Minor Hotels to Launch Wolseley in New York, Then Dubai


Skift Take

Minor is using Wolseley to test whether a storied restaurant brand can become a broader luxury platform, starting in New York and likely next in Dubai.

Minor Hotels is to launch its first ever The Wolseley Hotels property in New York in 2027, with Dubai earmarked for its second location.

“We’ve announced our first Wolseley in New York, which will come very soon, and we’re looking actively at sites in Dubai as well,” Amir Golbarg, COO for the Middle East and Africa at Minor Hotels, told Skift.

“We hope to have the announcement about the Wolseley hotel in the UAE at some point in the very near future,” he added.

The move is a test of whether The Wolseley, best known as an Austro-Hungarian grand-café