Wynn Al Marjan Island will open in September 2027 as the UAE’s first integrated resort, generating thousands of hospitality roles.
Wynn Resorts has a date. Its Wynn Al Marjan Island resort in Ras Al Khaimah will open to guests in September 2027. The company shared the news on its second-quarter 2026 earnings call, and in the same breath confirmed that the build now costs about $5.7 billion, up $600 million on earlier estimates.
This will be the UAE’s first fully integrated resort. It is also the first property in the country to hold a commercial gaming licence, granted back in October 2024. Chief executive Craig Billings told the call that work was moving fast and called it the most significant integrated resort opening in over a decade, according to Gulf News.
The later date and the higher price tag both trace back to construction delays, which the company linked in part to regional supply chain disruption. Wynn had been aiming for a spring 2027 launch before pushing it to September.
Wynn Al Marjan Island Jobs and Hospitality Recruitment
For jobseekers in the emirate, the numbers are what matter. The finished resort is expected to create more than 9,000 jobs. Those roles run across hotel operations, dining, gaming, retail, events and the support teams that hold all of it together.
Hiring has already started. Wynn’s 2025 annual report set out plans to bring on around 2,750 employees during 2026, climbing to 3,000 by year’s end. The dining side alone accounts for more than 3,500 food and beverage positions. Current openings stretch across marketing, gaming operations, finance, events, IT, legal and retail, and they range from operational specialists all the way up to executive leadership.
There is also somewhere for all these people to live. Wynn is building Oasis, a 26-acre staff community designed to house more than 7,000 employees. It is due to be finished during 2026, before the resort itself welcomes anyone.
Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Growth and the $5.7 Billion Development
Step back, and the resort is really the centrepiece of a much bigger tourism push. It occupies a purpose-built island of more than 60 hectares, its coastline reaching out into the Arabian Gulf, and it already ranks as the largest tourism development Ras Al Khaimah has ever seen.
The centrepiece is a 70-storey tower. It rises 352 metres and holds 1,530 guestrooms, suites and residences, most angled to catch the sea. Near the top sits Enclave, a boutique hotel of 313 premium suites. Down below, guests get 22 restaurants, lounges and bars, 12 pools, a theatre, a spa, a beach club, a marina and a luxury retail parterre. Wynn owns 40 per cent of the joint venture behind it, alongside partners Marjan and RAK Hospitality Holding.
Getting there will be easy. The site sits less than an hour from Dubai International Airport and roughly 15 minutes from RAK International Airport. Once the Wynn Bridge is done, the resort will link straight into the E311 and E611 road networks.
The timing lines up with a run of strong visitor numbers. Ras Al Khaimah drew 1.35 million overnight visitors in 2025, up 6 per cent on the year before, while tourism revenues rose 12 per cent. The emirate’s tourism authority wants 3.5 million annual visitors by 2030, and it is banking on this resort to help get there.
What the Resort Adds to the UAE Luxury Market
The Wynn project does not stand alone. It is one piece of a wider effort to remake the emirate’s coastline. Marjan Beach, a mixed-use waterfront development unveiled in 2025, will spread across 7.9 million square metres and add roughly 12,000 hotel keys, widening the emirate’s room capacity well beyond the resort itself.
The food offering has already turned heads in the industry. Among the 22 outlets, Wynn has confirmed venues tied to chef Alain Ducasse and the Delilah brand. On the construction side, structural work is finished across all 1,530 rooms, suites and residences. The tower topped out in late 2025, and façade installation carried on through 2026.
No other project of this kind in Ras Al Khaimah comes close on investment. At roughly $5.7 billion, it marks a real expansion of the UAE’s luxury hospitality market. With thousands of jobs riding on it, a staff community going up nearby and a firm September 2027 date now locked in, the resort enters its final stretch as one of the most closely watched openings anywhere in the region.
