On 15 July 2026, Six Senses opened its second address in Saudi Arabia, Six Senses AMAALA, on the northern Red Sea coast: 100 suites and villas, 25 residences, a spa with a longevity centre and a lagoon fringed by mangroves.
IHG has signed a deal with roaster Al Ameed Coffee for a 50-key hotel in Amman, on the road to Queen Alia airport. It will be Jordan's first Noted Collection, with a coffee reserve and an experience centre on its first two floors.
Kimpton is opening its first all-inclusive resort in the world on 22 September on the Riviera Maya: 355 suites at the heart of the Tres Rios nature park, featuring 137 hectares of mangroves and cenotes.
Six Senses Lisbon (114 rooms, late 2026), Andaz Lisbon (170 rooms, opened in March), The Standard in the former naval hospital and Experimental Porto in the 1951 Infante Sagres: Portuguese luxury is restoring heritage and targeting the shoulder season.
IHG plans to expand its Vietnamese portfolio from 16 to over 40 hotels, while Fairmont has opened in Hanoi. What these announcements truly reveal about the market.
IHG Hotels & Resorts partners with GCP Hospitality to convert 14 hotels in Kyoto, representing 1,063 rooms: twelve Garner, one Holiday Inn Express, and no new builds.
Opened on 1st March 2026 in the former Whiteleys department store, Six Senses London has been awarded its first Michelin Key, six months after its opening. In total, 51 hotels from IHG's luxury and lifestyle portfolio are recognised in 2026, ten of which received two Keys.
IHG Hotels & Resorts and Pacific Beachcomber are transforming the InterContinental Bora Bora Resort & Thalasso Spa, closed since 1 June 2026, into the Regent Bora Bora: 84 overwater villas on a private motu facing Mount Otemanu, reopening in late 2027, with the deep-sea water air conditioning system retained.
IHG and Alphanam Group are launching 79 InterContinental-branded villas in the Muong Hoa valley in Sapa. Tiered architecture, EDGE certification, 83 hectares with the future InterContinental Sapa Resort · and what a buyer needs to check.
The Crowne Plaza Manhattan Times Square reveals itself following an extensive renovation. 685 keys, a Broadway suite and spaces designed for hybrid travel: IHG makes it the flagship showcase for its brand renewal.
InterContinental is expanding its partnership with Timeshifter across its 242 hotels, offering free circadian resynchronisation plans via QR code and Flexible Dining menus designed for the traveller's biological rhythm.
The group's Taiwanese portfolio will grow from 17 to 22 hotels, with the debut of the HUALUXE brand on the island. Meanwhile, the IHG One Rewards programme is integrated into LINE, the messaging app used by Taiwanese locals.
