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FIVE Hotels & Resorts hotels
Pool decks, restaurants and clubs make Dubai resort life run to a soundtrack day and night.
FIVE builds the stay around music, restaurants, pool decks, and nightlife, with an energy that continues from daytime into the evening. Founded by Kabir Mulchandani in Dubai, the brand treats the hotel as a place to join the scene as well as spend the night.
4 FIVE Hotels & Resorts hotels in 2 countries on the Luxury Hotels Atlas, each placed on the six LHA Tiers.
- Owned by FIVE Holdings
- On the atlas: 3 Core Luxury, 1 Accessible Luxury
History
Kabir Mulchandani put restaurants, music, and nightlife at the center of FIVE’s development. The Palm Jumeirah and FIVE LUXE hotels gave that approach substantial Dubai settings, while the 2023 Pacha acquisition extended the group further into entertainment. Environmental certification and green-power commitments developed alongside that lively identity.
Timeline
- 2004 — Kabir Mulchandani enters Dubai real estate during the pre-crash boom.
- 2013 — Mulchandani founds SKAI Holdings, acquiring the plot for what becomes FIVE Palm Jumeirah.
- 2014 — SKAI acquires the site for FIVE Jumeirah Village Circle.
- 2016 — Presales of FIVE Palm Jumeirah's residential and hotel units reach USD 680.5 million.
- 2017 — FIVE Palm Jumeirah opens 31 March as Viceroy Palm Jumeirah Dubai under a third-party management contract; within months FIVE Holdings terminates Viceroy's management and relaunches the 477-key resort under its own name that October; SKAI Holdings rebrands entirely to FIVE.
- 2019 — FIVE Jumeirah Village Circle opens 2 September as a 244-metre, 57-storey tower combining hotel rooms with 254 hotel apartments and 269 private pools.
- 2020 — FIVE Holdings acquires the bankrupt former Sheraton/Atlantis by Giardino property on Zurich's Uetliberg.
- 2022 — FIVE Zurich opens in July, the brand's first European and first non-UAE property, and Switzerland's only LEED Platinum-certified hotel.
- 2023 — FIVE LUXE JBR opens on Jumeirah Beach Residence, a roughly USD 1.06 billion, 55-storey tower with a cascading terraced infinity-pool façade and an offshore geodesic nightclub dome; the same year, FIVE Holdings acquires The Pacha Group (Pacha Ibiza nightclub and the Destino Ibiza resort) for roughly EUR 302.5 million, bringing FIVE into global nightlife ownership.
- 2025 — FIVE Zurich earns a MICHELIN One Key; FIVE Palm Jumeirah wins Dubai's Leading Luxury Hotel Villa at the World Travel Awards; FIVE Holdings completes a USD 460 million revolving-credit refinancing explicitly earmarked to fund expansion into the U.S. and Asia.
- 2026 — Pacha New York opens in summer as FIVE's first U.S. venture, extending the FIVE ecosystem (hospitality, F&B, real estate, nightlife) to a fourth global hub alongside Dubai, Zurich, and Ibiza; by this point FIVE reports having welcomed 14.3 million F&B guests and 5.8 million hotel guests from 179 nationalities since 2017.
The houses to know
- FIVE LUXE JBR Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates — The hotel brings FIVE’s beachfront style to Jumeirah Beach Residence.
- FIVE Palm Jumeirah Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates — Opened as a Viceroy in March 2017 and re-flagged FIVE within months, the property that gave the brand its name and its party-hotel identity.
- FIVE Jumeirah Village Circle Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates — The circular 57-storey tower rises 244 metres and includes 269 private pools, many within its balconies.
- FIVE Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland — The 1970 modernist landmark reopened as FIVE Zurich with LEED Platinum certification.
Newest openings
- FIVE LUXE JBR Dubai — Dubai, UAE — opened 2023 — a roughly USD 1.06 billion, 55-storey tower on Jumeirah Beach Residence, one of the most expensive single hotels ever built in Dubai; its beachfront face steps down through a cascade of terraced, palm-lined infinity pools rather than a single rooftop pool, and an offshore geodesic dome nicknamed the "Pearl of Dubai" houses a purpose-built outpost of Ibiza nightlife import Lio. Achieved a LEED v4 BD+C Platinum rating (89 points) despite its mega-scale footprint; its branded residence tower, Sensoria, sold units above AED 6,200 per square foot.
- Pacha New York — New York City, USA — opened summer 2026 — FIVE's first venture on U.S. soil, and the opening move of the group's American expansion; brings the 55-year-old Ibiza nightclub brand (acquired by FIVE in 2023) to Manhattan ahead of any FIVE-branded hotel in the market.
Opening next
- U.S. and Asia expansion (hotels) — no confirmed sites announced publicly as of mid-2026 — funded by the September 2025 USD 460 million revolving-credit refinancing explicitly earmarked for expansion beyond the UAE and Europe; Pacha New York is the first visible step, with FIVE-branded hotel announcements expected to follow the nightlife rollout in the group's established sequencing.
- Potential IPO — Mulchandani has stated an intention to list FIVE Holdings, initially targeting 2025, with Dubai, the U.S., and Europe all under consideration as listing venues; not yet executed as of mid-2026.
Every FIVE Hotels & Resorts hotel on the atlas
United Arab Emirates
- FIVE Jumeirah Village Circle Dubai — Dubai · Core Luxury
- FIVE LUXE JBR Dubai — Dubai · Core Luxury
- FIVE Palm Jumeirah Dubai — Dubai · Core Luxury
Switzerland
- FIVE Zurich — Zurich · Accessible Luxury
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