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Chedi Hospitality hotels

Water, stone and timber frame contemplative hotels, from restored Gulf houses to Alpine retreats.

GHM brings a disciplined architectural sensibility to hotels where water, stone, timber, and the surrounding landscape set the mood. Founded by Adrian Zecha and Hans Jenni in 1992, the company is best known for The Chedi, whose name evokes a place of meditation and whose settings now reach from Southeast Asia to the Swiss Alps and Saudi Arabia.

9 Chedi Hospitality hotels in 7 countries on the Luxury Hotels Atlas (2 not open yet), each placed on the six LHA Tiers.

• Independently owned
• Worldwide: 7 operating Chedi hotels as of the mid-2020s, spanning the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt, and Oman in the Middle East plus Switzerland and Montenegro in Europe, with two further Chedi properties under construction in Saudi Arabia; the Luxury Hotels Atlas curates 9 GHM properties across seven countries, including the two Saudi pipeline hotels
• On the atlas: 1 Apex Luxury, 3 Grand Luxury, 3 High Luxury, 2 Core Luxury

History

Adrian Zecha’s work with Regent and Aman informed the design-minded hospitality he developed with Hans Jenni at GHM. The Chedi name moved from its early Southeast Asian settings into the Gulf, Egypt, and the Alps as individual hotels changed hands and identities. The company’s 2025 adoption of Chedi Hospitality marked another chapter in that long evolution.

Timeline

• 1988 — Adrian Zecha opens Amanpuri in Phuket, launching Aman, the venture that established his reputation as a design-led luxury hotelier before GHM existed.
• 1992 — Zecha and Hans Jenni found General Hotel Management (GHM) in Singapore, aiming to build a second stable of individualistic, design-forward Asian luxury hotels distinct from Aman.
• 1993 — GHM opens its first two hotels: The Datai Langkawi in Malaysia and a property in Myanmar, pioneering the brand's "resort as architecture" approach.
• 1995 — The Chedi brand launches with the opening of The Chedi Phuket, establishing the sub-brand name, from the Thai/Balinese word for a place of meditation, that GHM has carried ever since; early Chedi hotels also open in Bali (Ubud) and Chiang Mai.
• 2000 — GHM partners Franky Tjahyadikarta and Mark Edleson take over management of The Chedi Ubud and The Serai Manggis in Indonesia, a transition that leads the following year to their launch of the independent Alila Hotels & Resorts brand, several of GHM's original Bali Chedi properties are subsequently rebranded Alila.
• 2003 — The Chedi Muscat opens in Oman, GHM's first Chedi property outside Asia, and the beginning of the brand's pivot toward the Middle East.
• 2013 — The Chedi Andermatt opens in the Swiss Alps, designed by Jean-Michel Gathy, GHM's first European property and, for many travellers, the brand's modern flagship.
• 2018 — Al Bait Sharjah opens as a GHM-managed heritage hotel inside the restored Heart of Sharjah historic district.
• 2020 — Al Bait Sharjah is renamed The Chedi Al Bait, Sharjah, bringing the Sharjah heritage property formally under the Chedi flag.
• 2021 — The Chedi Luštica Bay opens on Montenegro's Adriatic coast, GHM's second European property.
• 2022 — The Chedi El Gouna opens on Egypt's Red Sea coast after a full renovation of the former Bellevue Beach Hotel, GHM's first African property.
• 2022 — The Chedi Katara Hotel & Resort opens in Doha, Qatar.
• 2025 — GHM rebrands as Chedi Hospitality in March under CEO Stephan Schupbach, signalling an intent to extend the legacy brand beyond hotels into high-end residential and experiential-travel projects; the same year, The Chedi Hegra opens inside the AlUla UNESCO World Heritage Site in Saudi Arabia, GHM's most architecturally significant opening of the decade.

The houses to know

1. The Chedi Andermatt, Andermatt, Switzerland — GHM's modern flagship, a Jean-Michel Gathy-designed alpine resort widely credited with putting the once-sleepy Swiss village of Andermatt back on the luxury map.
2. The Chedi Katara Hotel & Resort, Doha, Qatar — GHM's Qatar flagship, in the Katara Cultural Village district.
3. The Chedi Muscat, Muscat, Oman — GHM's first Chedi hotel outside Asia, opened 2003, and the brand's longest-running Middle East address.
4. The Chedi Al Bait, Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates — The hotel sits within the restored Heart of Sharjah heritage district.
5. The Chedi Luštica Bay, Luštica Bay, Montenegro — GHM's Adriatic coast property, inside the Luštica Bay master-planned marina resort.
6. The Chedi El Gouna, El Gouna, Egypt — GHM's first African property, a full renovation of a former Red Sea beach hotel.
7. The Chedi Hegra, AlUla, Saudi Arabia — The hotel places The Chedi within Saudi Arabia’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Newest openings

• The Chedi Hegra — AlUla, Saudi Arabia — opened 2025 — GHM's flagship opening of the decade, set inside the AlUla UNESCO World Heritage Site, home to Saudi Arabia's first UNESCO-listed site and the ancient Nabataean city of Hegra.

Opening next

• The Chedi Trojena — Trojena, NEOM, Saudi Arabia — expected 2028 (originally targeted for 2026) — a mountain-tourism hotel in the Slope Residences of NEOM's planned Trojena ski destination, overlooking the Lake of Trojena; GHM was announced as Trojena's second hotel management partner. NEOM has since deferred further Trojena investment as part of a broader 2026 strategic review, so the opening date should be treated as unconfirmed.
• The Chedi Wadi Safar — Diriyah, Saudi Arabia — under construction, targeting 2027 — an 85-key luxury resort and villa collection as part of the Diriyah Gate Development Authority's transformation of the historic Diriyah district near Riyadh.

Every Chedi Hospitality hotel on the atlas

Saudi Arabia

• The Chedi Hegra — AlUla · High Luxury
• The Chedi Trojena — Trojena · Core Luxury · Opening soon
• The Chedi Wadi Safar — Diriyah · Core Luxury · Opening soon

Egypt

• The Chedi El Gouna — El Gouna · High Luxury

Montenegro

• The Chedi Luštica Bay — Luštica Bay · High Luxury

Oman

• The Chedi Muscat — Muscat · Grand Luxury

Qatar

• The Chedi Katara Hotel & Resort — Doha · Grand Luxury

Switzerland

• The Chedi Andermatt — Andermatt · Apex Luxury

United Arab Emirates

• The Chedi Al Bait, Sharjah — Sharjah · Grand Luxury

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