TORONTO—Four Seasons continues to expand its global footprint with 12 new openings currently scheduled in late 2015 and 2016, including several first-time entries in new countries.
This year, the opening of Four Seasons Hotel Bahrain Bay marked the first Four Seasons in that country, and the brand added a second hotel in France with the re-branding of the storied Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat. By year’s end, three more destinations will open, including Four Seasons Hotel Seoul, Four Seasons Hotel Casablanca and Four Seasons Hotel Casa Medina Bogotá, the first of two in the city.
For 2016, the brand will open properties in the following areas: Abu Dhabi and Dubai, UAE; Bogotá, Colombia; Kuwait City, Kuwait; Kyoto, Japan; Oahu, Hawaii; Surfside, Florida; Tianjin, China and New York City.
The first Four Seasons in Abu Dhabi will be the 200-room Four Seasons Hotel Abu Dhabi at Al Maryah Island, in the heart of the new central business district. A retro-modern Chicago steakhouse, a cocktail bar, and a poolside restaurant with views overlooking the sea are among an array of dining options planned.
Four Seasons entered the UAE with its beachfront resort in Dubai less than a year ago, and will open its second location in the city next year in the heart of the 100-acre downtown business district with the 106-room Four Seasons Hotel Dubai International Financial Centre.
The first Four Seasons in Kuwait will be the 263-room Four Seasons Hotel Kuwait at Burj Alshaya in the central business district. An Italian dining concept created around three wood-burning ovens as well as a pan-Asian restaurant—both with outdoor terraces on the penthouse level—will be among five food and beverage options. Elsewhere, the second of two additions to the brand’s South American portfolio, the modern, 64-room Four Seasons Hotel Bogotá will introduce a new Japanese concept restaurant.
The 124-room Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto will be the company’s second destination in Japan, in the city’s historic Higashiyama-ku district, close to the Kyoto National Museum and myriad heritage sites such as the Toyokuni Shrine and Kiyomizu Temple. The hotel will have a spa and fitness center with a pool, and four food and beverage concepts. There will also be 57 Four Seasons Private Residences.
Located in Lower Manhattan in the Tribeca district, the 185-room Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown joins its sister hotel in Midtown. The Robert AM Stern Architects building with interiors by Yabu Pushelberg will be home to an exclusive spa and fitness facility, naturally lit event spaces, and soon-to-be-revealed street level restaurant and bar concept, as well as 157 Private Residences.
Meanwhile, the fifth resort in the Four Seasons Hawaiian Collection and its first on Oahu, the 358-room Four Seasons Resort O‘ahu at Ko Olina is located beachfront on the island’s sunset coast, with access to recreational pursuits, historic sites and shopping. New design by Philpotts Interiors will enhance the original building by architect Edward Killingsworth.
In Surfside, Florida, the 77-room Four Seasons Hotel The Surf Club revives the celebrated Surf Club. The nine-acre complex with 965 ft. of Atlantic beachfront will offer more than 40 beach cabanas among landscaped gardens and four pools.
The 259-room Four Seasons Hotel Tianjin will be the brand’s ninth hotel in China.With three food and beverage options and a spa and fitness facility with a pool, the hotel will be the first Four Seasons in China’s fourth most populous city.