Ennismore signs Delano Puglia, the brand's first hotel on Italy's Adriatic coast
The 76-room resort lands in the port city of Monopoli in 2028, with 13 suites and a reimagining of Miami's Rose Bar.
Ennismore has signed Delano Puglia, the first Italian property for its Delano brand, alongside partners LIMM and Società Rinascimento Valori. The resort is slated to open in 2028 along Puglia's Adriatic shoreline in the historic port city of Monopoli, a new point on the brand's map.
The hotel will hold 76 guestrooms, 13 of them suites, set within a secluded Mediterranean landscape of crystalline waters, rocky coves and sweeping sea views. Its design leans on light-filled interiors, fluid indoor-outdoor transitions and a natural palette the brand calls timeless, contemporary and alluring.
Food and drink run deep here. An all-day destination speciality restaurant, operated by Paris Society, leads the offering, joined by two pool bars and a lobby lounge. The most pointed nod to the brand's roots is a reimagining of the Rose Bar, the Miami original that defined Delano's social pull.
Wellness comes under The Source by Delano, the brand's own programme, blending restoration with expression across elevated movement spaces, pools and programming. A suite of flexible indoor and outdoor event spaces rounds out the resort, positioning it as both a serene escape and a magnetic social destination.
The brand has always been framed around a feeling, Phil Zrihen, Deputy Group CEO of Ennismore, said in the announcement. He described it as a sense of ease, elegance and cultural relevance that transcends place, and called Puglia a natural evolution of that philosophy.
Zrihen set the destination up as an ideal setting for Delano's refined resort spirit, pointing to what he called a rare balance of beauty, authenticity and understated sophistication.
The CEO of LIMM, Vito Liuzzi, called the project important for Monopoli and Puglia, revitalising a part of the city and unlocking a new resort where local residents and visitors can enjoy the best of Pugliese hospitality. He said LIMM is proud to begin the partnership with Ennismore.
Liuzzi expects Delano Puglia to become a new point of reference in the region for luxury lifestyle under the Delano brand, and an icon in Puglia for years to come. The two developers, LIMM and Società Rinascimento Valori, are the local partners carrying the project forward with Ennismore.
Delano is the Miami-born brand Ennismore has been exporting across Europe and beyond, known for its Rose Bar and its pairing of design-led rooms with a magnetising social scene. Puglia gives it a quiet Adriatic setting rather than another city-centre tower, a different register for the name.
The choice of Monopoli is deliberate: a historic port city rather than a resort built from scratch, with a coastline of coves and clear water that suits a wellness-led, slower luxury. The Source by Delano's movement spaces and pools are pitched at exactly that pace.
On the food side, handing the all-day speciality restaurant to Paris Society signals ambition. The group is known for building destination dining within hotels, the kind of room-filling restaurant that pulls local residents through the door rather than only overnight guests.
No opening date beyond 2028 has been given, and no room rates have been published.
The wellness, social and retail experiences are described as a curated collection that captures the essence of the destination, suggesting the programming will lean Pugliese: local makers, local produce and the coastline itself rather than a generic resort template shipped in whole.
For Ennismore, the signing is a continuation of its stated commitment to creating iconic lifestyle destinations in what it calls the world's most inspiring locations. Puglia has become one of the most sought-after stretches of the Italian south in recent years.
The Rose Bar reimagining is the detail that will carry most weight with returning Delano guests, who know the original as the room where the brand's nightlife reputation was made. A Monopoli version, softer than Miami but recognisably the same idea, is the hook.
Beyond the rooms and bars, the event spaces give the resort a second life as a meetings and celebrations address, an unusual pairing with the secluded coastline. That combination of retreat and social draw is the tension the design appears built to hold.
Delano Puglia will be the first Delano in Italy and the first Ennismore property in Puglia, a double first in a region crowding with new luxury openings. The brand's arrival is timed for 2028, with partners LIMM and Società Rinascimento Valori at the helm locally.
Until a firm date is announced, the essentials are on the table: Monopoli, Adriatic frontage, 76 rooms and 13 suites, a Paris Society restaurant, a reworked Rose Bar, and The Source wellness across movement spaces and pools. Opening is slated for 2028.
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