New Luxury Hotels in Bali: 2026 & 2027 Openings

First impressions: the largest luxury opening on the island this cycle, and the first time Melia's top-tier all-inclusive brand has crossed into Asia. Paradisus by Melia Bali opened on 3 February 2026 on the Nusa Dua shore with 492 suites, including seven garden villas, four pools, eight restaurants and three bars set in tropical gardens facing the Indian Ocean. The rate covers dining across every restaurant, 24-hour room service, poolside service and a daily-restocked minibar, which removes the signing-for-everything ritual that sours many resort stays.

Book it for: families and groups who want the arithmetic settled before arrival; the kitchen spread runs from Spanish and Japanese to Indonesian, so a week in does not taste repetitive. Getting there: Nusa Dua sits about 20 minutes from the airport in the island's gated resort enclave.

Between us: all-inclusive works against Bali's best habit, which is wandering out for dinner. If you plan to explore warungs and beach clubs most nights, you are paying for meals you will not eat; choose it for convenience, not culture.

Source: Melia Hotels International newsroom; Time Out.

First impressions: IHG chose Canggu, the island's most youthful coast, to debut its rebuilt ultra-luxury Regent flag in Indonesia, and the result reads as a statement property. The 150 oceanside rooms and suites look to the sea or gardens, many with direct lagoon access, and the dining bench is six venues deep, two of them from chef Andrew Walsh, whose Cure Bali, drawing on his Michelin-starred Singapore flagship, joined the lineup in early 2026.

Book it for: the spa. This is the world's first Regent Spa: seven treatment rooms, a hydro-wellness circuit with vitality pool, ice baths and saunas, the full recovery arsenal a long-haul arrival dreams about. The service read: a year of operation is enough for the kinks to be worked through, which makes this the safer booking of Canggu's new addresses.

Between us: Canggu's charm is its scene, and its curse is its traffic; the creative-coast energy outside the gates comes with some of the island's worst congestion at rush hours, so plan excursions off-peak.

Source: IHG corporate news; THP News.

First impressions: Marriott's own site now lists JW Marriott Bali Ubud Resort and Spa as a new property, up in Payangan north of Ubud proper, about 46 kilometres from the airport. The page already names its venues, the Sari Rasa restaurant, a Lobby Lounge and Lazy Moss, and lists a fitness centre, turndown service and complimentary parking, while the phone number still reads TBA. Any front-desk veteran recognises that combination: a hotel in the final approach or the first weeks of a quiet opening.

Book it for: the JW formula of polished, family-comfortable luxury applied to the rice-terrace highlands, likely at gentler rates than the established Ubud icons while it ramps up. Before you commit: confirm dates and which facilities are live directly with Marriott; soft-opening periods often run partial restaurants and spa hours.

Between us: Payangan is a proper drive from Ubud's centre, closer to an hour and a half from the airport in traffic; treat it as a destination resort, not a base for nightly forays into town.

Source: Marriott.com property page (checked July 2026).

First impressions, when they come: IHG's July 2025 announcement set this up as the rare international hotel inside Ubud's cultural core, 101 rooms along the sacred Wos River within walking distance of Ubud Palace. The headline act is IMAMURA, a Japanese restaurant created with Michelin-starred chef Hirofumi Imamura, backed by two more restaurants, a cafe-deli, a spa and a pool. Rooms run from river-view studios to suites with balconies and freestanding tubs.

Book it for: walkability, a scarce commodity in Ubud's luxury tier, where most flagship resorts sit a shuttle ride from the palace and market. Before you commit: IHG's announcement said early 2026, and as of July 2026 we could not find a confirmed opening notice from the brand, so verify status with IHG before building an itinerary around it.

Between us: central Ubud brings central Ubud's noise, scooters, tour buses and market crowds included; travelers wanting valley silence should look at the highland resorts on this list instead.

Source: IHG corporate news, July 2025.

First impressions, when they come: the defining opening of Bali's 2027 pipeline. Mandarin Oriental's own release places the resort on a cliffside plateau on the Bukit peninsula with panoramic Indian Ocean views and direct access to a protected white-sand beach. The 110 suites and villas, most with private pools, come from Design Lab architects and interior designer Jeffrey Wilkes, with landscaping by Bill Bensley. Dining spans a cliff-edge restaurant and bar, a speciality Chinese room, a speakeasy and a beach club, and 68 residence villas rise on the 8-hectare site above the hotel.

Book it for: the location arithmetic; the site sits beside Bukit Pandawa Golf Course, minutes from Bali National Golf Club, and roughly 30 minutes from the airport, on the corridor of clifftop coast the big brands ignored for a decade. How to book: you cannot yet; the brand says 2027.

Between us: a project of this scale on cliff terrain rarely opens exactly on schedule, and residence-led developments answer partly to property sales timelines, so treat 2027 as a season, not a date.

Source: Mandarin Oriental press release, 19 July 2024.

First impressions, when they come: Kempinski is betting its Nusa Dua success travels uphill. Announced in June 2023 for a 2027 opening, The Apurva Kempinski Ubud will cascade 160 rooms and villas down jungled slopes near the Tegalalang rice terraces, around an open-sided lobby lounge in the manner of its dramatic sister property. Rooms start from 60 square metres, with panoramic Cliff Villas with private pools and six 200-square-metre forest villas at the top end; Rudy Dodo of Trivium Design Group leads both architecture and interiors for developer PT Panorama Indah Dewata.

Book it for: scale with a view; at 160 keys it will be one of the largest luxury houses in the highlands, with the group facilities that Ubud's boutique properties cannot offer. Worth knowing: a sister Apurva Kempinski is also signed for Lombok, so the brand's Indonesian footprint is set to triple.

Between us: Tegalalang's terraces are among Bali's most photographed and most trafficked; expect tour-crowd congestion on the access roads at midday, whatever serenity waits inside the gates.

Source: Kempinski press room.