taiwan, opening 2027.

Expected 2027

Four Seasons Hotel Shanghai
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Four Seasons Hotel Shanghai

Shanghai, China

A 160-key hotel in a 44-storey tower on Huaihai Zhong Road, marking Four Seasons’ return to Shanghai, opening 2027.

Expected 2027

Four Seasons Resort Zanzibar
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Four Seasons Resort Zanzibar

Pongwe, Tanzania

A 60-villa resort at Pongwe, set to be Four Seasons’ second property in Tanzania after the Serengeti lodge, opening 2027.

Expected July 2027

Mandarin Oriental Old Cataract, Aswan
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Mandarin Oriental Old Cataract, Aswan

Aswan, Egypt

Mandarin Oriental takes over management of Aswan’s Old Cataract from May 2026, renovating the Nile Wing toward a full completion in July 2027.

Expected July 2027

Mandarin Oriental Winter Palace, Luxor
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Mandarin Oriental Winter Palace, Luxor

Luxor, Egypt

Luxor’s historic Winter Palace closes in early 2026 for a full restoration and is set to reopen as a Mandarin Oriental in July 2027.

Expected Late 2027

Capella Florence
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Capella Florence

Florence, Italy

Capella’s first in Europe. The brand’s European debut in the historic San Gallo complex near the Duomo — eighty-nine keys in the heart of Florence.

Expected 2027 or 2028

Four Seasons Resort and Residences Deer Valley
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Four Seasons Resort and Residences Deer Valley

Park City, USA

A ski-in/ski-out resort and residences in Deer Valley’s East Village, developed with Extell, opening 2027 or 2028.

Expected 2026 to 2028

Four Seasons Hotel Xi'an
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Four Seasons Hotel Xi'an

Xi'an, China

A roughly 250-key hotel near the Muta Temple Relics Park, with sources placing the opening anywhere from 2026 to 2028.

Expected 2027 or 2028

Four Seasons Resort and Residences Porto Heli
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Four Seasons Resort and Residences Porto Heli

Porto Heli, Greece

A beachfront estate at Hinitsa Bay with 80 rooms plus 30 bungalows, opening 2027 or 2028.

No photographs released yet

Opening 2028 and beyond

Expected 2028

Aman Beverly Hills
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Aman Beverly Hills

Beverly Hills, United States

Aman Beverly Hills is slated to open in phases around 2028 as part of One Beverly Hills, combining an Aman Club, hotel and residences across eight acres.

Expected 2028

Four Seasons Resort Puglia
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Four Seasons Resort Puglia

Ostuni, Italy

A 150-key beachfront resort near Ostuni in Puglia, developed with Omnam Group, opening 2028.

Expected 2028

Six Senses Loire Valley
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Six Senses Loire Valley

Saint-Laurent-Nouan, France

Six Senses heads to Saint-Laurent-Nouan in the Loire Valley, planting a resort in a UNESCO World Heritage stretch of the river.

Expected 2028

Bulgari Hotel Miami Beach
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Bulgari Hotel Miami Beach

Miami Beach, United States

Bulgari’s US debut takes over a restored 1950s Modernist building on 21st Street, with around 100 mostly-suite rooms and dining by Niko Romito. Reported for 2028-2029.

Expected 2028

Rosewood Exuma
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Rosewood Exuma

Exuma, Bahamas

33 suites on a 124-acre private island in the Exumas, a roughly $200M build with Yntegra Group. Rosewood is taking over a 124-acre private island in the Exumas for a 33-suite resort. It is expected in 2028, but construction was paused in August 2026 amid a court fight over its permits.

Expected 2028

Rosewood Shanghai
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Rosewood Shanghai

Shanghai, China

Rosewood is taking the top floors of a 320m Foster + Partners tower in Shanghai’s Jing’An district. Slated for 2028.

Expected 2029

Bulgari Resort & Mansions Cave Cay
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Bulgari Resort & Mansions Cave Cay

Cave Cay (Exumas), Bahamas

Bulgari is taking over a 220-acre private island in the Exumas, with 64 suites and villas plus 48 private mansions, a marina, and Niko Romito dining. Announced for 2029.

Expected 2030

Bulgari Resort & Mansions Abu Dhabi
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Bulgari Resort & Mansions Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Bulgari’s second UAE property, developed by Eagle Hills, pairs roughly 43 rooms and suites with villas, around 90 private mansions and estates, and a marina. Announced for 2030.

Expected 2030

Aman Niseko
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Aman Niseko

Niseko, Hokkaido, Japan

A ski retreat on the slopes of Mount Moiwa in Hokkaido’s powder capital — Aman’s fourth address in Japan, and its first dedicated to winter.

Expected Date to be announced

Rosewood Red Sea
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Rosewood Red Sea

Shura Island, Saudi Arabia

Rosewood is part of Red Sea Global’s Shura Island, with 149 rooms, suites and residences. No firm opening date yet.

No photographs released yet

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Good to know

What new luxury hotels are opening in 2026?

Two of the most anticipated openings of 2026 have already happened: Amanvari, Aman’s first in the Americas, in Baja California Sur (August 2026), and Danieli, Venezia, Four Seasons’ takeover of Venice’s storied Danieli palazzo (July 2026). Still to come in 2026 are Raffles The Red Sea on Shura Island, Six Senses Milan, Six Senses The Palm in Dubai and Singita Elela in Botswana’s Okavango Delta.

Which luxury hotels are opening in Italy in 2026 and 2027?

Italy has an unusually deep pipeline: Danieli, Venezia (opened July 2026) and Six Senses Milan (late 2026), followed by Mandarin Oriental, Rome, Mandarin Oriental Cristallo in Cortina, Cheval Blanc Pitrizza on the Costa Smeralda, Raffles Lake Como and Capella Florence (2027), with Park Hyatt Taormina in 2028.

What is the most anticipated Aman opening?

Two stand out: Amanvari in Mexico, the brand’s first property in the Americas, which opened in August 2026, and Aman Niseko in Hokkaido (2030), Aman’s first dedicated ski retreat in Japan, on the slopes of Mount Moiwa.

What new Four Seasons hotels are opening?

Two opened in summer 2026: Four Seasons Hotel Mykonos, on a cliff above Kalo Livadi Bay (June), and Danieli, Venezia, Four Seasons’ takeover of Venice’s storied Danieli palazzo on the lagoon, with 120 rooms (July). The Park Gstaad in the Swiss Alps follows in 2027, reborn with interiors by Joseph Dirand.

What luxury hotels are opening in Dubai and Saudi Arabia?

In the Gulf, Raffles The Red Sea opens on Saudi Arabia’s Shura Island in October 2026 and Six Senses The Palm brings the wellness brand to Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah late in 2026, while The Oberoi Sukoonvilas follows in early 2027 in Saudi Arabia’s Wadi Safar, near Diriyah: 60 villas on a 70-metre escarpment.

Which luxury hotels are opening in the Maldives?

Bulgari Resort Ranfushi, the maison’s first address in the Maldives, opens on Raa Atoll in 2027, with a private-island Bulgari Villa plus 33 beach and 20 overwater villas.

What is the most anticipated luxury hotel opening of 2027?

2027 is dense: Cheval Blanc Pitrizza on Sardinia’s Costa Smeralda (LVMH’s first there), Raffles Lake Como (the first Raffles in Italy), Rosewood Calistoga in Napa Valley, and One&Only Antigua, the group’s Caribbean debut, all open that year.

How many upcoming luxury hotel openings does Fat Voyage track?

Fat Voyage tracks 155 luxury hotel openings across 22 brands, with dates from 2026 to 2030. 7 have just opened and 148 are still to come, 40 of them with no opening date announced yet. Each has a first look on its own page, updated as the dates move.

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