Grenada's Growing Hotel Pipeline:
InterContinental, Wyndham and Silversands' Expansion

Grenada has spent the past several years quietly building an upmarket hotel sector, and the current pipeline is large enough that it is worth separating the projects that are actually progressing from the ones still catching up to their original announcements.

The headline number

According to the Grenada Tourism Authority, the island plans to add more than 670 hotel rooms and suites between 2026 and 2031, spread across a mix of major international brands and smaller, independently developed properties. This is a substantial expansion for an island of Grenada's size, and reflects a deliberate strategy to diversify beyond the handful of established resorts that have anchored the island's tourism industry for decades.

New international brands arriving

InterContinental Grenada, opening in autumn 2026 on La Sagesse Bay, will be IHG's first hotel on the island, bringing 120 rooms and suites to a part of the coast that has historically had far less hotel development than Grand Anse. A separate Wyndham property is also confirmed as that brand's first entry into Grenada, part of the same broader push to bring recognised international names to an island that has previously relied more on independent luxury operators like Silversands and the two-Michelin-Key Calabash Hotel.

Silversands' expansion

Silversands, which opened its original Grand Anse resort to strong reviews, is adding rooms across three separate properties. Its Beach House sister property, on Portici Beach a short distance from the original resort, has already opened, and a third beachfront property, Silversands Morne Rouge, with more than 100 rooms, was expected to open in 2026 on the island's south end. This makes Silversands' owner one of the most active single investors in Grenada's current hotel expansion, alongside its stated ambition to keep growing further.

Kimpton Kawana Bay: a cautionary example worth knowing

Not every announced Grenada project has moved smoothly, and Kimpton Kawana Bay is the clearest example of why announcement dates should never be treated as delivery dates. First announced years ago as a five-star IHG-operated resort on the former Flamboyant Hotel site at Grand Anse, the project stalled, and by 2022 had become the subject of a Grenadian government arbitration claim exceeding US$100 million from the original developers, according to the country's own Finance Minister addressing Parliament. In 2023, Joyau des Caraibes, the company behind Silversands, took over the site under a new lease agreement, with completion targeted within 36 months of that announcement. The project remains a government-approved Citizenship by Investment development, with title-deeded condominium units marketed from around US$220,000, but anyone considering a purchase there specifically should treat the project's history as a reason for extra diligence on current construction status rather than relying on marketing timelines alone.

Smaller projects rounding out the pipeline

Beyond the headline hotel brands, True Blue Bay Garden Resort is developing a new eco-conscious boutique resort on the sister island of Carriacou, targeted for early 2028, extending Grenada's hospitality growth beyond the mainland itself. Smaller expansions are also planned between 2026 and 2027 at The Point at Petite Calivigny, Bartholomew Villas and the Cabier Hotel and Marina, adding incremental capacity across several parts of the island rather than concentrating all new development in a single corridor.

What this means for buyers

A hotel pipeline this size tends to lift the profile, infrastructure and eventual rental demand across the wider area it lands in, but the Kawana Bay history is a genuine reminder that Grenada's own announced timelines have not always held, even for well-capitalised, internationally-branded projects. For anyone buying specifically to benefit from a nearby development's opening, confirming current construction progress directly with the developer or a local agent, rather than the original press release, remains the more reliable approach.