The prestigious Singaporean brand Capella Hotels & Resorts announces its arrival in Dubai within the exclusive Dubai Peninsula project by 2029.
Dubai-based developer Emaar Properties, the creator of the Burj Khalifa and the Address and Vida brands, is preparing a hotel rollout in Zimbabwe. A delegation is expected in late September 2026 in Harare and Victoria Falls, in a country that welcomed 1.77 million visitors in 2025.
St. Regis Dubai, The Palm reopens on 1 November 2026 after six months of renovations: 264 rooms, 26 suites, 24-hour butler service and six restaurants on the St. Regis Gardens rooftop.
The Burj Al Arab is closed for a restoration of approximately eighteen months entrusted to Tristan Auer, with a reopening expected in late 2027. Our complete guide: closure, restoration, 198 duplex suites, restaurants and tours.
The Ampersand Beach House, a 111-key boutique hotel on Dubai Islands, will open in late 2029: the first new-build hotel in Minor Hotels' Colbert Collection, with pool suites and barefoot luxury.
On 25 August 2026, the Wynn Al Marjan Island resort presented its Townhomes: ranging from 630 to 1,110 sq m across two levels, inspired by Parisian private mansions, within the Enclave and its 323 keys. The $5.7 billion complex, the UAE's first integrated resort, will open in September 2027.
Ennismore and developer Select Group are transforming the former Radisson Blu in Dubai Media City into the Middle East's first The Hoxton: 230 rooms expected in 2027, the brand's first wellness club featuring a spa and contrast therapies, and dining concepts entrusted to Paris Society, including Onaka, Moïse Sfez's handroll bar, Bleachers, Il Bambini Club and the Tope rooftop.
Accor is in talks with Dubai Holding for one or more hotels on the Dubai Pearl site, the mega-project in Al Sufouh abandoned since 2006 and demolished in 2023. The new master plan doubles the initial surface area; Ennismore brands (Mondrian, Delano, The Hoxton, Banyan Tree) and luxury brands (Raffles, Fairmont, Sofitel) are under consideration. Agreement targeted for late 2026.
Emaar is expanding its Address brand with three hotels: Address The Bay in Dubai Harbour in 2027, Address Diriyah in Riyadh and Address Al Marjan Island in Ras Al Khaimah in 2028, totalling 582 keys. Project details.
Minor Hotels signs the Anantara Siniya Island Resort, Anantara's first address in Umm Al Quwain: 125 keys and 125 branded residences in 2030, on an island linked to the mainland by a 1.7 km bridge.
