Red Sea Global has set an end-of-Q3 2026 target for completing all nine hotels in the first phase of its luxury AMAALA destination.
Saudi Arabia’s ultra-luxury wellness destination AMAALA will complete its first phase featuring nine hotels and nearly 800 rooms by the end of the third quarter of 2026, marking a critical milestone in the Kingdom’s ambition to establish world-class tourism infrastructure along its Red Sea coastline.
Stephen Cheeseborough, Head of Development at Red Sea Global, revealed the specific timeline in an exclusive interview with Arabian Business, providing the first concrete completion date for a project that has been closely watched by investors and hospitality operators since its 2018 announcement.
“The nine hotels are going to be completed by the end of Q3 2026, so that’s a significant offering,” Cheeseborough said, adding that the Triple Bay development will feature just under 800 hotel rooms alongside 350 residential assets spanning approximately 12km of coastline.
The disclosure offers substantial clarity on AMAALA’s development trajectory following Red Sea Global’s November announcement that the destination would welcome guests “in the coming months”. While the company confirmed six resorts will open in the initial wave with three following, the September 2026 target provides developers, operators and investors with a definitive endpoint for phase one construction.
The timeline also positions AMAALA to contribute to Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 tourism targets which aim to attract 150 million visitors annually and generate tourism revenue equivalent to 10 per cent of GDP by the end of the decade.
