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Kimpton hotels

Boutique hotels make room for pets, local restaurants and an evening social hour among guests.

Kimpton brings a sociable, personal approach to boutique hotels, with distinctive interiors, locally rooted restaurants, and a welcoming attitude to pets. Now part of IHG, the brand keeps a recognizable spirit across individual buildings, offering a relaxed way into its cities and resort destinations.

97 Kimpton hotels in 22 countries on the Luxury Hotels Atlas (9 not open yet), each placed on the six LHA Tiers.

• Owned by IHG Hotels & Resorts
• Worldwide: 87 open hotels and 17,108 rooms across more than 20 countries, with 67 further hotels in the pipeline (figures as at 31 March 2026, per the IHG brand portfolio page)
• On the atlas: 1 Grand Luxury, 6 High Luxury, 25 Core Luxury, 51 Accessible Luxury, 14 Near Luxury

History

Bill Kimpton opened the first hotel in San Francisco in 1981, with individual design and an informal welcome at the heart of the idea. Evening social hours, pet-friendly stays, and ambitious restaurants became familiar parts of the experience. IHG’s 2015 acquisition supported an international chapter while retaining that sociable personality.

Timeline

• 1928 — The Sir Francis Drake Hotel opens on Union Square in San Francisco, later to become Kimpton's most storied flagship property until its 2021 sale.
• 1981 — Bill Kimpton founds Kimpton Hotels in San Francisco, creating the boutique-hotel concept in the United States with a personalised, design-forward approach that upended the convention-hotel model.
• 1993 — Bill Kimpton rescues the Sir Francis Drake Hotel from financial difficulty, forming an investment partnership that acquires the property for $22 million, undertakes a full renovation, and renames it the Kimpton Sir Francis Drake Hotel.
• 1998 — Kimpton opens Hotel Monaco San Francisco, launching the Monaco sub-brand that would become a nationwide urban boutique flagship series.
• 2002 — Kimpton Hotel Monaco Washington D.C. opens in the historic former General Post Office building (designed 1839), which Condé Nast Traveler names one of the 80 best new hotels in the world in 2003.
• 2005 — Kimpton expands its Hotel Palomar and Hotel Monaco flags into additional major U.S. cities, cementing its position as the leading domestic boutique-hotel operator.
• 2015 — IHG acquires Kimpton for $430 million, bringing the brand into a global luxury-and-lifestyle platform and accelerating international expansion while deliberately preserving its independent personality.
• 2016 — Kimpton Seafire Resort + Spa opens in Grand Cayman, the brand's first hotel outside the United States, marking the start of international expansion.
• 2017 — Kimpton De Witt opens in Amsterdam, becoming the brand's first European property and establishing a template for adaptive-reuse conversions in major European cities.
• 2018 — Kimpton Fitzroy London opens in the restored Victorian Gothic Russell Hotel building; the brand makes its U.K. debut with Fitzroy in London and two further signings in Manchester and Edinburgh.
• 2019 — Kimpton Charlotte Square opens in Edinburgh, completing the brand's initial U.K. city-centre trio.
• 2020 — Kimpton Maa-Lai Bangkok opens, the brand's Asia debut, along with Kimpton Clocktower Hotel Manchester; the brand's international footprint broadens substantially in a single year.
• 2021 — Kimpton Sir Francis Drake Hotel is sold to Northview Hotel Group; Kimpton's management of the property ends April 1, 2021.
• 2022 — Kimpton Margot Sydney opens (February 2022) as Australia's first Kimpton; Kimpton Kitalay Samui opens as the brand's first Southeast Asian resort; Kimpton Aysla Mallorca follows in October as a Mediterranean wellness resort; Kimpton Qiantan Shanghai marks the brand's first step into mainland China.
• 2022 — Kimpton Hotel Monaco Chicago is sold to Lotte Hotels & Resorts, which plans to reopen it under its L7 lifestyle brand.
• 2024 — Kimpton BEM Budapest opens (July 2024) in a 19th-century mansion; Kimpton Las Mercedes opens in Santo Domingo (summer 2024), the brand's Dominican Republic debut; Kimpton Virgilio opens in Mexico City (February 2024).
• 2025 — Kimpton Main Frankfurt opens (May 2025) as the brand's Germany debut; Kimpton KAFD Riyadh opens (August 2025) as its first Middle East hotel; Kimpton Atlântico Algarve, Kimpton Los Monteros Marbella, and Kimpton Naluria Kuala Lumpur all open during the year. IHG signs Kimpton Al Rowda Doha for a mid-2026 opening, the Qatar and Gulf debut.
• 2026 — Kimpton Era Midtown New York opens (March 2026, 529 rooms); Kimpton Ashbel New York – Park Avenue follows in April (205 rooms in a 1928 Beaux-Arts landmark). Kimpton Marrakech is signed for a Q4 2026 opening.

The houses to know

1. Kimpton Seafire Resort + Spa, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands — The clearest statement of Kimpton resort luxury, on Seven Mile Beach.
2. Kimpton Maa-Lai Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand — The hotel brings Kimpton’s informal city-hotel style to Bangkok.
3. Kimpton BEM Budapest, Budapest, Hungary — A MICHELIN Key boutique in a 19th-century mansion on the Danube.
4. Kimpton Kitalay Samui, Koh Samui, Thailand — Kimpton's first Southeast Asian resort, on Choeng Mon Beach.
5. Kimpton Charlotte Square Hotel, Edinburgh, United Kingdom — Seven Georgian townhouses give the hotel an intimate architectural setting on Edinburgh’s Charlotte Square.
6. Kimpton Aysla Mallorca, Mallorca, Spain — Kimpton's Mediterranean wellness resort in Santa Ponsa.
7. Kimpton Los Monteros Marbella, Marbella, Spain — A full revival of one of Marbella's celebrated coastal addresses.
8. Kimpton Rowan Palm Springs, Palm Springs, United States — The hotel opened on 17 November 2017 as a new tower in downtown Palm Springs.
9. Kimpton Da An Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan — Neri&Hu drew on Taipei’s alleyways and layered façades for the hotel’s design.
10. Kimpton Grand Roatán, Roatán, Honduras — The first internationally branded resort on Roatán sits on West Bay Beach, the white-sand reef shore of the Honduran Bay Islands.

Newest openings

• Kimpton Ashbel New York – Park Avenue — New York, United States — opened April 2026 — 205 rooms in a reimagined 1928 Beaux-Arts landmark at 70 Park Avenue, steps from Grand Central Station; the brand's second Manhattan flagship alongside the nearby Kimpton Era Midtown, marking a concentrated U.S. urban investment.
• Kimpton Era Midtown New York — New York, United States — opened March 2026 — 529 rooms with four restaurant-and-bar concepts (including Rocco DiSpirito's Bar Rocco and a rooftop Asian izakaya), designed by SLCE Architects and INC Architecture & Design; the largest new Kimpton in recent memory and the brand's most ambitious single F&B opening.
• Kimpton KAFD Riyadh — Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — opened August 2025 — 212 rooms, four dining venues (Botanica, Ziya, Kanza, The Vinyl Ember), rooftop pool; the brand's first hotel in the Middle East, located in the King Abdullah Financial District.
• Kimpton Main Frankfurt — Frankfurt, Germany — opened May 2025 — 155 rooms with Bauhaus-inspired design by Waldo Works' Tom Bartlett, inside the FOUR Frankfurt development on the preserved neoclassical facade of the former Deutsche Bank headquarters; the brand's Germany debut and its most explicitly design-theory-led European property.

Opening next

• Kimpton Al Rowda Doha — Doha, Qatar — expected mid-2026 — 283 keys with five dining and lounge venues and a rooftop bar; the brand's Qatar and Gulf debut, confirmed by franchise agreement with local operator.
• Kimpton Marrakech — Marrakech, Morocco — expected Q4 2026 — 67 rooms; the brand's first property in Morocco and Africa, signed with Sirayane Hospitality.
• Kimpton Dubai — Dubai, UAE — expected 2026 — confirmed (announced alongside Doha signing; Jeddah to follow).
• Kimpton Onyria Quinta da Marinha Cascais — Cascais, Portugal — expected 2026 — announced; beachside resort positioning on the Atlantic coast.

Every Kimpton hotel on the atlas

United States

• Armory Hotel Bozeman — Bozeman · Core Luxury
• Hotel Van Zandt — Austin · Core Luxury
• Kimpton Gray Hotel — Chicago · Core Luxury
• Kimpton Hotel Arras — Asheville · Core Luxury
• Kimpton Hotel Monaco Pittsburgh — Pittsburgh · Core Luxury
• Kimpton Pittman Hotel — Dallas · Core Luxury
• Kimpton Rowan Palm Springs — Palm Springs · Core Luxury
• Kimpton Vero Beach Hotel & Spa — Vero Beach · Core Luxury
• Kimpton Aertson Hotel — Nashville · Accessible Luxury
• Kimpton Canary Hotel — Santa Barbara · Accessible Luxury
• Kimpton Cardinal Hotel — Winston-Salem · Accessible Luxury
• Kimpton Cottonwood — Omaha · Accessible Luxury
• Kimpton Epic Hotel — Miami · Accessible Luxury
• Kimpton Everly Hotel — Los Angeles · Accessible Luxury
• Kimpton George Hotel — Washington, D.C. · Accessible Luxury
• Kimpton Harper Hotel — Fort Worth · Accessible Luxury
• Kimpton Hotel Enso — San Francisco · Accessible Luxury
• Kimpton Hotel Eventi — New York City · Accessible Luxury
• Kimpton Hotel Fontenot — New Orleans · Accessible Luxury
• Kimpton Hotel Monaco Denver — Denver · Accessible Luxury
• Kimpton Hotel Monaco Philadelphia — Philadelphia · Accessible Luxury
• Kimpton Hotel Monaco Portland — Portland · Accessible Luxury
• Kimpton Hotel Monaco Salt Lake City — Salt Lake City · Accessible Luxury
• Kimpton Hotel Monaco Seattle — Seattle · Accessible Luxury
• Kimpton Hotel Palomar Beverly Hills — Los Angeles · Accessible Luxury
• Kimpton Hotel Palomar Philadelphia — Philadelphia · Accessible Luxury
• Kimpton Hotel Palomar Phoenix — Phoenix · Accessible Luxury
• Kimpton Hotel Vintage Portland — Portland · Accessible Luxury
• Kimpton Ink 48 — New York City · Accessible Luxury
• Kimpton Journeyman — Milwaukee · Accessible Luxury
• Kimpton La Peer Hotel — West Hollywood · Accessible Luxury
• Kimpton Marlowe Hotel — Cambridge · Accessible Luxury
• Kimpton Mirador Pacific Grove Monterey — Pacific Grove · Accessible Luxury
• Kimpton Miralina Resort & Villas — Paradise Valley · Accessible Luxury
• Kimpton Palladian Hotel — Seattle · Accessible Luxury
• Kimpton RiverPlace Hotel — Portland · Accessible Luxury
• Kimpton Santo San Antonio - Riverwalk — San Antonio · Accessible Luxury
• Kimpton Sawyer Hotel — Sacramento · Accessible Luxury
• Kimpton Schofield Hotel — Cleveland · Accessible Luxury
• Kimpton Shane Hotel — Atlanta · Accessible Luxury
• Kimpton Shorebreak Resort — Huntington Beach · Accessible Luxury
• Kimpton Taconic Hotel — Manchester · Accessible Luxury
• Kimpton The Forum Hotel — Charlottesville · Accessible Luxury
• Kimpton Tryon Park Hotel — Charlotte · Accessible Luxury
• Kimpton Alton Fisherman's Wharf — San Francisco · Near Luxury
• Kimpton Ashbel New York – Park Avenue — New York City · Near Luxury
• Kimpton Banneker Hotel — Washington, D.C. · Near Luxury
• Kimpton Brice Hotel — Savannah · Near Luxury
• Kimpton Claret Hotel — Denver · Near Luxury
• Kimpton Era Midtown New York — New York City · Near Luxury
• Kimpton Hotel Monaco Baltimore — Baltimore · Near Luxury
• Kimpton Hotel Monaco Washington D.C. — Washington, D.C. · Near Luxury
• Kimpton Hotel Palomar South Beach — Miami Beach · Near Luxury
• Kimpton Hotel Vintage Seattle — Seattle · Near Luxury
• Kimpton Hotel Wilshire — Los Angeles · Near Luxury
• Kimpton Surfcomber Hotel — Miami Beach · Near Luxury
• Kimpton Sylvan Hotel — Buckhead · Near Luxury
• Kimpton Theta New York - Times Square — New York City · Near Luxury

China

• Kimpton Bamboo Grove Suzhou — Suzhou · Core Luxury
• Kimpton Aqeos Hainan — Sanya · Accessible Luxury
• Kimpton Nanjing — Nanjing · Accessible Luxury · Opening soon
• Kimpton Qiantan Shanghai — Shanghai · Accessible Luxury
• Kimpton Xujiahui Shanghai — Shanghai · Accessible Luxury · Opening soon

Thailand

• Kimpton Kitalay Samui — Koh Samui · High Luxury
• Kimpton Maa-Lai Bangkok — Bangkok · High Luxury
• Kimpton Chiang Rai Golden Triangle — Chiang Rai · Accessible Luxury · Opening soon
• Kimpton Hua Hin Resort — Hua Hin · Accessible Luxury · Opening soon
• Kimpton Khao Yai — Khao Yai · Accessible Luxury · Opening soon

United Kingdom

• Kimpton Charlotte Square Hotel — Edinburgh · High Luxury
• Kimpton Blythswood Square Hotel & Spa — Glasgow · Core Luxury
• Kimpton Clocktower Hotel — Manchester · Core Luxury
• Kimpton Fitzroy London — London · Core Luxury

Mexico

• Kimpton Virgilio — Mexico City · Core Luxury
• Kimpton El Castelar Polanco — Mexico City · Accessible Luxury
• Kimpton Tres Ríos Riviera Maya — Playa del Carmen · Accessible Luxury

Spain

• Kimpton Aysla Mallorca — Mallorca · High Luxury
• Kimpton Los Monteros Marbella — Marbella · High Luxury
• Kimpton Vividora Barcelona — Barcelona · Core Luxury

Australia

• Kimpton Margot Sydney — Sydney · Accessible Luxury
• Kimpton Mayfair Adelaide — Adelaide · Accessible Luxury · Opening soon

Malaysia

• Kimpton Kota Kinabalu — Kota Kinabalu · Accessible Luxury · Opening soon
• Kimpton Naluria Kuala Lumpur — Kuala Lumpur · Accessible Luxury

Portugal

• Kimpton Atlântico Algarve — Albufeira · Core Luxury
• Kimpton Quinta da Marinha Cascais — Cascais · Core Luxury · Opening soon

Canada

• Kimpton Saint George — Toronto · Accessible Luxury

Cayman Islands

• Kimpton Seafire Resort + Spa — Grand Cayman · Grand Luxury

Dominican Republic

• Kimpton Las Mercedes — Santo Domingo · Core Luxury

France

• Kimpton St Honoré Paris — Paris · Core Luxury

Germany

• Kimpton Main Frankfurt — Frankfurt · Core Luxury

Honduras

• Kimpton Grand Roatán — Roatán · Core Luxury

Hong Kong

• Kimpton Tsim Sha Tsui — Hong Kong · Core Luxury

Hungary

• Kimpton BEM Budapest — Budapest · High Luxury

Japan

• Kimpton Shinjuku Tokyo — Tokyo · Core Luxury

Morocco

• Kimpton Marrakech — Marrakech · Accessible Luxury · Opening soon

Netherlands

• Kimpton De Witt Amsterdam — Amsterdam · Core Luxury

Saudi Arabia

• Kimpton KAFD Riyadh — Riyadh · Core Luxury

Taiwan

• Kimpton Da An Taipei — Taipei · Core Luxury

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