Ouvertures d’hôtels

🏖️ ZEL Punta Cana, a collaboration between Meliá Hotels International and tennis icon Rafael Nadal, opened to travelers in December 2024, celebrating its official inauguration on March 7. The resort is located 30 minutes from Punta Cana International Airport, near Bávaro Beach, and features 190 nature-inspired suites including Master Suites and Swim-Up Suites with private gardens leading to the pool. The resort encapsulates Mediterranean lifestyle and Caribbean charm.

🏛 STARDUST Group partners with ChâteauForm’ EVENT to equip the 3 Mazarium, a premier event space located in the Institut de France, Paris. Seven years post-design by architect Marc Barani, the venue combines heritage with advanced technology. Aimed at high-profile corporate and artistic events, the Group ensures an immersive experience with discreet, state-of-the-art audiovisual installations, aligning with the standards of the Institut's five Academies.

🏨 Hospitality ON provides a non-exhaustive list of internationally awaited hotel openings, indicated on a map with new hotels opened in the last 10 days. The map shows: hotels that opened this week in yellow, announced openings in blue for later this year, rebranded hotels in green reopening this week, and signed hotel projects in orange set to open in the future. The list includes location, photos, and key information of new hotels from groups, chains, and networks.

🏝 Six Senses, part of IHG Hotels & Resorts' Luxury & Lifestyle portfolio, is developing Six Senses Comporta in Portugal, set to open in 2028. The coastal Pinheirinho estate will feature a 70-key hotel, 58 branded residences, a spa, and wellness facilities. The project, a collaboration with VIC Properties, adheres to strict sustainability and design guidelines. The 400-hectare site, once private property, will include luxury rooms, suites, three garden villas, one presidential villa, and residences reflecting forest, sand dune, and lake environments, employing biophilic design principles.

🏨 BWH Hotels Central Europe expanded its portfolio by adding the Azenberg Hotel Stuttgart to the Sure Hotel Collection by Best Western. Located near Stuttgart's city center, the hotel offers 58 rooms including one suite, wellness facilities with a heated indoor pool, sauna, steam bath, a landscaped garden with a terrace, and a seminar space for up to 20 people. Recently renovated in 2025, it modernized common areas such as reception and breakfast room. BWH now operates seven establishments in the Stuttgart metropolitan area, enhancing its presence and meeting increasing visitor demand.

🏖 W Hotels, part of the Marriott Bonvoy portfolio, has proudly introduced a new era for the W Maldives with a spectacular renovation, blending contemporary design with the wild beauty of the island. The transformation includes 77 reinvented villas designed by Miaja Design Group, featuring water bungalows with whale shark patterns and beach villas with mangrove textures, along with the new Supreme and Oasis overwater villas complete with private pools and exhilarating water slides. The culinary experience is revamped in the redesigned restaurants by EDG Design, highlighted by the dining option FISH.

🍰 Rosewood Le Guanahani St. Barth introduces Dessert Experience by Julien Boury, starting March. Patrons can enjoy an Omakase-style dessert bar with Chef Pâtissier Julien Boury showcasing his expertise through interactive presentations. The experience features personal journey-inspired desserts, starting with a bergamot madeleine tribute to Nancy, where Boury's passion began, and a Basque-themed dessert with sheep's yogurt sorbet and black cherry marmalade with Espelette pepper, evoking Biarritz.

🏖 Starting April 14, the Monte-Carlo Beach will unveil a new look, beginning a revival initiated in 2024 under René Blino's leadership, and continuing until 2027. The pool and Le Deck restaurant reveal their redesign by Dorothée Delaye on this date. On May 16, Maona Monte-Carlo transforms into Sea Satin for dining and dancing. June 21 sees Ibiza's ultra-luxe Jondal arriving for serene lunches and dinners. Chef Marcel Ravin further evolves his "marine garden" concept at Elsa, the gastronomic restaurant.

🔫 PAN, the first shooting bar, opens on April 5, 2025, in central Paris, offering an immersive experience combining a cocktail bar with a unique shooting game in private lounges. Players, armed with authentic weapons, can engage in adrenaline-fueled shooting sessions while enjoying quality cocktails and dishes. Eight different themed environments are available, including Ball-Trap and Far West simulations like Horse Race, Gold Rush, Climbing Everest, and Saloon.

🏠 Nobu Hotel Toronto, set to open early summer, began online reservations on June 1, 2025, following the successful launch of its restaurant in August 2024. The luxurious 36-room sanctuary, co-founded by Chef Nobu Matsuhisa, Robert De Niro, and producer Meir Teper, combines modern luxury with minimalist Japanese tradition. Located in the city's entertainment district near cultural landmarks like TIFF, it occupies the top floors (41-45) of a mixed-use building, offering panoramic views of Lake Ontario and the cityscape.