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New hotels in Australia
A market spread evenly across four cities, where lifestyle brands have moved faster than traditional luxury groups.
Cities in Australia
Queensland
Brisbane
Queensland
Gold Coast
Victoria
Melbourne
New South Wales
Sydney
Western Australia
Perth
South Australia
Adelaide
New South Wales
Wollongong
Australian Capital Territory
Canberra
Northern Territory
Darwin
Queensland
Mooloolaba
Queensland
Palm Cove
Queensland
Noosa
Tasmania
Hobart
Queensland
Cairns
New South Wales
Newcastle
Queensland
Townsville
Queensland
Maroochydore
Queensland
Peregian Beach
New South Wales
Wolgan Valley
New South Wales
Byron Bay
Queensland
Whitsundays
Queensland
Caloundra
New South Wales
Parramatta
South Australia
Barossa Valley
New South Wales
Gosford
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Melbourne, Victoria
Brady Hotel Elizabeth Street
Brady Group's sixth Melbourne CBD hotel, a 211-room tower with a Level 8 sky lobby, designed, built and run by the developer itself.
From AUD 150
Open · August 2026
Brisbane, Queensland
The Alva Hotel Brisbane
IHG's Vignette Collection debut in Brisbane, in the former Hotel X, with a rooftop pool and two suites fitted with record players.
From AUD 240
Open · July 2026
Brisbane, Queensland
The Merchant Hotel, a member of Radisson Individuals
Queensland's first Radisson Individuals hotel, with 58 rooms at 63-65 Turbot Street in Brisbane's central business district.
From AUD 180
Open · July 2026
Byron Bay, New South Wales
The Bonobo by Raes
The owners of Raes on Wategos have moved off the headland and onto Byron's main street, with a brick-and-concrete hotel built around a subtropical courtyard
From AUD 355
Open · June 2026
Darwin, Northern Territory
voco Darwin Suites
Apartment-style suites on Mitchell Street open a new premium chapter for Darwin's Top End.
From AUD 230
Open · May 2026
Mooloolaba, Queensland
Avani Mooloolaba Beach Hotel
Sunshine Coast's first internationally branded new-build hotel in over 40 years.
From AUD 320
Open · May 2026Coming soon
All upcoming openings in Australia →Gold Coast, Queensland
AC Hotel Gold Coast
Marriott's AC Hotels brand is taking over Vibe Gold Coast in Surfers Paradise, converting the 202-room property into the brand's Queensland debut for a mid-2026 reopening.
Announced · Mid-2026
Gold Coast, Queensland
The Ritz-Carlton, Gold Coast
A three-storey luxury low-rise anchors a A$480 million Gold Coast waterfront.
Announced · 2026
Brisbane, Queensland
Dorsett Brisbane
The last unopened tower of the Queen's Wharf quartet, a 387-room 4.5-star hotel inside Brisbane's newest riverside precinct
Announced · 2026
Adelaide, South Australia
The Westin Adelaide
A 33-storey glass tower rising directly out of a century-old Freemasons hall gives Adelaide its first true skyscraper hotel.
Announced · 2026
Wolgan Valley, New South Wales
Emirates Wolgan Valley, a Ritz-Carlton Lodge
The world's first Ritz-Carlton Lodge, reborn from a shuttered Emirates conservation resort
Announced · August 2026
Sydney, New South Wales
The Sebel Sydney Parramatta
Accor's extended-stay Sebel brand is opening a 51-suite, new-build hotel on Victoria Road in Parramatta, pairing self-check-in and residential-style studios with a rooftop bar and an all-day Italian restaurant in one of Western Sydney's fastest-growing districts.
From AUD 270
Announced · August 2026Australia's new hotel openings since 2020 spread unusually evenly across four cities rather than concentrating in one. Melbourne and Sydney have each added a mix of luxury and lifestyle properties, Brisbane has used a run of new supply to build toward the 2032 Olympics, and the Gold Coast picked up its first Ennismore property. New Hotels lists every verified new hotel opening across Australia since 2020: new builds and brand-new operations in converted buildings only; renovations and rebrands of existing hotels are excluded.
Melbourne and Sydney: luxury and lifestyle side by side
Melbourne's cycle runs from The Ritz-Carlton Melbourne, the brand's first Victorian property, to 1 Hotel Melbourne's eco-luxury debut and The Standard Melbourne's lifestyle bet on Fitzroy. Sydney's additions lean similarly split: Capella Sydney anchors the luxury end inside a heritage building, while Ace Hotel Sydney, The Eve Hotel Sydney and 25hours Hotel Sydney The Olympia give the city a genuine lifestyle-hotel scene it lacked a decade ago.
Brisbane: building toward 2032
Brisbane has added more new hotels in this cycle than any other Australian city outside Sydney and Melbourne (Hotel X Brisbane, Voco Brisbane City Centre, Hotel Indigo Brisbane City Centre and The Star Grand Brisbane at Queen's Wharf) a run of investment tied in part to the city's preparations for the 2032 Olympic Games.
Gold Coast: a first for Ennismore
Mondrian Gold Coast brought Ennismore's design-led Mondrian brand to Australia for the first time, giving the Gold Coast a lifestyle property distinct from the resort-hotel format that otherwise dominates the market there.
How New Hotels tracks openings in Australia
Every listing is verified against at least two independent sources before publication. Opening dates are updated in real time; status indicators (Announced, Confirmed, Open) reflect the most current available information. Our editorial team does not accept sponsored placements, hotel group advertising, or influencer arrangements.
Frequently asked questions about new hotels in Australia
What is the most significant new hotel in Sydney?
Capella Sydney, opened in 2023 inside a heritage building, is the city's most significant luxury opening of this cycle. Among lifestyle openings, 25hours Hotel Sydney The Olympia (October 2025) is the most recent.
What new hotels have opened in Melbourne?
The Ritz-Carlton Melbourne, 1 Hotel Melbourne, The Standard Melbourne in Fitzroy, and Hyatt House South Melbourne have all opened since 2020, covering the luxury, eco-luxury, lifestyle and upscale-extended-stay segments respectively.
Why has Brisbane added so many new hotels recently?
Brisbane's run of openings (Hotel X Brisbane, Voco Brisbane City Centre, Hotel Indigo Brisbane City Centre and The Star Grand Brisbane) reflects investment tied in part to the city's preparations to host the 2032 Olympic Games.
Is there a Mondrian hotel in Australia?
Yes. Mondrian Gold Coast, opened May 2025, is Ennismore's first Mondrian property in Australia.