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New Hotels in Palm Springs , CA

At Stay In The New, we track every hotel that has opened or reopened in Palm Springs within the last two years — verified dates, and an honest word about the ones that no longer count as new.

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Recently Opened Hotels in Palm Springs

Every hotel below opened or reopened within the last two years — verified dates, no older boutiques dressed up as new. The desert’s small-hotel scene is deep, but genuinely recent openings are a shorter list than most guides admit.

Opened Aug 2025 Featured · Newest Resort

Casa Palma Hotel & Bungalows

Opened Aug 2025 • 33 Keys • 2.5 Acres • Two Pools + Pickleball • Independent

Casa Palma Hotel & Bungalows reborn Errol Flynn’s 1943 Normandy Hotel as a racquet, swim and social club — 33 rooms and suites across 2.5 acres of citrus and olive groves a mile from downtown. Two pools rigged for water volleyball and basketball, a tennis court with pickleball lines, the Chiquita restaurant and free bikes make it the city’s best new pick for groups, and full buyouts book up first for festival and Modernism weekends.
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Opened 2026

Gloria Palm Springs

Opened 2026 • 8 Rooms • Historic Tennis Club • Full Kitchens • Independent

Gloria Palm Springs turns Gloria Swanson’s 1920s estate on West Arenas Road into an eight-room hotel — the original residence plus private bungalows and studios, each with a full kitchen, around a heated pool five minutes’ walk from downtown. With only eight keys, peak-season weekends go months ahead.
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Opened Jan 2025

Terra Palm Springs

Opened Jan 2025 • 13 Rooms • Indian Canyon Drive • 24/7 Wellness Circuit • Independent

Terra Palm Springs is the city’s first hotel built entirely around wellness — 13 rooms steps from downtown with a free 24-hour circuit of Himalayan salt sauna, cold plunge and rain room, plus private patios, plunge pools and fire pits. Spa suites add red-light therapy; rates climb fastest in the cool months from January to April.
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Opened Oct 2024

Thompson Palm Springs

Opened Oct 2024 • 168 Rooms • Palm Canyon Drive • Rooftop Pool & Swim Club • World of Hyatt

Thompson Palm Springs, the first project between Hyatt and HALL Group, spans two and a half downtown blocks with 168 rooms, every one with a balcony facing the San Jacinto Mountains. A rooftop pool and swim club, Lola Rose Grand Mezze and a HALL Napa Valley tasting room anchor it — and festival weekends reprice it months out.
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Opened Late 2024

The Cactai

Opened Late 2024 • 12 Rooms • Uptown Design District • Adults-Only (21+) • Independent

The Cactai revived a 1948 courtyard hotel on East Camino Monte Vista as 12 apartment-sized, adults-only rooms with kitchens or kitchenettes and local art you can buy off the wall. A heated pool anchors the courtyard, dogs stay for a flat fee, and small-inn inventory like this vanishes first during Modernism Week.
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Thompson Palm Springs and The Cactai are nearing our two-year line and will move to the neighborhood guide when they cross it. The Velvet Rope, Jazz Hotel, The Lucille and Yara Hotel already have — you’ll find them below.

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Compare Palm Springs hotel rates for your dates Desert rates swing harder by season than almost anywhere — a July midweek and a Coachella or Modernism Week weekend are different worlds. See what your dates actually cost.

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Opening Soon

Palm Springs Hotels Opening Soon

A short but consequential pipeline — a landmark returning under a major flag, a large south-side conversion, and a surf resort whose hotel is still to come.

Reopening Early 2027

The Riviera Palm Springs

Uptown Design District • IHG Hotels & Resorts • Multi-Year Renovation

The desert’s most consequential return. The 1959 Rat Pack-era resort is going back to its mid-century roots under IHG, with refreshed rooms and reimagined dining. It is closed from June through December 2026 to finish the work, with reopening planned for early 2027.
Opening Date TBA

Palihotel Palm Springs

Sunny Dunes Road • 179 Rooms • South Palm Springs • Palisociety

Palisociety is converting a long-vacant Days Inn into a 179-room hotel, nearly doubling the room count with a new two-story building, a relocated lobby and restaurant, and a Livs cafe. It will be by far the largest hotel on the south side. No opening date yet.
Hotel Date TBA

DSRT Surf Hotel & Villas

Palm Desert • 139-Key Hotel + 57 Villas • Desert Willow

The 5.5-acre Wavegarden lagoon opened on September 26, 2026 in a phased soft opening, about twenty minutes from downtown Palm Springs. The 139-key barefoot-luxury hotel and 57 villas are a later phase with no opening date, so for now it’s a day trip from a Palm Springs base.

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Where to Stay

Palm Springs Neighborhood Guide

Palm Springs is compact enough to cross in fifteen minutes, so the question is rarely distance — it’s whether you want downtown buzz, design-district quiet or a pool to yourself. Here is where every hotel on this page sits.

Downtown & Palm Canyon Drive

Best for: Dining, walkability, first-timers

The heart of it — restaurants, galleries, VillageFest on Thursdays and the Art Museum, and the only part of town where you can park once and walk. Thompson Palm Springs anchors Palm Canyon Drive with its rooftop pool and swim club, while Terra Palm Springs runs the opposite play on Indian Canyon with thirteen rooms and a wellness circuit. Compare downtown Palm Springs hotel rates across a few date ranges before deciding what central actually costs.

Historic Tennis Club

Best for: Old Hollywood, couples, quiet near downtown

The hillside streets just west of downtown hold some of the city’s oldest estates, a five-minute walk from Palm Canyon. Gloria Palm Springs is the newest arrival — Gloria Swanson’s 1920s residence and bungalows turned into eight kitchen-equipped rooms around a heated pool. Inventory here is tiny, so compare Tennis Club hotel rates in Palm Springs early for winter weekends.

Uptown Design District

Best for: Design lovers, vintage shopping

North Palm Canyon, where mid-century dealers, galleries and the better restaurants cluster — quieter than downtown and still walkable to it. The Cactai revived a 1948 courtyard hotel here as twelve adults-only rooms, and the Jazz Hotel nearby opened a little earlier, outside our window. The big story is the Riviera Palm Springs, closed through 2026 for its IHG return. Compare Uptown Design District hotel rates against downtown for the same nights.

Old Las Palmas

Best for: Hollywood history, couples

The leafy grid where Hollywood built its winter estates, walkable to downtown without the noise. The Velvet Rope — nine Old Hollywood suites in a 1952 Herbert Burns building with the speakeasy-style Bar Valerie — opened in December 2023, so it is past our two-year line but still one of the city’s most distinctive stays. Compare Old Las Palmas hotel rates early; the inventory never grows.

Errol Flynn Estate Area

Best for: Groups, pickleball, resort play

A pocket of old estates just north of downtown, close enough to bike in and quiet after dark. Casa Palma Hotel & Bungalows opened here on the site of Errol Flynn’s Normandy Hotel with two playable pools, tennis and pickleball, the Chiquita restaurant and bikes into town. For four or more people, compare Casa Palma rates in Palm Springs against the downtown hotels — the math often flips.

South Palm Springs & the Coachella Valley

Best for: Quiet stays, golf, surf, big resorts

The residential south end holds small adults-only inns like the Yara Hotel and The Lucille Palm Springs, both revived in 2023–2024, and will gain the 179-room Palihotel Palm Springs on Sunny Dunes Road. Beyond the city, DSRT Surf ’s lagoon in Palm Desert opened in September 2026, with its hotel still to come. Compare Coachella Valley hotel rates against Palm Springs proper for golf or festival trips.

Quick Answers

Palm Springs’ Newest Hotels , Answered

What is actually new in Palm Springs, what is only partly open, and which famous boutiques no longer count.

What is the newest hotel in Palm Springs?

The newest opening is Gloria Palm Springs, an eight-room boutique in Gloria Swanson’s 1920s estate near downtown, which opened in 2026. Before it, Casa Palma Hotel & Bungalows opened in August 2025 on the site of Errol Flynn’s old Normandy Hotel.

Is DSRT Surf open, and can you stay there?

The surf lagoon is open — DSRT Surf began a phased soft opening in Palm Desert on September 26, 2026. You cannot stay there yet: the 139-key hotel and 57 villas are a later phase with no date announced.

When does the Riviera Palm Springs reopen?

The Riviera Palm Springs is closed from June through December 2026 for the final stage of its renovation and is planned to reopen under IHG in early 2027.

Is Thompson Palm Springs still new?

Yes, for a few more weeks. Thompson Palm Springs opened in October 2024 as the first Hyatt and HALL Group hotel, so it is about to cross our two-year line. It remains the city’s largest recent opening at 168 rooms.

Which new Palm Springs hotels have kitchens?

Gloria Palm Springs gives every one of its eight rooms a full kitchen, and The Cactai offers full kitchens or kitchenettes in its twelve adults-only rooms — both good fits for longer stays.

Is the Velvet Rope a new hotel?

Not anymore. The Velvet Rope in Old Las Palmas opened in December 2023, so it is past our two-year window. It is still one of the most distinctive small hotels in Palm Springs and appears in our neighborhood guide.

About the City

New Hotels in Palm Springs, California

Palm Springs has been Hollywood’s desert escape since the 1920s, and its hotel scene works differently from the rest of California. The city runs on small properties — courtyard inns of ten or twelve rooms, mid-century buildings by named architects — so the new hotels in Palm Springs are as likely to be restorations as new builds, and the list of Palm Springs hotels opening soon is short but consequential.

The largest recent arrival is Thompson Palm Springs, the first Hyatt and HALL Group project, spanning two and a half blocks of Palm Canyon Drive with a rooftop pool and swim club. Casa Palma Hotel & Bungalows turned Errol Flynn’s old Normandy estate into a racquet, swim and social club built for groups.

The smallest openings are the most Palm Springs of the group. Gloria Palm Springs restored Gloria Swanson’s estate as eight kitchen-equipped rooms, Terra Palm Springs built the city’s first hotel around a 24-hour wellness circuit, and The Cactai revived a 1948 courtyard in the Uptown Design District as an adults-only stay.

The earlier boutique wave — the Velvet Rope, Jazz Hotel, The Lucille and Yara Hotel — is still excellent, but past our two-year window. Ahead, The Riviera Palm Springs returns under IHG, Palihotel Palm Springs will add 179 rooms on the south side, and DSRT Surf in Palm Desert has opened its lagoon with a hotel and villas to follow.

Desert rates follow the calendar more than the address: summer is the value season, while Modernism Week and the spring festival weekends reprice the whole valley months ahead. Driving in from the coast? See the newest Los Angeles hotels, or browse new hotels across California.

Frequently Asked Questions

Practical questions about staying in Palm Springs and the wider Coachella Valley.

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New Hotels in Palm Springs , CA

Casa Palma Hotel & Bungalows

Gloria Palm Springs

Terra Palm Springs

Thompson Palm Springs

The Cactai

The Riviera Palm Springs

Palihotel Palm Springs

DSRT Surf Hotel & Villas