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Dusit sets 2026 opening push after record 2025 signings
Dusit International has recorded its strongest development year to date, announcing an all-time high of 24 hotel signings in 2025 and a stronger global pipeline across Asia, the Middle East, and additional growth markets. The company is positioning this momentum for a busy 2026, with projects expected to add more than 1,400 rooms to its portfolio during the year. The update highlights a strategy centered on quality-led expansion, faster-to-market projects, and a broadened brand architecture spanning multiple segments.
The 2025 performance comes as many operators weigh expansion plans against rising development costs and changing investor expectations, and Dusit International is framing its results around disciplined execution and the ability to deliver projects efficiently. The company emphasized a growing focus on conversions and brownfield developments, positioning these routes as a way to shorten timelines and generate earlier returns compared with greenfield builds. This approach was reflected in projects signed and opened in 2025, including Dusit Hotel AG Park, Chengdu, dusitD2 Feydhoo Maldives, and Tantawan Tented Camp, Chiang Rai, which the group highlighted as examples of rapid delivery while maintaining brand standards and locally relevant guest experiences.
A parallel driver has been Dusit’s evolving portfolio structure. The company noted that newer brand extensions and refinements have helped it address owner and traveler needs more precisely, pointing to the introduction of Devarana - Dusit Retreats, Dusit Collection, and Dusit Hotels as key additions supporting international growth across wellness-led luxury, character-driven high-end stays, and the upper-upscale segment.
Geographically, the 2025 signings were presented as a year of market milestones. In Indonesia, Kaliwatu Villas & Residences - Dusit Collection in Labuan Bajo marked the group’s first hotel signing in the country. In Japan, Dusit expanded beyond Dusit Thani Kyoto and ASAI Kyoto Shijo with WE Hotel - Dusit Collection, a 55-room lakeside retreat with three private villas on Lake Toya in Hokkaido. India was cited as a major growth engine, with six new properties signed across Dusit Collection and Dusit Princess, spanning leisure destinations such as Solang and Kasol alongside urban markets including Kolkata, Raipur, and Bhiwadi.
The Maldives remained a strategic focus with the signing of Devarana - Dusit Retreat Maldives, positioned as a flagship wellness destination integrating the Devarana Wellness concept, building on momentum from dusitD2 Feydhoo Maldives and the established Dusit Thani Maldives. In the Middle East, the group signed Dusit Hotel Al Ahsa within the UNESCO-listed Al Ahsa Oasis in Saudi Arabia. Additional deals included ASAI Camaya Coast in the Philippines and Dusit Hotel Greenhills Manila, while in Thailand the signing of Dusit Suites Sriracha and the opening of Tantawan Tented Camp, Chiang Rai further diversified the domestic portfolio and aligned with the group’s Tree of Life sustainability framework. Dusit also announced plans to return to Myanmar through the signing of The Strand Hotel - Dusit Collection, Yangon alongside ASAI Yangon.
Collectively, Dusit stated these signings lifted its active development pipeline to more than 50 properties scheduled to open within the next five years. Looking ahead, the company is preparing for what it described as potentially one of its strongest years of openings in 2026, with notable projects progressing toward launch including WE Hotel - Dusit Collection, Lake Toya, The Strand Hotel - Dusit Collection, Yangon, ASAI Yangon, and the phase-one opening of Dusit Princess Al Majma’ah, Riyadh, identified as the group’s first operational hotel in Saudi Arabia. The pipeline also includes ASAI Gamuda Cove near Kuala Lumpur and further planned growth in the Philippines, including Dusit Hotel Greenhills Manila and multiple Dusit Princess projects across Cebu City, Boracay, and Lipa (Batangas).
Leadership framed the development results as an outcome of long-term portfolio balancing and brand clarity. Chanin Donavanik and Siradej Donavanik underscored the importance of disciplined execution, market alignment, and selecting the right assets and brand positioning to generate sustainable partner value across cycles. Dusit reported its global portfolio now comprises 296 properties across 18 countries, including 58 hotels and resorts and 238 luxury villa rentals, and reiterated its nine-brand structure spanning segments from affordable lifestyle to bespoke luxury.
Source: Dusit International.
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