David Kempinski Tel Aviv
The Kempinski Tel Aviv was the first internationally branded ultra-luxury hotel to open in Tel Aviv at scale — anchoring a segment that had been substantially underserved relative to comparable global cities. Its 2022 opening signals the broader emergence of international hospitality brands in the Tel Aviv beachfront market.
| Type | Five-star luxury hotel with branded-residence pipeline |
| Opened | April 2022 |
| Location | Hayarkon Street, Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Rooms and suites | 250 |
| Floors | 34 |
| Operator | Kempinski Hotels (Geneva-headquartered hospitality group) |
| Brand significance | 80th Kempinski property globally; first Kempinski in Israel |
The David Kempinski Tel Aviv is a 250-room, 34-floor five-star property on Hayarkon Street, opened in April 2022 as the first Kempinski-branded hotel in Israel and the 80th Kempinski property globally. The property anchors the emergence of internationally branded ultra-luxury hospitality in Tel Aviv — a segment that had been substantially underserved relative to comparable global cities (Paris, London, New York, Dubai, Singapore) until the 2020s.
The Kempinski Tel Aviv sits within the broader category of internationally branded ultra-luxury hospitality that has expanded in Tel Aviv across 2022-2026, alongside the Setai Tel Aviv (Old Jaffa, restored 19th-century Ottoman building), the Norman (Tel Aviv, Hyatt Luxury Collection affiliated), and the broader pipeline of new internationally branded openings. The Kempinski's service architecture — Kempinski hospitality standards, embedded F&B by senior Israeli chefs, spa, and event infrastructure — anchors branded hospitality in the Tel Aviv beachfront submarket.
For Luxury & UHNW Lifestyle coverage in The Olam, the Kempinski is one of the first international ultra-luxury hotel brands to operationalize in Tel Aviv at scale, providing the service infrastructure that UHNW and family-office buyers require. The pattern it represents — international hospitality brand on Hayarkon with integrated service infrastructure — anchors the broader emerging branded-residence segment in Tel Aviv.
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Sources
Kempinski Hotels corporate disclosures; Globes; The Times of Israel; Israeli hospitality industry reporting; published industry commentary. Data current as of Q2 2026.