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Shambhala wellness ties quiet hotels to yoga and mindful eating, from islands to wine country.

COMO brings restrained contemporary design, regional food, and COMO Shambhala wellness to a collection that ranges from private islands to French wine country. Founded by Christina Ong and privately owned within the Singapore-based COMO Group, the hotels share a quiet approach while allowing the setting to shape each stay.

19 COMO Hotels & Resorts hotels in 10 countries on the Luxury Hotels Atlas, each placed on the six LHA Tiers.

• Owned by founder Christina Ong
• Worldwide: 19 hotels and resorts worldwide across 11 countries, spanning Asia-Pacific, Europe, North America, and the Indian and Pacific Oceans — with COMO Shambhala wellness present at 14 of those addresses
• On the atlas: 14 Grand Luxury, 3 High Luxury, 2 Core Luxury

History

Christina Ong established COMO around intimate scale, restrained design, and a sense of being at home. The Halkin’s 1991 brief gave that idea an early London expression. Later hotels brought regional craft and landscapes into a contemporary design language, while COMO Shambhala connected the collection more closely to wellbeing.

Timeline

• 1972 — Christina Ong establishes Club 21 in Singapore, introducing European luxury fashion at Tanglin Shopping Centre and laying the commercial foundation for the COMO Group.
• 1991 — COMO The Halkin opens in Belgravia, London, the brand's first hotel, conceived after Christina Ong could not find accommodation that balanced contemporary design with genuinely intuitive service; interiors by Milanese firm Laboratorio Associati, with a Bauhaus-style mural by painter Valentino Vago dominating the lobby ceiling.
• 1997 — COMO Shambhala founded in Singapore as a small yoga centre, articulating the wellness philosophy that would come to define the group; the word "shambhala" means "peace" in Sanskrit.
• 1998 — COMO Parrot Cay opens on a private island in Turks and Caicos, the brand's first resort and its first foothold in the Caribbean.
• 2002 — COMO Cocoa Island opens in the South Malé Atoll, Maldives, with 33 overwater villas inspired by traditional Maldivian dhoni fishing boats.
• 2004 — Christina Ong acquires the Begawan Giri Estate in Ubud, Bali (first residence built c. 1994), converting the 9.3-hectare jungle property into what would become COMO Shambhala Estate.
• 2005 — COMO Shambhala Estate opens in December as the world's first full-service residential health retreat and holiday resort in one, set above the Ayung River Valley.
• 2007 — COMO Metropolitan Bangkok opens in Sathorn, the brand's first urban property in Asia, now home to nahm by David Thompson.
• 2013 — COMO Point Yamu opens on Cape Yamu, Phuket (December), designed by Jean-Michel Gathy with interiors by Paola Navone reflecting Peranakan coastal culture.
• 2013 — COMO Metropolitan Miami Beach opens at 2445 Collins Avenue, Art Deco District, 74 rooms in a 1939 Albert Anis building, the brand's inaugural U.S. urban hotel.
• 2014 — COMO Maalifushi opens in Thaa Atoll, Maldives, 65 suites and villas in an atoll accessible only by seaplane, with interiors by Koichiro Ikebuchi.
• 2015 — COMO The Treasury opens in Perth's historic State Buildings, 48 rooms in a heritage complex anchoring the CBD.
• 2018 — COMO acquires Castello Del Nero, a 12th-century Tuscan castle near Barberino Tavarnelle, for €39.6 million; a restoration led by Paola Navone is completed in 2019, yielding 50 rooms and Michelin-starred restaurant La Torre.
• 2018 — COMO Uma Canggu opens on Bali's Echo Beach, 119 rooms and suites, the brand's third Bali address and its most surf-centric.
• 2019 — COMO Cocoa Island reopens after a seven-month refurbishment with new interiors by Singapore-based Lekker Architects.
• 2021 — COMO partners with Laucala Island in Fiji (formerly owned by Red Bull co-founder Dietrich Mateschitz), adding 25 ultra-premium residences on 3,000 acres to the portfolio.
• 2023 — COMO Metropolitan Singapore opens in September at COMO Orchard, Orchard Road, 156 rooms with Italian Giorgetti furnishings, the group's first Singapore hotel.
• 2023 — COMO Le Montrachet opens on 15 April in Puligny-Montrachet, Burgundy, 28 rooms in four 19th-century village buildings, with design by Paola Navone and the brand's first France address.
• 2023 — COMO Alpina Dolomites opens in December on the Alpe di Siusi plateau, South Tyrol, 60 rooms on the Seiser Alm, COMO's second Italian property.
• 2024 — COMO Cordeillan-Bages joins the portfolio, a 28-room 19th-century Médoc château in Bages, Pauillac, with restaurant led by Consultant-Chef Fabien Ferré, the youngest chef ever awarded three Michelin stars in France without previously holding a star.
• 2026 — COMO Le Beauvallon announced for April 2026, a Belle Époque palace above the Gulf of Saint-Tropez, culinary direction by Yannick Alléno.

The houses to know

1. COMO Alpina Dolomites, Alpe di Siusi, Italy — Sixty rooms on Europe's largest high-altitude plateau, ski-in/ski-out in winter, hiking in summer, inside a UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site
2. COMO Metropolitan Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand — The hotel is in Bangkok, Thailand.
3. COMO Shambhala Estate, Ubud, Indonesia — COMO's founding wellness statement: a 22-acre jungle retreat above the Ayung River Valley that defined what resort-based holistic health could look like.
4. COMO Castello Del Nero, Barberino Tavarnelle, Italy — The 12th-century Chianti castle retains 18th-century frescoes and includes Michelin-starred dining.
5. COMO The Treasury, Perth, Australia — Forty-eight rooms in a UNESCO-shortlisted heritage precinct, widely regarded as the finest hotel in Western Australia
6. COMO Point Yamu, Phuket, Thailand — Paola Navone's Peranakan-inflected resort perched on Phuket's east coast with 106 rooms and panoramic views across Phang Nga Bay
7. COMO Le Montrachet, Puligny-Montrachet, France — Twenty-eight rooms occupy four 19th-century village buildings close to the Le Montrachet vineyard.
8. COMO Parrot Cay, Parrot Cay, Turks and Caicos Islands — The 1,000-acre private island is reached by boat from Providenciales, with four miles of beach and wellness facilities.
9. COMO Uma Ubud, Ubud, Indonesia — Forty-six suites and pool villas in the cultural heart of Bali, 23 with private plunge pools
10. COMO Uma Canggu, Canggu, Indonesia — COMO's surf-inflected Bali address: 119 rooms on Echo Beach with lagoon-pool views and rooftop penthouses

Newest openings

• COMO Cordeillan-Bages — Pauillac, France — joined portfolio 2024 — A 28-room 19th-century château on Bordeaux's Left Bank, two minutes from Château Lynch-Bages; Consultant-Chef Fabien Ferré leads a restaurant that immediately elevates the address to one of France's most gastronomically serious small hotels; marks COMO's entry into wine-estate hospitality
• COMO Metropolitan Bangkok (redesigned reopening) — Bangkok, Thailand — December 2025 — After a full-property refurbishment (May–July 2025) led by Paola Navone, her second Thailand project for COMO, the 137-room Sathorn hotel re-emerged with redesigned studio and metropolitan rooms; nahm restaurant remained open throughout

Opening next

• COMO Le Beauvallon — Grimaud (Gulf of Saint-Tropez), France — expected April 2026 — A Belle Époque Riviera palace on a 10-acre private estate with 42 individually designed rooms and suites; interiors by Dorothée Delaye; culinary direction by Yannick Alléno (17 Michelin stars); complimentary eight-minute boat transfer to Saint-Tropez port; direct beach access via Beauvallon Sur Mer beach club; €30 million renovation, confirmed opening.
• COMO Melbourne — St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia — date TBD — A nine-floor bluestone development by Kerry Hill Architects with 102 rooms, generous family suites, and 54 private residences; a full floor dedicated to COMO Shambhala therapies; 20-metre indoor lap pool; COMO's first Australian city hotel, confirmed, under construction, part of a A$300 million development.
• COMO Cordeillan-Bages — Pauillac, France — already open (see above).

Every COMO Hotels & Resorts hotel on the atlas

France

• COMO Cordeillan-Bages — Pauillac · Grand Luxury
• COMO Le Montrachet — Puligny-Montrachet · Grand Luxury
• COMO Le Beauvallon — Grimaud · High Luxury

Indonesia

• COMO Shambhala Estate — Ubud · Grand Luxury
• COMO Uma Canggu — Canggu · Grand Luxury
• COMO Uma Ubud — Ubud · Grand Luxury

Bhutan

• COMO Uma Punakha — Punakha · Grand Luxury
• COMO Uma Paro — Paro · High Luxury

Italy

• COMO Alpina Dolomites — Alpe di Siusi · Grand Luxury
• COMO Castello Del Nero — Barberino Tavarnelle · Grand Luxury

Maldives

• COMO Cocoa Island — South Malé Atoll · Grand Luxury
• COMO Maalifushi — Thaa Atoll · Grand Luxury

Thailand

• COMO Metropolitan Bangkok — Bangkok · Grand Luxury
• COMO Point Yamu — Phuket · Grand Luxury

United Kingdom

• COMO Metropolitan London — London · Core Luxury
• COMO The Halkin — London · Core Luxury

Australia

• COMO The Treasury — Perth · Grand Luxury

Singapore

• COMO Metropolitan Singapore — Singapore · High Luxury

Turks and Caicos Islands

• COMO Parrot Cay — Parrot Cay · Grand Luxury

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