Fort Lauderdale has a new flagship. Omni Hotels & Resorts announced the grand opening of the Omni Fort Lauderdale Hotel on March 10, 2026, calling it the brand’s third flagship in Florida and its first South Florida flagship. The hotel rises 29 stories above the Intracoastal Waterway, with 801 guest rooms, more than 120,000 square feet of meeting and event space, and six dining venues.

The property sits next to the Broward County Convention Center — described by Omni as the largest convention center in the Southeast U.S., with over 1.2 million square feet of total space — and offers access to the Port Everglades Cruise Terminal, beaches and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. It was established through a partnership between Omni Hotels & Resorts, Broward County and Visit Lauderdale.

Of the 801 rooms, 82 are suites. The two Presidential Suites, on the 27th and 28th floors, each span more than 3,000 square feet with two bedrooms and private balconies. Event space centers on the 30,000-square-foot Waterway Ballroom and the 15,000-square-foot Port Everglades Ballroom, across 47 individual spaces.

Dining is led by Executive Chef Cristian Mosquera, a Le Cordon Bleu-trained Fort Lauderdale native. Venues include signature restaurant Reef 76 Kitchen & Bar, Fair Ketch with a Topgolf Swing Suite, Hidden Key Bar & Lounge, Leeward Market, poolside Tide Coastal Kitchen, and the Ibis Sky Lounge on the 29th floor — billed as the highest bar in Fort Lauderdale, adults-only (21+), with nearly 360-degree views.

The 8,500-square-foot Mokara Spa has eight treatment rooms and a signature Hammam, and the design tells the story of the “Barefoot Mailmen,” the 19th-century couriers who walked a 136-mile route from Palm Beach to Miami. The giving runs alongside the opening: through Omni’s Say Goodnight to Hunger program with Feeding America, the hotel says it has provided over 16,000 meals to families in Broward County since opening.

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