The Openings List: 2026–2028

Orient Express's second hotel — after La Minerva in Rome — takes over a 15th-century palazzo at the meeting of two Cannaregio canals, a 1436 noble residence linked to Filippo Calendario, the architect of the Doge's Palace. Aline Asmar d'Amman, who reworked the Hôtel de Crillon, leads the restoration of 47 rooms, suites and apartments across Neogothic and Baroque interiors. It is the quiet, resident's Venice, well away from San Marco's crush — and it is already taking bookings for April 2026.

The Edwardian Admiralty Arch — the ceremonial gateway between Trafalgar Square and The Mall, opposite Buckingham Palace — becomes a Waldorf Astoria of around 114 rooms, suites and residences, more than half of them suites, each named for the building's history. Clare Smyth's coastal-British Coreus and Daniel Boulud's Café Boulud lead the dining, and the ballroom hangs a restored nine-metre Murano chandelier. The brand is targeting an autumn 2026 debut, with reservations currently open from March 2027.

Waldorf Astoria's Japan debut occupies the top nine floors (39 to 47) of a new Mitsui Fudosan tower in the historic Nihonbashi district — 197 rooms from 60 square metres, three restaurants, the brand's signature Peacock Alley lounge, an indoor pool and a spa, plus the first Waldorf Astoria Residences in Asia-Pacific. High above the city between Ginza and Tokyo Station, it brings the Park Avenue name to Tokyo the same year its New York original returned to life.

Rosewood takes two 19th-century palaces — Palazzo Branca and the former Banca Commerciale building — on the edge of the Quadrilatero della Moda, steps from Via Montenapoleone. The plan is deliberately intimate for the address: around 70 rooms including some 20 suites, a courtyard-garden restaurant and bar, and an Asaya spa with an indoor pool. Milan has long lacked a hotel to match its fashion pull; this is the one aimed squarely at it. Rosewood's own timeline says 2027, though earlier trade reports floated 2026.

On Via Veneto, Rosewood is reviving three early-1900s buildings around the former headquarters of Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, designed by Marcello Piacentini — 157 rooms including 44 suites, three restaurants with a rooftop over Rome's domes, and, most dramatically, a Roman-style bathhouse set inside the bank's old vault. It aims to give La Dolce Vita's most famous street its sharpest modern anchor. Rosewood lists 2027; earlier coverage suggested April 2026.

The crystal-maker's second hotel, after New York, anchors a Shamal Holding development in Downtown Dubai with the Burj Khalifa filling the view — 144 rooms and suites, 49 Baccarat-branded residences and four restaurants and bars, all in the brand's chandelier-lit glamour. Announced for 2026, the opening has since been pushed to 2027. It slots into the wider Downtown renaissance while the Burj Al Arab is away for restoration.

Beside the UNESCO-listed mud-brick city of At-Turaif — the birthplace of the Saudi state — Rosewood is building a 250-key flagship within the vast Diriyah Gate development: 202 rooms and suites plus 48 one-to-three-bedroom Wadi Suites, four restaurants and bars, and an Asaya spa. It is one of the marquee hotels of Saudi Arabia's heritage-tourism push, due in 2027 alongside an Orient Express in the same district.

Aman's Miami Beach debut pairs the restored 1940s Versailles Hotel — 56 hotel rooms behind the preserved oceanfront facade, designed by Jean-Michel Gathy, Aman's long-time architect — with a new 18-storey Kengo Kuma residential tower alongside. It sits in the Faena District on Collins Avenue and will bring Aman's signature space and calm to the Atlantic sand. Vertical construction is underway, with opening targeted for 2027.

Aman's Singapore debut will occupy the mid-floors of Skywaters, the city's first supertall tower at just over 300 metres on Shenton Way — the hotel on floors 24 to 26, Aman-branded residences above, with interiors by Kerry Hill Architects, the studio behind Aman Tokyo and Amanyangyun. A full-floor spa with an infinity pool, a members' Aman Club and skyline-and-sea views come with it. Completion is targeted for 2028.

The one on this list you don't have to wait for. Aman's Bangkok house opened in 2025 inside the seven-acre green oasis of Nai Lert Park on Wireless Road — 52 suites, a 1,500-square-metre Aman Spa, and destination dining, a pocket of stillness in the middle of the city. We include it because it answers the question this list raises — what can I book right now? — with the newest urban Aman in Asia.