Tiburón Trades Dark Wood for Light
The Ritz-Carlton Naples, Tiburón has finished a multi-million-dollar redesign with lighter rooms, a new bar and restaurant, Palmera, and a French breakfast room.
The Ritz-Carlton Naples, Tiburón, the golf-and-tennis inland sister to the beachfront Ritz-Carlton Naples, has unveiled a full redesign by Parker Torres Design. The headline is the look: dark wood is gone, replaced by light, residential interiors drawn from Southwest Florida’s mangroves and the resort’s Audubon-certified grounds.
What’s new
- Rooms and suites: desks have given way to curved settees and built-in dining, with a “treasure box” bar niche at each entry. A new Presidential Suite has green marble floors, a bar lounge and a dining room.
- Club Lounge: redone in rust, gold and amber with maritime-themed art.
- Palmera: the new bar and restaurant, under executive chef Jared Young, cooking with Naples farm produce, St. Augustine Datil peppers and Florida citrus. Signatures include Florida blue crab toast and a tableside espresso lobster cocktail.
- Fenrose and Café Fenrose: a French breakfast room and an all-day market and espresso bar.
- Swaying Palm: a 2,700 sq ft events space overlooking the golf courses.
The resort keeps its two Greg Norman-designed 18-hole courses, Har-Tru clay courts at The Mouratoglou Tennis Center, and The Reservoir pool complex.
“Tiburón has always been an icon of Florida leisure,” said Andrew Roberts, the general manager.
For advisors
- Who to pitch: golf and tennis clients, and families who want space and activity over a beachfront room.
- Snowbird season: January to April is peak in Naples; book early for Canadian clients escaping winter.
- Groups: Swaying Palm adds a mid-size venue for weddings and incentive groups.
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