Airelles Is Coming to St. Barth: What to Know About the Newest Maison

Fresh from its Venetian debut, Airelles is crossing the Atlantic. The collection is taking over Le Guanahani, one of the largest and most storied resorts on Saint-Barthélemy, and reopening it as a new Airelles Maison, bringing the group's signature blend of French warmth and grand-hotel service to the Caribbean for the first time.

Le Guanahani occupies a rare position on St. Barth: an 18-acre private peninsula on Marigot Bay, with two beaches, a reef-protected lagoon on one side and the open sea on the other. On an island defined by small, intimate hotels, its scale and grounds have always set it apart, and give Airelles room for the gardens, pools, and family-friendly space that are hallmarks of the collection.

On an island of small hotels, an 18-acre peninsula with two beaches and a reef-protected bay.

The resort joins the Airelles family under owner Stéphane Courbit, whose group has built a reputation for taking singular historic properties, a palace at Versailles, a Palladian estate in Venice, and restoring them to a very particular standard. Full details of the reimagined Maison, its rooms, restaurants, and spa, are still emerging ahead of the November 2026 opening, but the ingredients, an unmatched location and the Airelles service ethos, are already in place.

For travelers who know St. Barth, the arrival of Airelles is significant: it brings a European palace sensibility to a Caribbean island that has never quite had one, and it will be among the most watched openings of the winter season.