It’s an interesting move for Related Cos.-owned Equinox, which is known for its upscale gyms and expanded into hotels in 2019, with its first one in Hudson Yards. Plans for some other sites have fallen through or been abandoned, such as one planned for Los Angeles that is now a Conrad. Another was slated for a Miami development that was shot down last year by voters. (Saudi Arabia doesn’t pose that risk.)
The Equinox Resort Amaala will have 128 rooms and several restaurants (or “culinary concepts,” as a press release describes them,) a spa, beach club, gym and a magnesium salt rooftop pool.
Amaala pledges to be run 100% on renewable energy once fully open. Red Sea Global, the government-controlled developer of the region, will own the hotel while Equinox will operate it, a common arrangement in the Gulf.
