The wellness brand’s 180-key retreat on Shura Island is its first beyond American shores, and another marquee name for Red Sea Global’s regenerative destination.
Hyatt’s wellness brand Miraval has opened its first resort outside the United States. Miraval The Red Sea sits on Shura Island on Saudi Arabia’s west coast, the brand’s first international property in a 30-year history that began in Tucson in 1995.
The adults-only retreat holds 180 rooms, suites and villas set among lagoons and mangroves. Architecture and interiors come from Foster + Partners and Rockwell Group, who leaned on natural materials, desert tones and coral-inspired forms.
At its centre is a 40,000-square-foot spa, the largest on Shura Island, with 39 indoor and outdoor treatment rooms. Wellness programming runs to hammam rituals, mineral scrubs and desert-inspired therapies, alongside personalised itineraries built with on-site Experience Planners.
Guest experiences pull on Saudi heritage. The resort offers Arabic calligraphy, perfume blending, heritage storytelling and guided desert stargazing, plus kayaking and paddleboarding through the mangroves. Dining is alcohol-free, built around plant-forward menus and Saudi coffee traditions, including a non-alcoholic mixology programme.
The opening lands Miraval inside one of the most closely watched tourism projects in the Gulf. Red Sea Global is developing the destination across more than 28,000 square kilometres and an archipelago of over 90 islands, powered entirely by renewable energy. Shura Island is the heart of it, set to open 11 resorts alongside the Shura Links golf course, a marina and retail.
The developer has capped visitor numbers at one million a year at The Red Sea and 500,000 at AMAALA, framing the limits as protection for fragile reef and coastal ecosystems. By 2030 it plans 50 resorts and more than 8,000 hotel keys across the destination. Red Sea International Airport already links the area to Riyadh, Jeddah and Dubai.
Why it matters for the trade
Miraval going abroad for the first time is a vote of confidence in Saudi Arabia as a luxury wellness market, not just a developing one. The brand spent three decades inside the United States. Its first move outside is to an island that did not exist as a destination three years ago.
For operators and agents, the resort widens an already thickening band of high-end inventory on the Red Sea coast. Adults-only positioning and an alcohol-free, wellness-led offer give it a clear niche against the family and beach product opening nearby. The pitch is restoration and stillness, sold at a price point.
The capped visitor numbers matter commercially as well as environmentally. Scarcity is built into the model, which supports rate and gives the destination a story to tell buyers chasing exclusivity. The constraint is the product.
Source: Hyatt Hotels Corporation / Miraval Resorts & Spas press release, June 9, 2026.