Hotels opening soon 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.

Upscale / Lifestyle · 202 rooms

Gold Coast, Queensland

The Ritz-Carlton, Gold Coast

A three-storey luxury low-rise anchors a A$480 million Gold Coast waterfront.

Luxury · 150 rooms

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

Upscale (4.5-star) · 387 rooms

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.

Upper-upscale · 236 rooms

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

Ultra-luxury / conservation lodge · 40 rooms

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.

Upper-upscale / extended-stay · 51 rooms

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Adelaide, South Australia

Little National Hotel Adelaide

Affordable-luxury specialist Little National heads west for the first time.

Upscale/Lifestyle · 237 rooms

Palm Cove, Queensland

Hilton Palm Cove Cairns Resort & Spa

Hilton's beachside debut in Palm Cove, a refurbished 140-room resort near Cairns.

Upscale · 140 rooms

Hobart, Tasmania

Adina Hobart

TFE Hotels' Adina Apartment Hotels brand debuts in Tasmania with a 48-key apartment tower beside Vibe Hobart

Upscale apartment-hotel · 48 rooms

Brisbane, Queensland

Rosewood Brisbane

Australia's only six-star hotel crowns the AU$3.6bn Queen's Wharf riverside precinct.

Luxury

Gold Coast, Queensland

Andaz Gold Coast

Hyatt's lifestyle brand debuts in Australia atop The Star's second tower.

Luxury · 202 rooms

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Manuka Hotel

A 192-room five-star hotel rising on Manuka's long-contested former Capitol Theatre site, with persistent but unconfirmed rumours of a Hilton operator.

Luxury · 192 rooms

Sydney, New South Wales

Courtyard by Marriott Western Sydney Airport

The first hotel of Sydney's new Aerotropolis, timed to open alongside Western Sydney International Airport.

Upscale · 200 rooms

Melbourne, Victoria

Rydges Flagstaff Gardens Melbourne

EVT takes over the former Radisson on Flagstaff Gardens and relaunches it under its own Rydges flag after a full refurbishment.

Upscale · 184 rooms

Adelaide, South Australia

Crystalbrook Sam

Crystalbrook's design-led five-star formula arrives in Adelaide for the first time.

Luxury · 196 rooms

Sydney, New South Wales

Waldorf Astoria Sydney

Australia's first Waldorf Astoria crowns Circular Quay between the Opera House and the Bridge.

Luxury · 220 rooms

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Crystalbrook Aurora

Canberra finally gets an international-grade luxury hotel in its city centre.

Luxury · 225 rooms

Adelaide, South Australia

Treehouse Hotel Adelaide

Barry Sternlicht's Treehouse brand makes its Australian debut at Market Square.

Lifestyle · 248 rooms

Perth, Western Australia

Radisson Perth at SCQ

Radisson's Western Australian debut anchors a new 'connected village' precinct in West Perth

Upscale · 120 rooms

Adelaide, South Australia

Veriu Adelaide

Adelaide's first Veriu turns 5,000 square metres of empty CBD office floors into self-catering studios built for stays longer than a weekend.

Upscale apartment-hotel / extended-stay · 111 rooms

Melbourne, Victoria

Richmond Square Hotel

A 57-room hotel taking over the first two floors of Carmine House, built into Fortis's AU$330 million Richmond Square precinct so guests and the building's 107 residents share the same concierge, housekeeping and dining staff.

Premium lifestyle · 57 rooms

Gold Coast, Queensland

LXR Hotels & Resorts Gold Coast

Hilton's ultra-luxury LXR brand is making its Australian debut on The Spit, taking over the building that opened as Palazzo Versace in 2000 and most recently traded as The Imperial Hotel.

Luxury · 200 rooms

Sydney, New South Wales

Sydney Marriott Hotel Parramatta

The core Marriott Hotels brand's first foothold in Western Sydney rises on Church Street in Parramatta's CBD

Upscale · 279 rooms

Wollongong, New South Wales

Avani Wollongong

Minor Hotels brings its design-led Avani brand to New South Wales for the first time.

Upscale · 107 rooms

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Canyon Hotel

A canyon-inspired wellness hotel and spa proposed for Braddon's former Bowls Club site, still facing resident objections.

Boutique · 72 rooms

Gold Coast, Queensland

St. Regis Gold Coast Resort

Marriott is bringing St. Regis to Australia for the first time, inside the first tower of GURNER's AU$1.7 billion La Pelago resort.

Ultra-luxury · 185 rooms

Gold Coast, Queensland

Marina Mirage, a Luxury Collection Resort

Mainland Australia's first Luxury Collection resort anchors a roughly A$500 million rebuild of the Gold Coast's 1980s Marina Mirage shopping centre.

Luxury · 122 rooms

Gold Coast, Queensland

Marina Mirage Gold Coast, a Luxury Collection Resort

Marriott's first mainland Luxury Collection resort in Australia, rebuilding a Gold Coast marina precinct the Makris family has owned since 2013

Luxury · 122 rooms

Melbourne, Victoria

The Hoxton, Melbourne

Ennismore's The Hoxton is coming to Australia for the first time, taking anchor position inside a $600 million redevelopment of Cremorne's former Bryant & May matchstick factory: a 198-room hotel still years from opening but already signed to one of Melbourne's most ambitious heritage-industrial precincts.

Upscale lifestyle (The Hoxton) · 198 rooms

Perth, Western Australia

Pullman Perth Airport

Perth Airport's first-ever on-site hotel, and Accor's first Pullman in the city, rises as part of a $5 billion capital works program

Upscale · 240 rooms

Whitsundays, Queensland

Le Méridien Lindeman Island Resort & Spa

A Whitsunday island left derelict since Cyclone Yasi closed its Club Med in 2012 returns under a Marriott flag, marking the group's first resort in the archipelago

Upscale · 209 rooms

Sydney, New South Wales

AC Hotel by Marriott Sydney Hyde Metropolitan

Sydney's first AC Hotel occupies the podium of Deicorp's Candalepas Associates-designed Hyde Metropolitan tower

Upscale lifestyle · 104 rooms

Sydney, New South Wales

Courtyard by Marriott Sydney Crows Nest

Courtyard by Marriott is returning to Sydney after years away, taking the first three levels of Deicorp's AU$640 million Falcon & Alexander tower in Crows Nest, a 100-room hotel opening beside the new Crows Nest Metro station in late 2027.

Upscale / select-service · 100 rooms

Sydney, New South Wales

Crystalbrook Sydney Harbour

A century of identities on the same George Street corner is about to end with a locally owned luxury flag.

Luxury · 176 rooms

Sydney, New South Wales

Motto by Hilton Sydney City Centre

Hilton's compact-room brand picks a former bank headquarters for its Australian debut.

Lifestyle/Micro-room · 152 rooms

Melbourne, Victoria

The Como Melbourne

COMO's east-coast Australia debut brings a full-floor Shambhala spa to St Kilda Road.

Luxury · 102 rooms

Caloundra, Queensland

Holiday Inn & Suites Caloundra Sunshine Coast

IHG's first Holiday Inn & Suites in regional Queensland, an 11-storey tower on Bulcock Street with its own rooftop sky bar over Caloundra's beaches.

Upper-midscale · 160 rooms

Melbourne, Victoria

Four Seasons Hotel Melbourne

Four Seasons' Melbourne debut, entered through a 63rd-floor sky lobby inside what will be Australia's tallest tower

Ultra-luxury · 210 rooms

Melbourne, Victoria

COMO The Carter

COMO's first hotel on Australia's east coast occupies the first nine floors of a new St Kilda Road tower, designed by Kerry Hill Architects, the practice behind COMO The Treasury and Aman Tokyo.

Luxury · 102 rooms

Perth, Western Australia

The Bennett by Ovolo Perth, a Wyndham Hotel

The first Wyndham-Ovolo franchise hotel, planned for East Perth.

Lifestyle · 111 rooms

Brisbane, Queensland

Kimpton Hotel Teneriffe

Queensland's first Kimpton, rising inside the Teneriffe Banks riverside precinct with a level-14 restaurant and an infinity pool over the Brisbane River.

Upper-upscale / Lifestyle · 155 rooms

Barossa Valley, South Australia

InterContinental Barossa Resort & Spa

A five-star resort of up to 150 rooms with a winery at Williamstown, approved in May 2026 and targeting a 2028 opening.

Luxury · 150 rooms

Parramatta, New South Wales

InterContinental Parramatta

Parramatta's first five-star hotel, finally cleared for construction

Luxury · 212 rooms

Parramatta, New South Wales

DoubleTree by Hilton Parramatta

Hilton's first Parramatta hotel, inside a Western Sydney mixed-use precinct

Upscale · 100 rooms

Sydney, New South Wales

Novotel Sydney Castle Hill

Accor's 143-room Novotel anchors the Nova Rêve mixed-use precinct in Castle Hill town centre, due early 2029.

Upscale · 143 rooms

Sydney, New South Wales

Radisson RED Sydney Haymarket

Radisson RED's first Australian hotel, a 328-room, 31-storey tower at the gateway to Sydney's CBD, is set to open in Haymarket in 2029.

Upscale/Lifestyle · 328 rooms

Melbourne, Victoria

Hotel101 Melbourne

Hotel101 Global's franchised condotel model comes to Australia with a 766-room tower planned for Melbourne's CBD, set to become the city's largest hotel by 2029.

Budget · 766 rooms

Gold Coast, Queensland

The Westin Gold Coast

The Westin brand's Gold Coast debut climbs the middle floors of a Surfers Paradise skyscraper, five years from completion

Upscale · 138 rooms

Newcastle, New South Wales

Crowne Plaza Newcastle

Crowne Plaza returns to Newcastle, NSW, inside a 43-storey tower by the Interchange

Upper upscale · 171 rooms

Gosford, New South Wales

Hotel Indigo Gosford

Hotel Indigo's debut on the New South Wales Central Coast

Upscale / boutique lifestyle · 152 rooms

Adelaide, South Australia

Hilton Adelaide East End

Hilton's return to Adelaide comes as a 27-storey flagship on a former blood-donor centre site, with a 2031 opening that gives this one an unusually long runway.

Upper-upscale flagship · 251 rooms

Perth, Western Australia

Anantara Perth Hotel

Minor Hotels brings its Thai-inspired luxury Anantara brand to Australia for the first time, anchoring a AUD 3.8 billion Swan River masterplan

Luxury · 150 rooms

Townsville, Queensland

Hilton Garden Inn Townsville

A 190-room hotel announced beside Queensland Country Bank Stadium, whose project ended in July 2024.

Upscale · 190 rooms

Maroochydore, Queensland

Crowne Plaza Maroochydore

IHG's second Sunshine Coast project with developer Felix Capital, a 180-room conference-focused tower approved for Ocean Street.

Upper-upscale · 180 rooms

Noosa, Queensland

The Calile Hotel Noosa

The Malouf family's Brisbane favourite gets a second, larger site in Noosa Heads, approved as the town's first five-star hotel development in 30 years.

Luxury · 153 rooms

Noosa, Queensland

Noosa Springs Boutique Hotel

A 69-room wellness-focused hotel approved for the grounds of the existing Noosa Springs Golf & Spa Resort, after nearly four years of council review.

Luxury boutique / wellness · 69 rooms

Wollongong, New South Wales

The Globe Wollongong

Described by council and press as Wollongong's first five-star hotel, this 236-room tower is under approval on a demolished RSL club site, with no name, brand or opening date confirmed yet.

Five-star / luxury · 236 rooms

Gold Coast, Queensland

Palm Beach Hotel

A $120 million hotel approved for a former Centrelink site in Palm Beach has no confirmed construction start more than three years on.

Luxury/upscale lifestyle · 126 rooms

Gold Coast, Queensland

Trump International Hotel & Tower, Gold Coast

The Trump Organization's first Australian project, a proposed 91-storey Surfers Paradise tower, still lacks development approval and faces a 26,000-signature opposition petition.

Ultra-luxury · 285 rooms

Brisbane, Queensland

Hilton Garden Inn Brisbane City Centre North

A Spring Hill new-build that switched brands from Wyndham to Hilton before construction even began, still under way years after its original 2024 target

Upper-midscale/upscale select-service · 129 rooms

Brisbane, Queensland

Howard Smith Wharves Hotel

A 106-room boutique hotel approved for Brisbane's riverside dining precinct, part of a $500 million "HSW 2.0" expansion ahead of the 2032 Olympics

Boutique/upscale · 106 rooms

Brisbane, Queensland

Victory Hotel Tower

A proposed 51-storey, 284-room tower rising behind Brisbane's heritage-listed Victory Hotel pub, still at the development-application stage

Upscale · 284 rooms

Brisbane, Queensland

Aria South Brisbane Hotel

A 216-room hotel inside a newly approved three-tower masterplan that also restores two heritage buildings on Melbourne Street

Upscale · 216 rooms

Brisbane, Queensland

Hyatt Place Brisbane, South City Square

Hyatt's return to Queensland after a decade away, an 18-storey new-build inside a $700 million Woolloongabba precinct

Upper-midscale select-service · 170 rooms

Perth, Western Australia

Dorsett Perth

A glass-and-gold tower rises in Perth City Link as Far East Consortium's Dorsett brand makes its Western Australian debut

Upscale · 263 rooms

Adelaide, South Australia

Grote Street Hotel

A vacant Australia Post sorting building anchors a $1.25 billion, five-tower precinct where its red-brick facade is slated to become a hotel lobby, though no operator has signed on yet.

Five-star / luxury · 220 rooms

Adelaide, South Australia

King William Street Hotel

A vacant brutalist transit office a block from Victoria Square is being rebuilt into a 129-room boutique hotel: a scaled-down second attempt after an earlier 39-storey tower on a related site never got built.

Boutique · 129 rooms

Sydney, New South Wales

Florin Hotel

A AU$275 million rebuild is turning the 1936 former Australian headquarters of Universal Pictures at 499 Kent Street into a 228-room, 20-storey hotel for EVT's Independent Collection, complete with a glass-floored 'vertigo suite' and a rooftop infinity pool.

Luxury / lifestyle · 228 rooms

Melbourne, Victoria

voco South Melbourne

A 171-room voco announced in 2020 for the northern end of St Kilda Road has yet to open, missed its original 2023 target by years, and still has no confirmed date.

Upscale · 171 rooms

Melbourne, Victoria

So/ Melbourne

Accor's So/ brand is making its Australian debut in a heritage cannery building on the northern edge of Melbourne's CBD, with construction under way years behind the project's original 2023 target.

Luxury lifestyle · 289 rooms

Mooloolaba, Queensland

Aria Mooloolaba

A 16-storey, 201-room foreshore tower approved as the Sunshine Coast's first international-standard 5-star hotel, still awaiting a builder and an operator

Luxury · 201 rooms

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

InterContinental Canberra

A rooftop InterContinental lounge with Parliament House views, replacing Canberra's Crowne Plaza.

Luxury

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Hotel Indigo Canberra

IHG's fast-growing boutique brand joins Canberra as the lifestyle half of the 'One Binara' redevelopment.

Boutique lifestyle

Perth, Western Australia

Wyndham Hotel Ascot

A 15-storey, 226-key Wyndham hotel has been conditionally approved for a vacant site near Perth Airport, with a rooftop restaurant and bar planned for the top floor: no construction start date has been announced.

Upscale · 226 rooms