Opened · June 2026
Casa delle Dodici
Ortigia, Sicily · 12 keys
A family palazzo that has admitted the rest of us, on terms. Courtyard, fountain, no spa.
The caveatYou will hear the courtyard. That is the stay.
Openings
What opened, and the caveat
The year produces palaces. The openings that matter are the ones that refused a seventeenth room. Every announcement here carries the sentence the press release left out.
Reopens · October 2026
Fregate Island
Seychelles · Private island
Closed, recapitalised, opening the gate again. First season will tell us if the promise held.
The caveatThe airstrip still decides your day.
Confirmed · August 2026
Cheval Blanc · seventh maison
Asia · first of the house · Still a maison
Twenty years, seven houses. The model did not flinch. The risk is that the name becomes a request.
The caveatA seventh house is how methods become categories.
Opening · Spring 2027
The Quay Rooms
Villefranche-sur-Mer · 18 keys
A conversion above the harbour, facing the bay rather than the road. Slow port, on purpose.
The caveatNot Nice, and it should not try to be.