{"id":91633,"date":"2026-09-09T05:25:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T05:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/91633\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T05:25:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T05:25:23","slug":"crystalbrook-sam-130m-adelaide-cbd-hotel-opens-bookings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/91633\/","title":{"rendered":"Crystalbrook Sam: $130m Adelaide CBD hotel opens bookings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new $130m luxury hotel in the CBD has opened bookings ahead of its opening later this year.<\/p>\n<p>Crystalbrook Sam on Halifax St will open its doors to guests in December, offering 196 rooms, along with an outdoor pool, sauna, gym, meeting and events spaces, day spa and top-floor bar and grill.<\/p>\n<p>The hotel\u2019s general manager Kelvin Dodt said rates at Crystalbrook Sam started from $275 a night, with accommodation options including king and twin rooms with city and Adelaide Hills views, interconnecting family rooms and suites offering up to 78sq m of space. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cGuests can settle into Adelaide\u2019s lifestyle without leaving the hotel, from spa afternoons and long lunches to a glass of wine downstairs or dinner with views across the city,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cStep outside and Adelaide is right there \u2013 galleries, laneways, markets, neighbourhoods and festival precincts all within easy reach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the top of the hotel, the 120-seat Matines bar and grill will focus on South Australian produce cooked over fire, local oysters and seafood, and martinis served with views across the city and towards the Adelaide Hills. <\/p>\n<p>Caf\u00e9 Sami will serve guests at the hotel\u2019s ground-floor lobby, while the El\u00e9me Day Spa will offer massages, facials and restorative treatments. <\/p>\n<p>The hotel will become the 10th Crystalbrook hotel across Australia, adding to sites across Queensland, NSW and the ACT.<\/p>\n<p>Crystalbrook Collection Hotels &amp; Resorts chief executive Geoff York said the brand\u2019s first hotel in Adelaide was an exciting new chapter for the Crystalbrook group, which also owns and operates 16 restaurants and bars, three El\u00e9me Day spas and Crystalbrook Superyacht Marina in Port Douglas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCrystalbrook Sam represents an exciting new chapter for Crystalbrook as we bring our personality-forward and locally inspired hotels to South Australia,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdelaide has a distinct creative energy and an extraordinary food, wine and cultural spirit. 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