Preferred Hotels & Resorts has announced 14 new properties scheduled to launch in the New Year.
The openings will be global, from Houston and Shanghai to Vienna and Charleston.
AMERICAS
Bobby Hotel (Nashville, Tennessee, USA) – Launching Spring 2018
Set to launch just steps from the famous Printer’s Alley in downtown Nashville – the nine-story Bobby Hotel will feature 144 guestrooms and suites, four dining outlets including a café, all-day restaurant, cocktail bar serving light bites, and a rooftop bar complete with a 1956 Greyhound.
The Post Oak Hotel (Houston, Texas, USA) – Launching Spring 2018
Houston’s newest luxury development, The Post Oak Hotel at Uptown Houston offers visitors 250 rooms and suites, 20 executive residences, high-end fashion stores, a Rolls-Royce, Bentley, and Bugatti showroom, restaurants including Mastro’s Steakhouse and Willie G’s Seafood, spa, and co-working spaces.
Montage Los Cabos (Cabo San Lucas, Mexico) – Launching Spring 2018
Located on 39 acres of beachfront in the Santa Maria Bay, this luxury resort will feature 122 guestrooms and suites, as well as 52 Montage Residences. There’s a Spa Montage, two pools, and multiple dining venues, and a children’s programme, Paintbox. Montage Los Cabos will be the sixth property and the first outside of the United States from Montage Hotels & Resorts to join Preferred Hotels & Resorts.
EUROPE
PhilsPlace Vienna (Vienna, Austria) – Launching April 2018
Located in the heart of Vienna, in the former Philips headquarters, PhilsPlace has 135 full-service apartments that are ideal for business travellers and city breaks. The character of the listed building that was designed by post-war architect Karl Schwanzer has been preserved with all changes kept to the interiors, with views from the city centre over to the Schneeberg. Each floor consists of 15 mini-lofts, and the ground floor also offers a restaurant, fitness centre, and retail and entertainment outlets.
Pestana Amsterdam Riverside (Amsterdam, Holland) – Launching February 2018
Located in the historic former Town Hall in the heart of the De Pijp neighbourhood, the new Pestana Amsterdam Riverside is set on the banks of the river near the Albert Cuypmarkt and within walking distance of the city’s key landmarks. The hotel is made up of 154 rooms, suites, and apartments with its interiors and furnishings designed by Studio Linse to flatter the building’s neo Dutch renaissance architecture. Guests will also have an indoor pool, spa with two sauna options, a well-equipped gym. Apartment guests will benefit from exclusive use of a rooftop terrace.
ASIA
The Middle House (Shanghai, China) – Launching early 2018
Launching in the heart of Shanghai’s commercial district, The Middle House will offer 111 rooms as well as 102 serviced apartments, with interiors created by Milan-based architect and furniture designer Piero Lissoni. The ultra-luxurious property, part of The Swire Group’s House Collective, incorporates outdoor spaces.
Sherwood Suites (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) – Launching December 2017
Situated in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City’s District 3, Sherwood Suites is an all-suite, luxury residence and hotel offering 157 serviced apartments in studio and one- or two-bedroom configurations. Facilities in every apartment include fully equipped kitchens, designer Italian furniture, marble bathrooms, and floor-to-ceiling windows, and all guests have access to a 24-hour gym, pool deck with cocktail bar, and a restaurant serving Mediterranean and Asian cuisines.
Other 2018 openings:
Primus Hotel Shanghai Hongqiao, Shanghai, China (launching January 2018)
Las Olas Ocean Resort, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA (launching May 2018)
Carossa Hotel Spa Villas, Mallorca, Spain (launching May 2018)
Hotel Bennett, Charleston, South Carolina, USA (launching summer 2018)
Hotel Monville, Montreal, Canada (launching July 2018)
Hotel Sophy, Chicago, USA (launching July 2018)
Garza Blanca Los Cabos, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico (launching July 2018)