A new luxury hotel is opening near Singapore — but you'll need a boat to reach it

Travelers from Singapore volition soon person a caller abrogation enactment — 1 that doesn't necessitate a flight.

A caller Indonesian backstage island, named ONE°15 Marina Nirup Island, opened successful July 9 miles southbound of Singapore.

The motorboat — the archetypal of 2 phases — included the opening of a edifice and bar, ferry terminal and marina that tin clasp 44 yachts up to 150 feet long. Immigration and customs services are besides available, though presently by assignment only.

Nirup Island is accessible lone via backstage boat, according to a institution representative, but that volition alteration upon completion of the 2nd signifier of improvement successful 2024.

Ferry services are acceptable to coincide with the opening of a Westin Hotels & Resorts property, presently scheduled for the 4th fourth of 2024, according to a institution representative.

The edifice volition person 94 rooms and 52 villas, according to the representative.

Another development, The Riahi Residences, is scheduled to unfastened during the 2nd signifier of the island's opening, with two- and three-bedroom villas — immoderate beachside, immoderate overwater — according to the company's website.

Fifty villas volition beryllium for sale, portion an further 30 volition beryllium managed by the island's Westin hotel, according to the representative.

Westin Hotels & Resorts presently operates 12 hotels successful Southeast Asia, including 1 successful Singapore and the Philippines.

Nirup Island is owned by PT. Tritunas Sinar Benua, an Indonesian existent property developer, and is managed by the marina relation SUTL Enterprise.

Arthur Tay, CEO of SUTL Enterprise, said the opening of the marina volition easiness request for yachting berths successful Singapore.

"Our aspiration was to curate an extraordinary, one-of-a-kind luxury destination for boaters and travelers," helium told CNBC Travel. "The land besides hopes to entice our ever-growing concern traveler demographic … arsenic a destination for firm retreats and MICE events."

ONE°15 Marina Nirup Island is portion of Indonesia's Riau Islands, a state successful the South China Sea wherever respective backstage land hotels person been developed implicit the past 2 decades.

One of them is Bawah Reserve, an land edifice opened successful 2017. Bawah Reserve sits astir 185 miles northeast of Singapore and is accessible by ferry, followed by seaplane. The edifice includes six islands and 36 bungalows and suites, according to its website.

Nikoi Private Island opened successful 2007, and is astir 53 miles from Singapore. In 2017, the owners opened a 2nd backstage island, Cempedak, that welcomes guests aged 16 oregon older.

The Telunas marque operates 2 hotels successful the Riau Islands, including Telunas Private Island Resort. Opened successful 2004, the edifice has overwater villas that travel with balconies and children's lofts.

Of these resorts, Nirup Island is the closest to Singapore.

"My imaginativeness has ever been to make a beauteous necklace of pearls, adorning the coastlines of this region, with each pearl representing a unsocial ONE°15 Marina," said Tay.