Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants announced on Wednesday that it signed an agreement with Dart Realty to manage a 263-room hotel on Seven Mile Beach in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, set to open in 2016.
The hotel marks the San Francisco-based Kimpton’s first in the Caribbean. The hotel will be designed by SB Architects with interiors by Powerstrip Studio and Mark Zeff Design and feature a barefoot luxury aesthetic. The property will include five restaurants and lounges, a cascading oceanfront pool, indoor and outdoor meeting and function space and a destination spa. The property will also include 56 residences and six beachfront bungalows.
“Expanding into the Caribbean was an easy decision for us because of our already strong presence in the major feeder markets such as South Florida, New York, Washington, DC, Chicago and Dallas,” said Kimpton’s CEO Mike Depatie. “Grand Cayman, with its pristine beaches, world famous diving and diverse, sophisticated melting pot of cultures, made this particular island an especially good fit for a debut of the Kimpton experience in the Caribbean.”
