The Ritz-Carlton, Pattaya is a beachfront hotel that Asset World Corporation (AWC) is developing with Marriott International inside Aquatique, AWC’s mixed-use destination in Central Pattaya: 224 guest rooms and about 34,505 square metres of floor area, signed on 28 January 2026. AWC has announced no Ritz-Carlton residences at Aquatique, and no opening date for the hotel.
Correction, 22 October 2026: earlier versions of this page described a Ritz-Carlton branded residence. AWC’s own releases of 28 January and 23 July 2026, read again on 22 October 2026, announce a hotel and no residences, so the page now says that.
What AWC has confirmed
A hotel, its size and its site. That is the whole of it.
- 224
- guest roomsAWC, 28 January 2026
- ≈34,505 sq m
- gross floor area of the hotel
- 27-2-75 rai
- Aquatique's development area27 rai 2 ngan 75 square wah, about 4.4 hectares
- 1,400+
- hotel keys planned across AquatiqueAWC, 23 July 2026
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AWC’s release of 28 January 2026 covers two hotels signed with Marriott International: The Ritz-Carlton in Pattaya, and the repositioning of Sheraton Samui Resort as a Marriott hotel in Koh Samui. For Pattaya it gives the room count, the floor area and the site, and says development is scheduled in line with Aquatique’s phased delivery timeline.
The Thai version of the same release describes an agreement to develop and manage a hotel under The Ritz-Carlton brand. Neither version, nor AWC’s release of 23 July 2026, mentions homes for sale.
What is not announced
Almost everything a buyer would decide on.
- Any Ritz-Carlton residences at Aquatique, for sale or otherwise
- An opening date for the hotel
- A price, a unit count or a tenure for anything a buyer could own there
Any figure circulating against a “Ritz-Carlton Residences Pattaya” has not come from AWC or Marriott, and we will not repeat one until it does.
What else AWC plans at Aquatique
A retail, leisure and hotel destination on the beach, built in phases. All four parts below are from AWC’s release of 23 July 2026.
Retail
More than 110,000 square metres of leasable beachfront retail.
Water park
An indoor-outdoor water park of more than 16,000 square metres, run by an international partner.
Wellness
A wellness destination covering preventive health, recovery and fitness.
Hotels
More than 1,400 keys: The Ritz-Carlton; Aquatique Pattaya, Autograph Collection; JW Marriott Pattaya Resort & Spa Aquatique; and a Moxy of about 400 keys due in the first quarter of 2033.
What it means for a buyer
A hotel of this name is a signal about the beachfront, not a home you can own.
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A Ritz-Carlton on Pattaya’s beachfront says that AWC, a listed owner, and Marriott see a market for luxury hotel stays on this coast. That is worth knowing when you weigh Pattaya against Phuket or central Bangkok. It gives a buyer nothing to buy, and it is no guide to what a condominium nearby is worth.
What is being built on this coast, shore by shore, is in our Pattaya guide, and the wider comparison across Phuket, Pattaya, Hua Hin and Koh Samui is in our coastal coverage. If AWC announces residences at Aquatique, this page will say so, with the date.
Where Embark stands here
We report on this project, and we advise buyers on the Pattaya coast.
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On the same coast we are an appointed sales agency for Skypark Lucean Jomtien, appointed by Banyan Group, which means we work there from the developer’s own availability and pricing rather than from a portal. An appointment is not a reason to recommend a building, and the two facts are stated together so a reader can weigh them.
