W Hotels Worldwide announced the signing of W Marbella and The Residences at W Marbella. Scheduled to open in 2021, W Marbella will be located on Playa Real de Zaragoza, a short drive from downtown Marbella. It will be developed in partnership with Sunrise Inversiones 2015 S.L (an affiliate of Platinum Estates Limited).
W Marbella will have 200 guestrooms, including 26 suites and an Extreme Wow Suite. The hotel will also have: a bar and signature restaurant; an AWAY spa complete with a beauty salon and juice bar; FIT state-of-the-art workout facility; and two WET pool decks. It will also have five ultra-modern meeting rooms along with a covered terrace, measuring more than 10,000 square feet.
The hotel will have its very own Beach Club with views of the Mediterranean Sea. The Beach Club at W Marbella will open in advance of the hotel in time for the summer 2018 season.
The Residences at W Marbella will include 100 low-rise condominium apartments and villas available for purchase. The W-branded beachfront Residences will offer owners access to all of the hotel’s amenities and services, including preferred reservations at the hotel’s restaurants, bars and lounges, in-residence dining and STYLE housekeeping services, as well as a private pool and the brand’s signature Whatever/Whenever service.
It is the third W Hotel in Spain and the third hotel project with Platinum Estates Limited and follows the signings of W Madrid and Aloft Madrid Gran Via, which will both open in 2019.
With the opening of W Marbella in 2021, Spain will be the only country in Europe to offer three W Hotels, joining W Barcelona and the forthcoming W Madrid, slated to open in 2019. W Marbella will be the fourth W Escape in Europe, a portfolio of W Hotels located in ski, sand and entertainment destinations around the world.
Additional soon-to-be-open hotels include W Shanghai, W Tel Aviv, W Panama and W Dubai – The Palm.