Aman Resorts disclosed three properties in active development—a private villa estate in Utah, a tented camp in India, and a beach resort in Mexico—marking the brand's most geographically dispersed pipeline announcement since its 2014 acquisition by Vladislav Doronin's private holding structure. The Utah property represents Aman's second North American residential project after the $25 million penthouses at Aman New York, which closed their first sales in 2022.
The India camp, positioned in an undisclosed region, enters the ultra-luxury glamping segment where Aman holds minimal presence compared to competitors Singita (six African camps) and Capella (two tented properties under development). The Mexico resort targets the Baja or Pacific Coast markets, both underserved at the $2,500+ nightly tier where Four Seasons and Rosewood dominate existing supply. Aman declined to provide capital expenditure figures, unit counts, or opening timelines, a pattern consistent with its pre-construction disclosure policy for properties requiring 24-36 month development cycles.
The announcement arrives eight months after Adrian Zecha, Aman's founding creative director, revealed Azumi Setoda in Japan's Setouchi region—his first post-Aman project under the separate Azumi brand, financed through Naru Developments. Zecha's departure from operational involvement in 2017, following Doronin's majority acquisition, created a structural question: whether Aman's expansion velocity would maintain design consistency across 37 existing properties while scaling into new typologies like branded residences and tented camps. The Utah villa and India camp suggest Doronin is testing asset-light models—private estates requiring minimal staff infrastructure and seasonal camps with lower fixed costs than year-round resorts—to preserve EBITDA margins while expanding the portfolio footprint.
For family offices evaluating hospitality allocations, Aman's move into North American branded residential carries specific risk-return implications. The Utah project likely mirrors Aman New York's model: $15-40 million whole-ownership residences with access to Aman's global network, targeting the 340 families who spent $50 million+ on second homes in 2023 per Knight Frank. Unlike hotel-condo hybrids, these generate immediate capital without operational drag, but require Aman to maintain service standards across non-revenue-generating owner periods. The India camp competes directly with Taj's safari lodges (12 properties, average $1,800 nightly) in a market where international arrivals grew 43% year-over-year through Q3 2024, creating near-term occupancy support but long-term oversupply risk if eight announced luxury camps all deliver by 2027.
Operators should monitor three developments: Aman's residential sales velocity in Utah against Ritz-Carlton Residences' 22-month average absorption for desert projects; the India camp's final location, which determines competitive set and infrastructure costs; and whether the Mexico property includes a residence component, signaling full commitment to the hybrid model. If Aman announces a fourth property in the next six months, the cadence suggests Doronin is accelerating toward a 50-property portfolio by 2028, up from 37 today. That pace requires either institutional capital partners or sale-leaseback arrangements, neither of which Aman has historically employed.
The brand's existing properties command $1,600-3,500 average daily rates with 68% occupancy across the portfolio, per STR's luxury segment data. Adding lower-capex assets like tented camps preserves those rates while increasing room-night inventory without proportional staff expansion—a margin strategy more typical of Belmond's train-and-lodge model than traditional resort operators.
The takeaway
Aman's Utah-India-Mexico pipeline tests asset-light expansion while Doronin navigates post-Zecha design consistency across **40+** properties by **2027**.
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