Delano Returns to Miami Beach in 2026, with New York and London to Follow

Delano, the design-led brand that helped define South Beach hospitality, is set for a measured return. Ennismore has confirmed that Delano Miami Beach will reopen in early 2026, followed by Delano SoHo New York and Delano London later that year — a trio of openings that re-establishes the name across three of the world’s most scrutinised hotel markets.

The Miami Beach property anchors the announcement, returning to its original Art Deco building with 171 guestrooms and suites, among them Poolside Bungalows and Penthouse Suites. Four restaurant and bar concepts will sit alongside a reimagined Rose Bar, the subterranean room that became shorthand for a certain kind of evening on Collins Avenue. The decision to restore the bar in its original home, rather than reinvent it elsewhere, signals an intent to honour the brand’s heritage rather than simply trade on the name.

In New York, Delano SoHo will take over the property currently operating as The Dominick, a 46-story tower on Spring Street in Hudson Square. With 391 guestrooms and suites, it is by some distance the largest of the three. The design language leans on curved silhouettes, rich textures and expansive event spaces — a vertical interpretation of the brand suited to a downtown address that has shifted, over the past decade, from industrial fringe to one of Manhattan’s more considered neighbourhoods.

London completes the set. Delano London will open in late 2026 near Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park, on a more intimate scale: 67 rooms and suites, a ground-floor restaurant curated by Ennismore’s in-house food and beverage platform, and a subterranean Rose Bar spanning 290 square metres. The Rose Bar’s recreation in both Miami and London is deliberate — a connective thread that gives the brand a recognisable centre of gravity in each city.

The expansion is underpinned by Ennismore’s strategic partnership with Cain, which acquired a minority stake in Delano in 2024. That arrangement supports the New York and Miami projects in particular, and reflects a wider pattern of capital and operating expertise being brought together to revive a brand with strong recognition but, until now, a limited physical footprint.

Creative direction now sits with Ben Pundole, appointed Chief Brand Officer for Delano. His remit covers both the creative identity of the brand and its global growth — a single point of authority that suggests Ennismore wants Delano’s expansion to feel coherent rather than franchised. Wellness offerings and curated retail spaces are being integrated into the guest journey across all properties, a reflection of how the brand intends to extend beyond the bar and the bedroom.

The three 2026 openings are not the whole story. Delano Dubai, which opened in October 2024, already demonstrates the contemporary template: 251 rooms, six restaurant and bar concepts developed with Paris Society, and 250 metres of private beach. Beyond that, the broader pipeline includes signed or negotiated projects in Istanbul, Puglia, Marrakesh and Costa Rica — a spread that pairs established city markets with quieter destinations where the brand’s design sensibility might travel well.

For the discerning traveller, the practical takeaway is straightforward. Three landmark openings are now firmly on the calendar, beginning with Miami Beach in early 2026 and concluding with London in late 2026, with New York between them. Each carries the same design-led intent, the same cultural programming and, in two cases, the same Rose Bar at its heart. Those planning travel around these dates would do well to treat the Miami reopening as the first genuine test of whether the revived Delano can live up to the address that made its name. The context — Ennismore now operates more than 180 hotels across 40-plus countries, with over 140 properties in the pipeline as of mid-2025 — suggests a group with both the scale and the discipline to do so.

Source: Accor