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Anantara hotels

Thai hospitality makes the hotel a starting point for local food, culture and discovery.

Anantara carries the warmth of Thai hospitality into resorts and city hotels shaped by their surroundings, whether the setting is a river, a desert, an island, or a historic European building. Part of Minor Hotels, it combines a recognizable approach to service with experiences that help guests spend time in the place beyond the hotel.

69 Anantara hotels in 31 countries on the Luxury Hotels Atlas (12 not open yet), each placed on the six LHA Tiers.

Owned by Minor Hotels
Worldwide: Roughly 60 hotels and resorts in 25+ countries, spread across Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Africa and Europe, with a clear bias toward resort markets, heritage conversions, and high-touch wellness experiences
On the atlas: 6 Grand Luxury, 42 High Luxury, 19 Core Luxury, 2 Accessible Luxury

History

Anantara began in Hua Hin in 2001, taking the warmth of Thai hospitality into a beach-resort setting. The collection later reached islands, deserts, mountains, and European cities, with heritage conversions adding another expression of the brand. Spas, private hosts at many villa properties, and dining rooted in the surroundings give the hotels common threads without making the destinations feel alike.

Timeline

2001 — Anantara launches with its first resort in Hua Hin, Thailand, a Thai-village-architecture beachfront property in the historic royal seaside town where King Rama VII built his summer palace in 1926.
2003 — Anantara Golden Triangle Elephant Camp & Resort opens in Chiang Rai; the brand reaches Chiang Mai.
2006 — First Maldives property opens: Anantara Dhigu, South Malé Atoll; Anantara Maia Seychelles (then Maia Luxury Resort) opens.
2007 — Anantara Veli Maldives Resort opens as an adults-only overwater concept in South Malé Atoll.
2008 — First UAE property: Anantara Desert Islands Resort on Sir Bani Yas Island, Abu Dhabi's largest natural island.
2009 — Qasr Al Sarab Desert Resort by Anantara opens in the Liwa Desert (Rub' al Khali); Anantara Seminyak Bali opens.
2011 — Anantara Kihavah Maldives Villas opens in UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Baa Atoll; Sir Bani Yas island cluster completes.
2011–12 — Brand enters Abu Dhabi (Eastern Mangroves), Mozambique (Bazaruto Island) and Sri Lanka.
2013 — Brand enters Cambodia (Angkor) and Malaysia; Anantara The Palm Dubai Resort opens.
2014 — Anantara Al Jabal Al Akhdar Resort opens on Oman's Saiq Plateau at 2,000 m, confirmed as the highest five-star resort in the Middle East.
2015 — Anantara enters European resort markets via Vilamoura, Portugal.
2018 — Minor Hotels acquires majority stake in NH Hotel Group, adding European city hotels to Minor's global portfolio.
2019 — Anantara Iko Mauritius Resort & Villas opens on Blue Bay Marine Park; Anantara Chiang Mai repositions from The Chedi.
2020 — Maia Luxury Seychelles rebrands as Anantara Maia Seychelles Villas; brand enters Vietnam (Mui Ne first, 2011; Quy Nhon 2018).
2022 — Anantara Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky Amsterdam rebrands from NH Collection (22 April 2022).
2023 — Anantara Koh Yao Yai Resort & Villas opens; Anantara Mina Al Arab Ras Al Khaimah opens with UAE's first Anantara overwater villas; Anantara Convento di Amalfi takes over a 13th-century monastery.
2024 — Brand passes 50 properties milestone; Anantara Plaza Nice opens on the Riviera; Anantara Ubud Bali Resort opens (October); Anantara Eastern Mangroves Abu Dhabi closes and begins conversion to LXR Hotels & Resorts.
2025 — Anantara Jewel Bagh Jaipur opens, brand's first India property (February); 11 Anantara properties hold MICHELIN Keys across seven countries; Anantara Siam Bangkok begins USD 50 million phased transformation; Layan Life by Anantara medical wellness retreat in Phuket celebrates first anniversary.
2026 — Anantara Kafue River Tented Camp (Zambia) opens April, brand's first safari tented camp; Anantara Vacation Club portfolio rebranded to Minor Vacation Club (May); Anantara Bandar Al Khairan (Oman) expected; Caribbean debut announced for Turks and Caicos.

The houses to know

Anantara Palais Hansen Vienna, Vienna, Austria — The hotel is in Vienna, Austria.
Anantara Villa Padierna Palace Marbella, Marbella, Spain — The hotel is in Marbella, Spain.
Anantara Palazzo Naiadi Rome, Rome, Italy — Gaetano Koch’s neoclassical palazzo follows the curve of Piazza della Repubblica above the ancient Baths of Diocletian.
Anantara New York Palace Budapest, Budapest, Hungary — Alajos Hauszmann’s 1894 palace gives the hotel and its celebrated café a richly detailed Budapest setting.
Anantara Maia Seychelles Villas, Mahé, Seychelles — A 30-villa peninsula retreat with no lobby, every arrival is direct to the villa.
Anantara Kalutara Resort, Kalutara, Sri Lanka — Geoffrey Bawa’s final completed work shapes the resort at Kalutara.
Anantara Golden Triangle Elephant Camp & Resort, Chiang Rai, Thailand — Where Thailand, Myanmar, and Laos converge: 77 rooms at the Mekong confluence, anchored by a genuine elephant conservation research programme that has rescued animals since 2006.
Anantara Mina Al Arab Ras Al Khaimah Resort, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates — The hotel is in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates.
Qasr Al Sarab Desert Resort by Anantara, Liwa, United Arab Emirates — A fortress-hotel in one of the world's largest sand deserts, 2.5 hours from Abu Dhabi city.
Anantara Siam Bangkok Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand — The Bangkok hotel is undergoing an announced transformation.

Newest openings

Anantara Ubud Bali Resort — Payangan, Bali, Indonesia — opened October 2024 — 85 suites and villas cascading down a forested valley 10 km north of Ubud's cultural centre, the brand's second Bali address and one of the most recent international-brand openings in the Ubud highlands
Anantara Jewel Bagh Jaipur Hotel — Jaipur, Rajasthan, India — opened February 2025 — 150 rooms and suites in a palace-inspired property 19 km from Jaipur International Airport, marking the brand's debut in India and the start of Minor Hotels' target of 50 properties in the country over the next decade.
Anantara Kafue River Tented Camp — Kafue National Park, Zambia — opened April 2026 — the brand's first safari tented camp: 10 villas and 3 Horizon Terrace Suites raised 3.5 m on rosewood platforms above the Kafue River, with interiors by South Africa's MRS studio; a 515 m² Presidential Villa includes a private boat dock

Opening next

Anantara Bandar Al Khairan Resort — Muscat, Oman — expected 2026 — confirmed; 121 rooms, chalets and villas on the Omani coast 45 minutes from Muscat International Airport, with 5 restaurants/bars including beachfront and rooftop venues
Anantara Royal Vila Viçosa Resort — Alentejo, Portugal — expected 2026 — confirmed; conversion of a 16th-century monastery set among olive groves and vineyards, the brand's second Portugal property
Anantara Sharjah Resort — Sharjah, UAE — announced; beachfront on the Arabian Gulf 30 minutes from Dubai International Airport
Anantara Dragon Seseh Bali Resort & Residences — Seseh, Bali, Indonesia — announced; north of Canggu on dramatic black sand coast