The Wolseley Hotel New York will open in 2027 in the former Lambs Club, leading Minor Hotels’ new openings

In the second quarter of 2027, The Wolseley Hotel New York will open 77 rooms and suites in the former Lambs Club in Midtown: it will be the brand’s first hotel and Minor Hotels’ entry into US luxury. The group announced it on 11 November 2026 alongside its other openings for the year, from Croatia’s first Anantara to a lodge perched on the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania.

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1. 77 rooms in New York’s former Lambs Club
2. Why this address matters to Minor Hotels
3. In London, Dukes will reopen with 85 keys
4. Croatia and Slovenia: two hotels on the Adriatic
5. From the Ngorongoro Crater to Sichuan’s peaks
6. San Gimignano: sleeping in a former prison
7. Nine 2027 openings at a glance

77 rooms in New York’s former Lambs Club

The building stands on West 44th Street, in the heart of Midtown: it is the former Lambs Club clubhouse, designed by the architecture firm McKim, Mead & White. It will house 77 rooms and suites, a redesigned wellness centre and The Wolseley New York, the brand’s first restaurant in the United States. In the renderings, the bar is arranged around a black marble counter beneath a large clock.

It will be joined by The Wolseley Members Club, a private club open all day. Minor Hotels has not yet published room rates or a precise opening date.

Why this address matters to Minor Hotels

The Wolseley Hotel New York will be the first hotel from The Wolseley Hotels brand and will mark Minor Hotels’ entry into the luxury segment in the United States. The group counts more than 660 hotels, resorts and branded residences in operation or under development across 67 countries, and in 2027 it will enter six new countries: Bahrain, Croatia, Malta, Singapore, Slovenia and Uzbekistan.

In London, Dukes will reopen with 85 keys

In St James’s, Dukes London, which has welcomed politicians and cultural figures since 1908, will reopen in the second quarter of 2027 after a multi-year transformation by Russell Sage Studio. It will join the Minor Reserve Collection with 85 keys, including 13 executive suites and 5 signature suites (keys count both rooms and suites). The Dukes Bar will keep its ice-cold martini served at the table, a new restaurant will be created with The Wolseley Hospitality Group, and The Delany Drawing Room, with its 160 whiskies, will also serve afternoon tea.

Also in London, The WestDill Mayfair Hotel, part of the Colbert Collection, will open in the first quarter of 2027 on the corner of Piccadilly and Albemarle Street. It will occupy a listed 1922 building by the architect Sir William Curtis Green: 50 rooms and suites over six storeys, a restaurant and a bar.

Croatia and Slovenia: two hotels on the Adriatic

In Croatia, the Adriatic Istria Resort in Savudrija will become the country’s first Anantara in the second quarter of 2027: 186 renovated seafront keys, an 18-hole golf course, the Golf Adriatic PGA National Croatia, which runs along the coastline, three restaurants, four bars and an Anantara Spa. It is among the new hotels in Croatia in 2027 that we have selected.

Further north, in Slovenia, the Hotel Palace Portorož will also reopen in the second quarter of 2027 after renovation. The first seaside address in the Minor Reserve Collection, it will have 183 keys, three restaurants, three bars, a spa, indoor and outdoor pools and beach access.

From the Ngorongoro Crater to Sichuan’s peaks

In Tanzania, Ngorongoro Explorer by Elewana will stand at the highest point of the eastern rim of the Ngorongoro Crater from the second quarter of 2027. Designed by 2802 Architects, the lodge will have 84 rooms with floor-to-ceiling windows, a spa and an infinity pool; it will be Elewana’s second Explorer lodge, after the one in the Serengeti.

In China, the Anantara Xiling Snow Mountain Chengdu Resort, the first Anantara in Sichuan province, will open in the same quarter, 90 minutes from central Chengdu. It will offer 113 rooms and suites, an Anantara Spa, skiing, hiking and trails open all year round.

San Gimignano: sleeping in a former prison

In Tuscany, the ExCelle Hotel San Gimignano, part of the Colbert Collection, will open in the second quarter of 2027 in the San Domenico complex, a former convent turned prison, in the heart of the UNESCO-listed historic centre. Its 33 rooms will be set in the original cells, alongside a restaurant and a bar.

In Mexico, Tivoli Mérida Residences will not be a hotel but a development of 69 branded residences, meaning homes under the Tivoli name, on Paseo Montejo in Mérida. They will surround the Casona 333, a restored 1903 mansion that will house the reception, a restaurant, a bakery, a bar and a piano bar. Opening is scheduled for the first quarter of 2027.

Nine 2027 openings at a glance

The rest of the 2027 programme stretches from Asia to the Gulf: Avani Singapore (200 rooms), Avani Koh Phangan (63 rooms) and The Rasa Resort Samui, for adults only (32 rooms) in Thailand, a Tivoli and an Avani in Bahrain, Dukes The Palm in Dubai, which will join the Colbert Collection, plus NH Collection hotels in Malta, Sydney and Johannesburg and an NH Hotel in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.