Mandarin Oriental is in growth mode, and its 2027 pipeline spans four very different kinds of holiday: alpine, city, beach and overwater island escape. Here's what's coming and why each one is worth putting on the radar.
First up in Italy: the group's first mountain resort. Mandarin Oriental Cristallo reopens this winter in Cortina d'Ampezzo, the Dolomites town that hit its stride as a ski playground after the 1956 Winter Olympics and once drew the likes of Frank Sinatra and Vladimir Nabokov. The revived property has 83 rooms and 30 suites, and gives the brand a foothold in one of Europe's most storied ski destinations ahead of Cortina's turn in the 2026 Olympic spotlight.
Cairo gets a revival of a legend. Shepheard's Hotel dates back to 1841 and was long one of the most famous addresses in the Middle East. The new Mandarin Oriental Shepheard brings the name back on the banks of the Nile, with 276 rooms, a signature spa and destination dining. It's also part of a wider push — the brand has flagged three properties expanding its Egyptian footprint in 2027.
For beach lovers, two resort openings round out the slate. In central Vietnam, Mandarin Oriental, Da Nang will offer villas and branded residences with private pools right on the sand, plus wellness facilities, water sports and curated resort experiences along the coastline. And in the Indian Ocean, Mandarin Oriental, Maldives is a 120-villa resort spread across three private islands, with reef excursions, water sports and wellness programming built around the surrounding lagoons.
The spread is deliberate. A ski resort in the Dolomites, a historic rebirth in Cairo, a coastal Vietnamese resort and a multi-island Maldives retreat cover the full range of high-end holiday styles, and all four give loyal guests of the brand new places to redeem that obsession. For everyone else, they're a useful signal: Cortina and Da Nang in particular are destinations where top-tier hotel product has been thin relative to demand, so the arrivals should sharpen the competition — and the options — for anyone planning a winter sports trip or a Southeast Asia beach break in the next couple of years.
Opening dates beyond '2027' (and 'this winter' for Cristallo) haven't been pinned down in detail, so it's worth watching for booking windows, especially for the Maldives property, where new luxury openings tend to fill fast with early-bird offers. If Cortina is on your list, note the resort is positioned as the brand's first mountain property, so expect it to become the flagship for winter-season packages. Booking directly with the brand early usually unlocks the best rates and flexible cancellation on new openings — a sensible move when timelines can slip.
