Tetiaroa Island, French Polynesia

The Brando The Brando

Opening in July 2014

Marlon Brando once said that the Polynesian atoll of Tetiaroa was beautiful beyond my capacity to describe, calling it the tincture of the South Seas. A summer retreat for Tahitian royalty, then a sanctuary for Hollywood royalty, Tetiaroa will mark a new chapter in 2014 when a Tahitian hotel brand reopens the fantasy atoll as a luxury eco-resort called The Brando. The eponymous actor first discovered Tetiaroa while filming Mutiny on the Bounty, and the new resort is located on the very site of his former compound. It boasts 35 deluxe bungalow villas built out of local materials, two six-star restaurants and a spa, all of which skirt the edge of a spectacular three-mile-wide lagoon.

Baha Mar, Bahamas

Baha Mar Baha Mar

Opening in December 2014

Lets just start with the numbers: It has four hotels, 200,000 square feet of convention space, a 2,000-seat performing arts center, an 18-hole Jack Nicklaus Signature golf course, 30 restaurants and bars, 14 distinct pools and a 100,000-square-foot casino big enough to rival any in Las Vegas or Macau. Introducing Baha Mar, a $3.5 billion resort project at Nassaus famed Cable Beach whose impact is expected to be so massive, it will send ripples across to the Caribbean. Baha Mar, or The New Riviera, is the largest tourism project currently under development in the Western Hemisphere and the biggest new-build in the Bahamas since the Atlantis on neighboring Paradise Island two decades ago. Promoters promise the grand opening event this December will be the most spectacular debut of a luxury resort the world has ever seen.

Funtasy Island -- Riau Islands, Indonesia

Funtasy Island Meritus Hotels & Resorts

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