Biggest new hotels and renos opening in Arizona in 2024: VAI Resort, Caesars, Ritz-Carlton
The new hotels expected to open in metro Phoenix in 2024 include a highly anticipated megaresort with a concert venue and Mattel theme park, as well as new lodging options in growing parts of the Valley.
The new arrivals also include the first nongaming hotel for a famous casino resort brand and a luxury sanctuary with a meditation garden.
These new arrivals come on the heels of 2023’s biggest Arizona hotel openings, which included:
Restaurateur Sam Fox’s first hotel, complete with multiple restaurants.
A renovated midcentury motel in Phoenix now anchored by a buzzy Mexican restaurant.
A luxury hotel aiming to draw more business travelers to Tempe.
A downtown Phoenix hotel where check-in begins at the bar.
Hotels and resorts are integral to Arizona's tourism economy. From January to October 2023, lodging generated nearly $4.7 billion in gross sales and about $245 million in tourism taxes, both figures increasing 7.8% from the same 10-month period in 2022, according to the Arizona Office of Tourism.
Here are the hotels scheduled to open in Arizona in 2024 and beyond, as well as some notable hotel renovations coming this year.
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Metro Phoenix hotel openings in 2024
January: Home2 Suites by Hilton Phoenix Downtown
Hilton’s extended stay brand continued its expansion in metro Phoenix with a downtown location just a short walk from Chase Field and Footprint Center. The hotel features 1-king bed or 2-queen bed guest rooms, as well as king suites. Each room has a full kitchen. Guests who want to cook in their rooms can find their ingredients a short walk away: The hotel is close to a Fry's grocery store.
Details: 125 E. Jackson St., Phoenix. 602-603-1111, hilton.com.
March: Caesars Republic Scottsdale
Years in the making, the first nongaming hotel for Caesars Entertainment – best known for its Las Vegas resort Caesars Palace – opened March 6 at Scottsdale Fashion Square. The 11-floor hotel has 265 guest rooms, 20,000 square feet of meeting and event space, a rooftop bar and lounge overlooking Camelback Mountain and two restaurants from celebrity chef Giada de Laurentiis, her first in Arizona.
Details: 4747 N. Goldwater Blvd., Scottsdale. 480-903-4747, caesars.com/caesars-republic-scottsdale.
March: Fairfield Inn & Suites/TownePlace Suites Tempe
This co-branded hotel features two of Marriott's popular mid-tier brands, with Fairfield designed for short-term leisure travelers and TownePlace aimed at extended-stay travelers. It consists of 148 total rooms - 83 at Fairfield and 65 at TownePlace - plus shared amenities like a pool, fitness center and The Way Station restaurant. The hotel opened on March 7.
Details: 1929 Rio Salado Parkway, Tempe. Fairfield: 520-536-8100, marriott.com. TownePlace: 520-536-8300, marriott.com.
April: Home2 Suites by Hilton Phoenix Happy Valley
Home2 Suites’ second Phoenix-area hotel scheduled to open in 2024 will be in Deer Valley near the Shops at Norterra and just off Interstate 17, providing a new extended stay option for north Phoenix travelers. Like the downtown hotel, Home2 Suites’ Happy Valley location will have in-room kitchens. The hotel is scheduled to open on April 16.
Details: 2107 W. Whispering Wind Drive, Phoenix. 623-444-6188, hilton.com.
Fall 2024: The Ritz-Carlton Paradise Valley, The Palmeraie
This luxury hotel near Scottsdale bills itself as "an exclusive sanctuary" incorporating calming features like 20 acres of landscapes including secret gardens, a secluded meditation garden and a two-story spa with 11 treatment rooms. There also are opportunities for fun, whether it's a dip in the hotel's 400-foot swimming pool or sipping cocktails at the lobby bar. The 215-room hotel will overlook dramatic views of Camelback Mountain. The hotel's opening, previously scheduled for 2023, has been postponed to fall 2024.
Details: 7000 E. Lincoln Drive, Paradise Valley. 602-922-2900, ritzcarlton.com.
Late 2024: VAI Resort
Described by its president Grant Fisher as a "mega entertainment resort" designed to compete with Las Vegas (despite lacking a casino), VAI Resort aims to upend the landscape of metro Phoenix tourism.
When it opens across the street from State Farm Stadium in Glendale, VAI will have 1,100 rooms and suites, the most of any hotel in Arizona. (The hotel that currently has the most rooms in Arizona, the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown, counts 1,003 rooms.)
The 60-acre resort will boast Mediterranean-style white-sand beaches and an 8,000-capacity amphitheater with a 360-degree concert stage designed to host A-list music and comedy acts. It will be adjacent to the upcoming Mattel Adventure Park, which will include a Barbie Beach House and Hot Wheels-themed roller coasters.
Details: 9505 Cardinals Way, Glendale. vairesort.com.
Arizona hotel renovations in 2024
Sky Rock Sedona
This boutique hotel in Marriott's Tribute Portfolio collection just completed a major renovation. The 109-room hotel was redesigned with neutral tones and serene lighting, with features to appeal to people visiting for the healing energy, including an energy room, a boutique called the Psychic Shop and a twisted vortex tree. There's even a ritual moonrise ceremony daily. The property has 360-degree views of Sedonas's red rocks.
Details: 1200 W. State Route 89A, Sedona. 866-902-2816, marriott.com.
The Scottsdale Resort & Spa
The Scottsdale Resort & Spa, part of Hilton's Curio Collection, recently finished a $40 million renovation. With new guest rooms, four new restaurants and updates to the spa and the gym, the renovation is designed to transform the former conference hotel to a "full-service luxury retreat appealing to discerning worldly travelers and Valley locals."
Details: 7700 E. McCormick Parkway, Scottsdale. 480-991-9000, thescottsdaleresort.com.
The Phoenician
The iconic Phoenix luxury resort is in the middle of a multimillion-dollar renovation of its meeting and event space. The second phase of the project, scheduled for completion this summer, will refresh the interior of The Phoenician Grand Ballroom and the Estrella Ballroom, as well as upper-level meeting rooms and hallways.
The first phase, completed in November 2023, introduced a new color scheme to the ballrooms, meeting rooms and hallways inspired by contemporary and Indigenous design, as well as an upgraded audio-visual system.
Details: 6000 E. Camelback Road, Scottsdale. 480-941-8200, thephoenician.com.
Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort & Spa at Gainey Ranch
This 493-room resort is on its way to rebranding as Arizona's first Grand Hyatt, representing a higher standard of luxury. The resort is undergoing a $110 million renovation that will refresh the guest rooms and suites, pool complex, dining and meeting space on the 27-acre property overlooking the McDowell Mountains. There will be six new restaurants from celebrity chef Richard Blais, the first winner of Bravo's "Top Chef: All-Stars." After the work's scheduled completion in the fall, the hotel will change its name to the Grand Hyatt Scottsdale Resort & Spa.
Details: 7500 E. Doubletree Ranch Road, Scottsdale. 480-444-1234, hyatt.com.
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