First look: See inside Regent’s flagship Americas property opening in Santa Monica

At first of the yr, TPG shared its checklist of probably the most thrilling lodges set to open in 2024, and people properties spanned from New Jersey to the Seychelles. Considered one of these hotly anticipated lodges, which sits on a surprising stretch of California shoreline, has shared new renderings of the property forward of its summer time opening.

Here is what you will discover on the Regent Santa Monica Seaside.

Visitors will enter the $150 million resort designed by AvroKO and Wimberly Interiors by strolling previous a surprising circle entryway and porte cochere into the stylish. They may step right into a wood-paneled reception space stuffed with recent white accents, marble flooring and a dramatic, wall-length portrait of the Pacific coast and rugged coastal mountains. (Plus, it is good realizing that the real-life views are simply outdoors the resort’s doorways.)

For these unfamiliar, Regent is a historic model that lately acquired a brand new life because of its majority acquisition by IHG earlier than the pandemic. Since then, IHG has been rolling out new properties, together with the Carlton Cannes in France and the rebirth of Regent Hong Kong because the model’s ultra-luxury resort darling.

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The sweeping seashores and distant mountainscape vistas in Santa Monica — like those depicted within the new property’s foyer — set the scene for this resort to function Regent’s flagship property right here within the Americas.

Within the foyer, the fashionable glamor of this California stylish Regent will proceed. There are seating areas in a palm-lined house and a glass atrium to filter in loads of pure daylight. It serves as a house base for company who need to reap the benefits of Regent choices, like Expertise Brokers who might help curate and tailor a keep.

The resort may personalize different points of the keep, resembling scent, music and literature, to create a really one-of-a-kind expertise.

The resort will function 143 visitor rooms, plus 24 suites. Entry-level rooms begin at 720 sq. ft and provide loos with soaking tubs, rainfall showers, bidets and different high-end facilities.

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The rooms might be full of colours, patterns and textures, as demonstrated by the King Premium Oceanfront photos above. Nonetheless, even contained in the rooms, the ocean views would be the actual star of the present.

In nook suites, a personal outside house and separate residing space will certainly make company really feel like they’ve moved right into a boho-inspired house quite than a resort.

For a good larger lodging, splurge for a two-story Atrium Suite, which measures greater than 2,100 sq. ft; or, go for the Santa Monica Presidential Suite, which has not one however 4 Juliet balconies and a recreation room.

Eating at this Regent can even be a glamorous affair, with James Beard Award-winning chef Michael Mina bringing the flavors of the Mediterranean to Santa Monica at Orla.

Regent can also be teaming up with Ayesha Curry for Regent Santa Monica by bringing her way of life model, Candy July, to the property within the type of a restaurant. It’s going to provide cafe favorites like espresso, tea, pastries and desserts, in addition to a Jamaican-inspired menu that celebrates Curry’s ties to the island.

And, as a result of it isn’t a visit to Santa Monica with out buying, guests may decide up items from Black- and women-owned manufacturers, all curated by Curry.

True to California kind, the property will function a pool deck with lounge chairs, coated day beds and views out to the ocean, in addition to seaside butler providers. Hopefully, the toughest choice it’s a must to make right here is deciding whether or not to kick it by the pool or down by the seaside.

For spa lovers, a ten,000-square-foot Guerlain spa might be there, ready to pamper company in true celeb trend.

Is IHG luxurious hospitality’s silent sleeper?

The Regent Santa Monica — a partnership between Strategic Inns & Resorts and Regent Inns & Resorts — is scheduled to open later this yr. Regent has a powerful pipeline within the works, with 11 properties set to open over the following 5 years in locations like Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Kyoto, Japan; Sanya, China; and Shenzhen, China.

Regent’s progress can also be an enormous win for IHG, which has a “strategic focus” on way of life and luxurious manufacturers, as TPG beforehand reported. This transfer ought to make different resort firms with key luxurious manufacturers — like Marriott with St. Regis and Ritz-Carlton or 4 Seasons — a little bit apprehensive about what’s occurring within the house.