InterContinental Sydney Coogee Beach opened on December 1 overlooking the beachfront in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.
A former Crowne Plaza, the hotel has been closed for a significant portion of 2025 as it undergoes a transformation to become an InterContinental property.
This week’s opening of the 198-key hotel marks the first of two phases, with all the rooms now in service and alongside two new restaurants: Shutters Restaurant and celebrity chef Rick Stein’s first Sydney offering, aptly named Rick Stein at Coogee Beach.
Stein’s restaurant is already fully booked until January.
The hotel’s event spaces – able to accommodate 350 delegates in the largest space – have not yet reopened and will be taking booking from February.
The second opening phase, coming in March 2026, will include a new event terrace, a day spa, an infinity swimming pool, pickleball courts and Club InterContinental.
“Opening InterContinental Sydney Coogee Beach on the first day of summer is an extraordinary milestone,” said the hotel’s general manager, Melinda Lampier, who is also the portfolio GM for Salter Brothers’ full suite of properties under IHG brands.
“There is real anticipation within the community, and welcoming our first guests to stay and dine at Shutters Restaurant and Bar marks the beginning of what is still to come.
“Over the coming months, we will finalise our remaining facilities, and seeing this vision take shape in the heart of Coogee is something we are extremely proud of.”
In May this year, Salter Brothers announced more than $1 billion of investment into IHG branded properties, including converting three Crowne Plaza hotels in Melbourne and Canberra as well as the Coogee property into InterContinental branded assets, converting InterContinental Melbourne the Rialto into a Regent and building a Hotel Indigo in Canberra, beside what will become InterContinental Canberra.
These developments have a mid-term timeline, with the Regent Melbourne expected to be open to guests in 2030 with a new accommodation tower in tow.
