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Montage hotels

Resorts make room for family life, with children earning badges for exploring the surroundings.

Montage creates destination resorts with the comfort of a private residence and the attentiveness of a full-service hotel. The collection places architecture, substantial spas, and food rooted in the surrounding region at the center of the stay, with residences extending that sense of home at several addresses.

9 Montage hotels in 3 countries on the Luxury Hotels Atlas (1 not open yet), each placed on the six LHA Tiers.

• Owned by Montage International
• Worldwide: 6 operating resorts across the United States and Mexico as of May 2026; Montage Cay, Montage Punta Mita, Montage Valle de Guadalupe, and Montage Ras El Hekma are announced future resorts, while co-located branded residences remain outside the hotel count. Montage company announcement
• On the atlas: 7 Grand Luxury, 1 High Luxury, 1 Core Luxury

History

Alan Fuerstman brought experience from Marriott, The Phoenician, and Bellagio into Montage’s founding. The collection developed through individual resorts with a close relationship to their surroundings. Later investment supported an international chapter, with Egypt announced as a new setting beyond North America and the Caribbean.

Timeline

• 2002 — Alan J. Fuerstman, formerly opening VP of Hotel Operations at Bellagio, previously President & MD of The Phoenician, founds Montage Hotels & Resorts in Orange County, California, with backing from Ohana Real Estate Investors and eBay founder Pierre Omidyar's family office.
• 2003 — Montage Laguna Beach opens on a 30-acre coastal bluff in South Laguna, a former mobile-home park site, designed by Hill Glazier Architects as a California Craftsman resort; becomes the brand's founding flagship.
• 2005 — Spa Montage Laguna Beach becomes the first spa anywhere to receive a Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star rating, a distinction it has held continuously ever since, the longest-running Five-Star spa in the world.
• 2008 — Montage Beverly Hills opens on Canon Drive in the Golden Triangle, designed by Robert AM Stern Architects as a Spanish Colonial Revival building with interiors by Waldo Fernandez.
• 2010 — Montage Deer Valley opens ski-in/ski-out at Empire Pass in Park City, Utah, the brand's first mountain-resort property.
• 2014 — Montage Kapalua Bay opens on Maui's northwest coast on the site of the original 1978 Kapalua Bay Hotel, with 50 all-suite oceanfront accommodations.
• 2015 — Pendry Hotels & Resorts founded by Michael Fuerstman as a contemporary-luxury sibling brand within Montage International.
• 2016 — The 150-room Inn expansion at Montage Palmetto Bluff completes, bringing the Lowcountry resort to 200 total guest accommodations across cottages and the new Inn building, designed by Hart Howerton, HKS Hill Glazier Studio, and Wilson & Associates.
• 2018 — Montage Los Cabos opens on Santa María Bay, one of the only government-protected marine sanctuaries on the Los Cabos Corridor, in a 39-acre compound designed by Olson Kundig.
• 2019 — Montage Beverly Hills sold for approximately $415 million, at the time a record per-room price in California, to London-based Maybourne Hotel Group (operators of Claridge's, The Connaught, and The Berkeley); Ohana Real Estate Investors is the seller.
• 2020 — Montage Beverly Hills formally rebranded as The Maybourne Beverly Hills under Maybourne ownership from May 28, 2020. Montage Healdsburg opens on 258 oak-covered acres in Sonoma County.
• 2021 — Montage Big Sky opens in December in the Spanish Peaks Mountain Club in Montana, 150 rooms and suites with ski-in/ski-out access to one of North America's largest ski mountains.
• 2022 — Montage Palmetto Bluff reaches its full 200-room buildout with the grand debut of all phases including the new Inn, Spa Montage, and updated dining program.
• 2023 — Montage Deer Valley completes an extensive renovation of all guestrooms, suites, and dining outlets, new designs by BraytonHughes Design Studios (rooms) and Denton House Design Studio (restaurants); celebrates the brand's 20th anniversary.
• 2024 — Montage Big Sky earns its inaugural Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star rating in February 2024, completing a clean sweep across all seven operating Montage properties and giving the brand its claim as the world's only all-Five-Star hotel brand.
• 2024 — Montage International receives a strategic investment from Luxor Capital Group, with additional commitments from funds managed by Goldman Sachs Asset Management and BlackRock, announced February 26, 2024; Ohana Real Estate Investors exits. The capital is directed toward international expansion for both Montage and Pendry.
• 2025 — Montage and Pendry Punta Mita break ground (March 13, 2025) in partnership with DINE and LCA Capital on Mexico's Riviera Nayarit; both resorts targeted for 2027 opening. Montage Cay, the brand's first private-island resort, opens in the Abacos, Bahamas.
• 2025 — Montage Laguna Beach refreshes Mosaic Pool with new Italian ceramic pool deck and eleven cabanas (May 2025); signature restaurant Studio reopens as Studio Mediterranean with a new identity and interior (June 2025).
• 2025 — Investor Kemmons Wilson acquires the residences and hotel at Montage Kapalua Bay; management dispute leads Montage International to withdraw.
• 2025 — Montage Valle de Guadalupe announced (December 17, 2025) within the Bruma Wine Estate in Baja California, 62 guestrooms, opening targeted for 2028; partners Thor Urbana and Life Properties International.
• 2026 — Montage Kapalua Bay officially transitions to Marriott International management on March 14, 2026 and is rebranded as The Resort at Kapalua Bay, with a planned further rebadge to St. Regis in 2027.
• 2026 — MODON partners with Montage for Montage Ras El Hekma on Egypt's Mediterranean coast, 200 guestrooms, the brand's first Africa/Middle East property; announced May 2026.

The houses to know

1. Montage Los Cabos, Los Cabos, Mexico — Forbes Five-Star on a government-protected marine bay; the highest-ranked Montage in global hotel indices.
2. Montage Healdsburg, Healdsburg, United States — Robert Glazier designed the resort’s 130 bungalows across 258 oak-covered hillside acres, opening in December 2020.
3. Montage Laguna Beach, Laguna Beach, United States — The founding flagship: California Craftsman resort on a 30-acre coastal bluff, Forbes Five-Star continuously since 2004.
4. Montage Palmetto Bluff, Bluffton, United States — Note: Entries 8–9 below cover the two remaining current-roster properties.
5. Montage Deer Valley, Park City, United States — A ski-in/ski-out mid-mountain lodge at Empire Pass, 35,000 square feet of spa, every room refreshed in 2023, and the quiet confidence of a property that has done mountain luxury for fifteen years.
6. Montage Big Sky, Big Sky, United States — The youngest Montage mountain lodge, Forbes Five-Star within three full operating seasons, already bearing the full weight of the brand's standards.
7. Montage Kapalua Bay, Lahaina, United States — Departed the Montage system March 14, 2026; included for historical completeness and recent context.
8. Montage Cay, Abaco, Bahamas — The brand's first private island and first Caribbean property, opened 2025.

Opening next

• Montage Punta Mita — Punta Mita, Nayarit, Mexico — expected 2027 — under construction; groundbreaking March 13, 2025 in partnership with DINE and LCA Capital. Located on a 63-acre oceanfront site within the 1,500-acre gated Punta Mita peninsula, 45 minutes from Puerto Vallarta International. 145 guestrooms and 62 Montage Residences; architecture by Bernardi + Peschard Arquitectura, Idea Asociados, and Girvin Associates. Amenities include Spa Montage, farm-to-table signature restaurant, family and resort pools, Compass Sports center, and the Paintbox children's program. Pendry Punta Mita (125 guestrooms, 32 residences) will open simultaneously on the same peninsula.
• Montage Valle de Guadalupe — Valle de Guadalupe, Baja California, Mexico — expected 2028 — announced December 17, 2025; partners Thor Urbana and Life Properties International. Set within the Bruma Wine Estate in a valley that produces approximately 90% of all Mexican wine and hosts more than 150 wineries. 62 guestrooms and a limited collection of Montage Residences; amenities include Spa Montage, signature restaurant, equestrian facility, 3,800 sq. ft. of event space, and a wine club and vintner programme. Would be Montage International's fifth Mexican property.
• Montage Ras El Hekma — Ras El Hekma, Egypt — expected TBD (currently under development) — announced May 2026 in partnership with Egyptian developer MODON; 200 guestrooms and suites on Egypt's Mediterranean coast within the Ras El Hekma master-planned city. Montage's first property in Africa and the Middle East, and the brand's first branded-residences project in the region.
• Montage Cay (resort portion) — Abaco Islands, Bahamas — the hotel component opened in 2025; the full residential community remains in active sales, with the complete resort expected to reach full operation in 2026 per the developer's public statements.

Every Montage hotel on the atlas

United States

• Montage Big Sky — Big Sky · Grand Luxury
• Montage Deer Valley — Park City · Grand Luxury
• Montage Healdsburg — Healdsburg · Grand Luxury
• Montage Kapalua Bay — Lahaina · Grand Luxury
• Montage Laguna Beach — Laguna Beach · Grand Luxury
• Montage Palmetto Bluff — Bluffton · Grand Luxury

Mexico

• Montage Los Cabos — Los Cabos · Grand Luxury
• Montage Punta Mita — Punta Mita · Core Luxury · Opening soon

Bahamas

• Montage Cay — Abaco · High Luxury

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