China-Japan
Hong Kong
Regent Hong Kong
Like a return to our roots. Opened under the Regent in the early 1980s, then under the InterContinental banner, the luxury hotel with breathtaking views over Victoria Harbour will this year be reverting to its original name of Regent Hong Kong following a complete renovation of the property.
Shanghai
The Westbund Hotel Shanghai
The luxury group Rocco Forte will its beginnings in Asia This year, in Shanghai, as part of the Westbund project, revitalising the area around the former Longhua airport. The programme includes 161 rooms and 58 suites with views, an arty approach and a design by Olga Polizzi, Sir Rocco's sister.
Sofitel Shanghai North Bund
In the booming North Bund business district, the Sofitel brand will play on the French art of living at the end of the year to offer a 300-room and suite hotel overlooking the Shanghai cityscape, complete with a VIP area, Club Millesime.
Shenzhen
Mandarin Oriental Shenzhen
Mandarin Oriental will be setting up shop not far from its Hong Kong headquarters at the beginning of the year with a 162-room business hotel perched on the top floors of the UpperHills tower, with a a complex entirely dedicated to meetings and events.
Tokyo
Tokyo EDITION
The rapidly expanding luxury and lifestyle brand Edition, co-developed by Ian Schrager and the Marriott group, will add a second address in the Japanese capital in the Ginza district, with 86 rooms and suites, three restaurants and a rooftop bar.
South-East Asia/Pacific
Bangkok
The Standard Bangkok
Hotelier The Standard, known for its trendy hotels in New York, London and Miami, will be setting up on the top floors of the King Power Mahanakhon towerThis 155-room hotel features four meeting rooms with views, topped by a rooftop bar perched in the sky.
Melbourne
Ritz-Carlton
Marriott's luxury brand to invest in the second quarter a tower overlooking the whole of Melbourne. Topped by a sky lobby on the 80th floor, the hotel will offer 257 rooms and suites.
Singapore
Hilton Singapore Orchard
With its 1,080 rooms and over 2,400 m2 of meeting and event space, enhanced by 16 multi-purpose areas and two ballrooms, the Hilton Singapore Orchard will be the brand's largest hotel in Asia-Pacific when it opens in March.
Sydney
W Sydney
With its 585 rooms and suites and 1,300 m2 of meeting space, by the end of the year the W Sydney will be one of the world's most prestigious hotels, the largest hotel in the brand in the world. Plus: an outdoor swimming pool with views over Darling Harbour.
The Porter House Hotel - MGallery
Blending the historic with the contemporary, art with architecture, MGallery will invest at the beginning of the year a listed building dating from the 1870sPorter House, flanked by a new 36-storey tower. The programme includes residential rooms and flats, two restaurants and a meeting space.
North America
Boston
Raffles Boston Back Bay Hotel & Residences
The luxury brand will be discovering the United States at the end of the year when it sets up shop in the busy Back Bay district. Visit North America's first Raffles promises to be an urban expression of refined elegance. It will bring together an exceptional hotel and a unique collection of pied-à-terre suites, one- to three-bedroom residences and magnificent penthouses.
Chicago
The St. Regis Chicago
The brand, which extends the aura of the eponymous New York palace around the world, will soon be part of the Chicago skyline. The skyscraper that houses it, designed by Jeanne Gang, will be the third highest tower in the city. High-flying luxury for this 191-room hotel with 360° views over the Windy City and Lake Michigan.
Los Angeles
Conrad at the Grand LA
Located in the heart of Grand Ave. Arts, this new top-of-the-range hotel is part of the development of a vast multifunctional complex designed by Frank Gehry. Housed in a 28-storey tower, when it opens in June the Conrad Los Angeles at The Grand LA will offer 305 rooms and over 3,500 m2 dedicated to meetings and events. Its added bonus: an immense 5,000 m2 rooftop with swimming pool.
Miami
CitizenM Miami World Center
As part of its expansion in the United StatescitizenM, the lifestyle brand with low prices, will open two hotels in Miami in the first half of the year, one in the trendy Brickell district and the other in the heart of the business district with a 351-room hotel integrated into the Worldcenter urban project.
New York
Aman New York
The ultra-luxury Aman brand is going urban, setting up shop in New York in the Crown Building, a historic building on Manhattan's 5th Avenue. A urban sanctuary designed by Jean-Michel Gathy, will offer 83 rooms and suites, 22 residential flats, a 10th-floor terrace, two restaurants and an elegant piano bar.
Hôtel Barrière Le Fouquet's New York
The Group Barrier will be setting up in New York this summer, exporting its flagship brand from the Champs-Elysées to Manhattan. Located in the cobbled streets of the Tribeca district, the 97-room hotel designed by Martin Brudnizcki will offer French-style luxury, with a Fouquet's brasserie, a spa, a cinema and a suspended terrace as its highlights.
The Ritz-Carlton New York, Nomad
Already present on the outskirts of Central Park, the Marriott group's luxury brand will be adding a second New York address in the first quarter, in the lively NoMad districtbetween Flatiron and the Empire State Building. In addition to 250 elegant rooms, the Ritz-Carlton will offer several culinary venues designed by Michelin-starred chef José Andrés - including a rooftop bar - as well as two floors dedicated to events and meetings, complete with a private outdoor terrace.
Toronto
Ace Hotel Toronto
Known for its trendy hotels in Brooklyn, Los Angeles and Kyoto, Ace Hotel will be opening in Toronto early this summer. It will be located in the Garment District, in keeping with the brand, the fashion district of canada's metropolis. Designed by architects Shim-Sutcliffe, the industrial-inspired building will house 124 rooms.
Latin America
Buenos Aires
SLS Puerto Madero
Expected early this year, the SLS brand will be setting up in the lively Puerto Madero, The result of the redevelopment of the Argentine capital's former industrial port, this urban resort features 58 rooms and suites designed by Piero Lissoni, as well as a large function room for meetings and corporate events.
Panama
Sofitel Legend Casco Viejo
The prestigious Sofitel brand to be launched in the second quarter in Panama's UNESCO-listed historic quarterThe Casco Viejo, not far from the city's financial district, is a seafront hotel steeped in history, with four meeting rooms.
Sao Paulo
Rosewood Sao Paulo
At the beginning of the year, the luxury brand Rosewood was the perfect sign of his arrival in São Paulo, withan urban oasis with an arty, sustainable approach located close to Avenida Paulista. The project, in which Jean Nouvel and Philippe Starck played a part, will include 160 rooms and suites and a vast 2,045 m2 space for VIP events and meetings.
JW Marriott São Paulo
The top-of-the-range brand JW Marriott will be installed in the second quarter in the heart of the financial district in Sao Paulo, within the walls of the former Four Seasons. Located along Avenida Nações Unidas, within the Parque da Cidade complex, the hotel will offer 258 rooms for business travellers, as well as a meeting area of over 1,000 m².
