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Renaissance hotels

Local Navigators lead guests beyond the lobby to the neighborhood's bars, galleries and stories.

Renaissance makes local discovery part of a full-service hotel stay, with its Navigators helping guests find neighborhood bars, galleries, and other places to explore. The brand began within Ramada in 1981 and joined Marriott in 1997, developing into a more individual, sociable collection over the years that followed.

43 Renaissance hotels in 14 countries on the Luxury Hotels Atlas, each placed on the six LHA Tiers.

Owned by Marriott International
Worldwide: A massive global footprint of over 170 hotels across dozens of countries; the Luxury Hotels Atlas tracks only a curated, 6-property slice of its most premium luxury-leaning addresses.
On the atlas: 3 Core Luxury, 25 Accessible Luxury, 15 Near Luxury

History

Ramada launched Renaissance as a more ambitious hotel line before New World Development made it a separate international brand. Marriott’s 1997 acquisition brought that network into its own growing family. Later design changes and the Navigator program gave Renaissance a stronger connection to the neighborhoods around its hotels.

Timeline

1981 — Ramada Inns launches "Ramada Renaissance" as its upscale business and resort division, opening the first property in Aurora, Colorado (a hotel now operating as a Radisson).
1989 — Ramada's hotel and restaurant business is sold to Hong Kong-based New World Development for $540 million; New World splits Renaissance off into its own independent chain, separate from Ramada and its New World Hotels line.
1997 — Marriott International outbids the rapidly expanding Doubletree Corporation, paying $1 billion to acquire Renaissance Hotel Group N.V. from New World Development, at the time 150 hotels in 38 countries, giving Marriott its first hotels in Japan, China, Russia, India, and Turkey in the company's 40-year history.
2004 — Marriott sells the Ramada International brand, which had come bundled into the Renaissance deal, to Cendant Corporation (now Wyndham), completing the untangling of the old Ramada-Renaissance family tree.
2011 — Renaissance launches the Navigator program, replacing the traditional concierge desk with staff trained to build guests a personalized, off-guidebook itinerary of neighborhood bars, shops, and events at each of the brand's then-145 hotels worldwide.
2012 — The brand relaunches its identity around two flagship openings, the Renaissance Paris Arc de Triomphe and Renaissance New York Hotel 57, backed by a $2 billion wave of owner and franchisee renovations across the portfolio.
2019 — Renaissance debuts its "Discover This Way" campaign and a new visual identity on the brand's eighth annual Global Day of Discovery, formalizing three pillars, Evenings, Theatrical Design, and Neighborhood Connections, across some 160 hotels in more than 35 countries.

The houses to know

Renaissance Birmingham Ross Bridge Golf Resort & Spa, Hoover, United States — Turreted stonework gives the resort a Scottish-castle atmosphere on Alabama’s Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.
Renaissance Taipei Shihlin Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan — An urban sanctuary wrapped in the lush greenery of Mount Qianshan.
Renaissance Barcelona Fira Hotel, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain — Jean Nouvel’s contrasting towers give the hotel a distinctive place beside Fira de Barcelona.
Renaissance Tampa International Plaza Hotel, Tampa, United States — A Mediterranean-styled oasis in the heart of the Westshore business district.
Renaissance Shoals Resort & Spa, Florence, United States — Renaissance Shoals Resort & Spa looks over the Tennessee River in Florence, 196 rooms, each with a private balcony toward Wilson Dam.
The Battle House Renaissance Mobile Hotel & Spa, Mobile, United States — The hotel is in Mobile, United States.
Renaissance Downtown Hotel Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates — The hotel is in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Renaissance Cairo Mirage City Hotel, New Cairo, Egypt — The hotel is in New Cairo, Egypt.
Renaissance Naples Hotel Mediterraneo, Naples, Italy — The hotel is in Naples, Italy.
Renaissance Lucerne Hotel, Lucerne, Switzerland — The hotel is in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Newest openings

The brand opens properties constantly worldwide, though none in the strict upper-tier slice tracked by the atlas have debuted in the last 24 months.

Opening next

No upcoming openings were confirmed for the Atlas’s selected Renaissance hotels in the sources reviewed through mid-2026.

Every Renaissance hotel on the atlas

Algeria

Renaissance Tlemcen Hotel — Tlemcen · Accessible Luxury

Austria

Renaissance Vienna Schönbrunn Hotel — Vienna · Near Luxury

Egypt

Renaissance Cairo Mirage City Hotel — New Cairo · Accessible Luxury

Hong Kong

Renaissance Hong Kong Harbour View Hotel — Hong Kong · Accessible Luxury

Japan

Renaissance Resort Okinawa — Onna · Accessible Luxury

Spain

Renaissance Barcelona Fira Hotel — L'Hospitalet de Llobregat · Core Luxury

Switzerland

Renaissance Lucerne Hotel — Lucerne · Accessible Luxury

Taiwan

Renaissance Taipei Shihlin Hotel — Taipei · Core Luxury

Thailand

Renaissance Pattaya Resort & Spa — Pattaya · Accessible Luxury

Turkey

Renaissance Izmir Hotel — Alsancak · Accessible Luxury

United Arab Emirates

Renaissance Downtown Hotel Dubai — Dubai · Accessible Luxury

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