In a statement, the promoter of this tourist project, valued at 1.7 billion euros, revealed that it had signed a hotel management contract with Six Senses, “the luxury hotel brand in the IHG Hotels & Resorts portfolio”.

The hotel, called Six Senses Comporta, scheduled for completion in 2028, will be “the brand's first project in Portugal with 'branded residences', that is, homes operated under the requirements of that same brand.

The hotel unit “will be one of the main anchors of the 400 hectares of Pinheirinho Comporta”, assured VIC Properties.

This hotel, one of the two that the tourist project plans to include, will have 70 rooms and 58 'branded residences', namely houses and apartments with two to five bedrooms.

Quoted in the statement, João Cabaça, co-founder and executive president (CEO) of VIC Properties, assured that the real estate developer and Six Senses share “the same commitment to recovering and preserving the rich heritage” of the region where the tourism project will be ‘born’.

Six Senses CEO Neil Jacobs said the brand's approach to design "focuses on creating spaces that connect people with nature."

Pinheirinho Comporta, in the parish of Melides, has an area of ​​around 400 hectares, located in a nature reserve, of which 200 hectares are pine forests and non-urbanisable dunes. 20 hectares are “gross construction area” above ground.

The development was acquired by VIC Properties in 2020 and, since then, the original project has been “redesigned” to “implement several measures focused on sustainability and responsible development”, explained the company.

In addition to “two luxury hotels” and branded residences, it includes villas and apartments and an 18-hole golf course designed by Portuguese architect Santana da Silva.

Various sports facilities, shops and services and “access to a beach club for guests and owners” are other features, explained the owner company.

The company estimated that, during the construction phase of the project, “more than 2,000 direct jobs” will be created, as well as “more than 1,000 permanent jobs” when it is completed.