New hotels in the Bahamas: recent and announced openings

Westgate announces stays on Bimini from 1 October 2026. Curio Collection is planned in Nassau, Rosewood in the Exumas and Ritz-Carlton Reserve at Cotton Bay on Eleuthera.

Official image: the sea view at Westgate Bimini Bay · Westgate Resorts

Updated 31 October 20262 min readHow we write the guide

Choose the island before the room

Rosewood Exuma announces 6 restaurants and bars, with produce grown in the resort’s organic garden.²

The Bahamas calendar

«To be confirmed» means the hotel hasn’t given the date itself yet.

1 October 2026

Westgate Bimini Bay

Westgate’s first Caribbean resort is on North Bimini island.¹

2028

Paradise Breeze Nassau, Curio Collection by Hilton

Paradise Breeze is to bring Curio Collection to Nassau for the first time.⁴

2028

Rosewood Exuma

On East Sampson Cay, 33 suites are planned on a private island in the Exumas.²

Opening date to be announced, to be confirmed

The Ritz-Carlton Reserve at Cotton Bay

The Cotton Bay project includes a 111-room Ritz-Carlton Reserve and 100 private residences.³

If you go sooner

Other hotels from the guide.

The Dean’s Blue Hole pool: shallow turquoise water, a man-made rock with a grotto on the left, yellow-striped cabanas and palms, with the sea on the horizon.

Grand Hyatt Baha Mar

For 6 pools and Baha Bay water park.⁵

The trade-off

Meals and drinks cost extra.⁵

Why choose it

With 1,800 rooms, it is the largest of Baha Mar’s 3 hotels.⁵

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