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.
Opening on September 14, 2026, the Casetta group's Hotel Lucile occupies a 1931 Presbyterian church in Silver Lake, featuring 25 rooms designed by Electric Bowery, the Sous Sous restaurant beneath the nave, and neighborhood art programming.
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.
Mantis, Accor's conservation brand, opens its first Saudi address at 2,260 metres on Mount Khairah: 30 tented suites across 22,000 m², above Al Baha.
Le Central hotel opened at the end of August 2026 in Evolène, in the Val d'Hérens. Seven rooms, a cave spa connected by an underground passage, two chalets and two restored raccards: this is the first act of Le Rucher d'Evolène, a dispersed hotel throughout the village that will eventually bring together around fifteen buildings.
Opened on 23 June 2026 on Awaji Island, south of Kobe, THE PASONA natureverse retreat is the first wellness hotel designed by Pritzker laureate Shigeru Ban: a D-shaped layout between forest and the Seto Inland Sea, 57 rooms each featuring a private onsen, sensor-equipped beds and extended stays built around mibyo, the Japanese notion of pre-illness.
Ahead of its 40th anniversary, Futuroscope has announced a landmark 2027 season and a fourth themed, 4-star sci-fi hotel currently under construction: 45 rooms, a 400-seat restaurant, a spa, and a seminar centre linked to the Aquascope via a walkway.
Shangri-La announces Songtei Kyoto, the second address in its ultra-luxury Signatures collection: 77 keys facing Nijo Castle, on the former residence of the shogunal governor, opening in late 2026.
Grand Hyatt Grand Cayman Resort & Spa opens on 28 November on Seven Mile Beach: 382 keys, 274 metres of beach, 4,400 sq m of meeting space and opening rates from $1,767.
Marriott International and V&A Waterfront Holdings are opening the Cape Town EDITION in October 2026, the brand's first African address. One hundred and forty-two rooms and suites, one billion rand invested, architecture by Neri & Hu and StudioMAS, on the edge of a waterfront expansion project that is dividing the city.
The Áurea Palacio de la Tinta opened on 10 September 2026 in Malaga, on Paseo de Reding, facing Malagueta beach. The Hotusa group has converted the former headquarters of the Andalusian Railways Company, a 1908 building whose facade and orange tree courtyard have been preserved, into a 141-room five-star hotel.
Hasbro and its Chinese partner Max-Matching are investing 2.4 billion yuan, or 331 million dollars, in the world's largest Peppa Pig park on Changxing Island in Shanghai. The complex will open in 2027 with a themed hotel designed for Chinese families spanning three generations.










































































































































