Wynn Al Marjan Island, the upcoming 70-storey resort on a man-made island in Ras Al Khaimah, has revealed its most exclusive accommodations: two sprawling Royal Apartments, each around 1,460 square metres, sitting on the tower's uppermost floors. Only two exist — the Mayfair Apartment and the Paris Apartment — and each comes with seven bedrooms, multiple entertaining rooms, private bars and full in-residence service, from dining to spa and salon treatments.
The design pedigree is the story here. Wynn's chief creative officer Todd-Avery Lenahan commissioned two of the most storied names in high-end interiors: Paris studio Pinto, founded by the late Alberto Pinto in 1971 and known for lavish private homes, yachts and jets, and London's Anouska Hempel Design, whose founder effectively invented the boutique hotel with her Blake's and Hempel properties.
The Paris Apartment is conceived as a 21st-century global collector's pied-a-terre, spread across two storeys. Pinto's team mixed bespoke commissions with auction finds and market discoveries, adding hand-painted murals, collectible artworks and artisan lighting. Grand columns and reflective glass that pulls the sky indoors give it a dramatic, dreamlike feel — Arabic hospitality, as co-artistic director Pietro Scaglione puts it, reinterpreted without the usual clichés.
The Mayfair Apartment, true to its name, channels a grand London townhouse near Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park. A signature jewel-toned green runs through lacquered panelling, green marble and detailed millwork, sharpened with gilded accents, while floor-to-ceiling views take in the Arabian Gulf coastline and the Hajar Mountains.
Both residences sit within Enclave, the resort's hotel-within-a-hotel: a guarded private entry drive leads to a dedicated lobby and elevators, with no more than nine suites per floor across 323 Enclave suites in total. The pitch is simple — arrive, and never have to leave. Everything comes to the guest, and both apartments promise complete discretion from arrival to departure.
Why should a traveller care? Even if these suites sit firmly in fantasy-purchase territory, they signal where Ras Al Khaimah is heading: Wynn's first Middle East property is positioning the emirate as a genuine rival to Dubai for ultra-luxury travellers. The design philosophy on display — singular, bespoke, anti-trend — also hints at the tone of the wider resort. And for the rest of us, Enclave's lower-tier suites, Townhomes and Marina and Ocean Estates will offer a taste of the same top-floor views at a rather gentler price point when the resort opens.
