Opens November 2026
The date moved later than first announced.
Fairmont The Red Sea is due to open in November 2026 on Shura Island, along Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coast. Accor's release of 2 December 2025 said May 2026, so the date has moved, and the hotel's own page now reads Opening November 2026.
The page counts 193 rooms and suites, villas included, and each room type lists a terrace. The Club rooms will add private check-in and concierge service. The 31 pool villas will run from one bedroom to a five-bedroom sea-front villa, each with a kitchen and a private pool.
The hotel will be halal, with six restaurants. The page names three, Tresora for Mediterranean food, Aysu for Turkish dishes and Zaina, adults only, for Pan-Arabic specialties. The spa will have a hammam, an aqua tonic pool and five treatment rooms, with treatments from partners including Sodashi, 111Skin and Maroc Maroc. The resort will have four main pools, and the page counts 35 once the villa pools are included.
Ground transfer from Red Sea International Airport will take 30 minutes, across the Shura Bridge. Shura Links, with 18 holes, is described as Saudi Arabia's first island golf course.
The operator's wording, “OPENING NOVEMBER 2026”, was read on its own page and last checked 31 October 2026.
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The facts
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- Rooms
- 193 Source
- Operator
- Accor Source
- Brand
- Fairmont Source
- Type
- Resort Source
- Villas
- Each of the 31 villas also has its own pool Source
- Dining
- Mediterranean spreads at Tresora, elevated Turkish dishes at Aysu and Pan-Arabic specialties at adults-only Zaina. Source
- Suites
- Junior Suites with a private terrace, sitting area and dining space, in resort, lagoon and sea-view versions and a Club Sea View version. A 2 Bedroom Suite and a 2 Bedroom Suite Club Sea View have two bedrooms, a living room, a dining area and three bathrooms. Source
- Villas
- Pool villa types: 1 Bedroom (lagoon front or sea front), 2 Bedroom (resort view, lagoon front or sea front), 3 Bedroom (lagoon front or sea front) and a 5 Bedroom Sea Front villa. Each lists a kitchen and a private pool. Source
- Setting
- Shura Island, a natural island along Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coast, surrounded by turquoise waters, coral reefs and pristine beaches. The page tags the hotel as a beachfront location. Source
- Address
- West side of Shura Island, Tabuk Province 12382, Umluj, Saudi Arabia Source
- Getting there
- 30 minutes from Red Sea International Airport by ground transfer, across the Shura Bridge. Source
- Dining
- Six restaurants, all halal. The page names Tresora (Mediterranean), Aysu (Turkish) and Zaina (Pan-Arabic, adults only). Source
- Spa
- A traditional hammam, aqua tonic pool, five treatment rooms (2 male, 2 female and a couples' suite), saunas, steam rooms and experience showers. Treatments use partners including Sodashi, 111Skin and Maroc Maroc. Source
- Pool
- Four main pools: family, adults-only, spa and children's. Each of the 31 villas also has its own pool, and the page counts 35 pools in all. Source
- Activities
- Golf at Shura Links, 18 holes through white sand dunes and mangroves, described as Saudi Arabia's first island course. Diving, kayaking and paddleboarding are named, with a water sports centre. Desert safaris. A Kids' and Teens' Center. Source
- Website
- fairmont.com
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