INTERNATIONAL
FLOATING Property
development & OWNERSHIP
SUNBORN INTERNATIONAL PLC
Sunborn International Plc is an innovative developer, owner and operator of high-quality yacht hotels and other floating real estate with global operations. Yacht hotels and floating real estate offer an opportunity to utilise unused water space in city harbours and prestigious waterfront locations.
Sunborn International currently owns two yacht hotels located in London and Gibraltar, which combine exclusive accommodation, restaurant services, conference and event venues. Sunborn International is an industry pioneer, with extensive experience in shipbuilding and vessel design as well as developing waterfront areas and harbours and tackling permitting processes in various countries. The company is actively expanding into new markets, with yacht hotel development projects in London, Vancouver and around the world.
In 28 April 2025 Sunborn's yacht hotel business became a public listed company, on the Nasdaq First North Growth Market Helsinki. Bringing together Sunborn's international hotel operating companies and new developments into a new Sunborn International Group.
The Niemi family continues as the majority shareholder of Sunborn International Plc and, operating under the Sunborn brand, the company remains a key part of the Sunborn Group.
The Nasdaq listing is an important step in the development of Sunborn International and will enable the company's international growth and expansion to new markets.
Further information about Sunborn International Plc
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pioneer of floating hotels
Sunborn International has developed a scalable, dynamic and specialised floating hotel product, to realise the potential of unused water space in city harbours and prestigious waterfront locations.
With two decades of experience and over €200m invested, we’re expanding to North America and other international locations, with a proven concept and successful track record designing, custom-building and operating luxury floating hotels, with exclusive accommodation and unique event facilities.
With high potential for future growth, Sunborn International is a pioneer in the hospitality sector, aiming to become the global market leader in floating accommodation, tourism and event properties.
Our knowledge and experience of floating real estate development is long established and highly specialised, extending to land integration and all areas of water development, including marine construction, access structures, long term maintenance and international relocation of floating hotels.
Sunborn International’s yacht hotels can be built anywhere in the world and transported to a final location. They also have the advantage of leaving no environmental footprint after removal.
Working with leading academic institutions and green technology partners, we are developing a new generation of low-carbon floating hotels and event venues, powered by renewable energy and featuring sustainable materials and new eco-technologies designed to minimise environmental impact.
INTERNATIONAL yacht hotels
SUNBORN LONDON –
FIRST YACHT HOTEL
In 2003 we developed and opened our first international yacht hotel – Sunborn London. Overnight we brought to market a completely new and original hotel concept, a property which became a well known landmark building in London.
Offering a unique experience to business and leisure guests, the success of the first Sunborn London proved the concept worked as a stand alone hotel and was the first time in the world that a fully operational hotel building was relocated to another country.
Sunborn London
current YACHT hotel
The first Sunborn London was a ground-breaking hotel and proof of concept. After its success we upgraded the hotel in 2014 to a larger, 2nd generation yacht hotel, with 138 guest rooms, improved operational facilities and larger hospitality and events spaces.
With the new Sunborn London we also signed our first long-term lease with an operational partner. Operated under the Sunborn Yacht Hotels brand the new hotel has been a major commercial success, with above market revenues and occupancy rates.
Sunborn Gibraltar –
current YACHT hotel
In 2014 we opened our first 5-star Grand Luxury floating resort – Sunborn Gibraltar, a third generation yacht hotel. The construction and opening of the ambitious new yacht hotel pushed boundaries and tested our company with it’s scale and sophistication.
With 18 500 m2 of floor place over 7 hotel floors and 189 guest rooms and suites, Sunborn Gibraltar features an impressive ballroom and conference deck, as well an exclusive spa and top floor sky restaurant, with extensive outdoor areas, pool and bars.
New hotel developments
Sunborn London – EVOLUTION SERIES
new development
A key advantage of our yacht hotels is the ability to move, upgrade and expand hotels in the same prime location. We have full planning permission for a larger, substantially more commercially valuable, floating hotel in Royal Victoria Dock, next to the main entrance of the London Excel Arena.
The 134-meter vessel will expand London's hotel operations from 138 to 225 rooms and offer a 200-seat restaurant and expanded leisure and event spaces. The new Sunborn London will also be an environmentally friendly hotel, through its sustainable design and use energy efficient materials, smart glazing and thermal heat exchange systems.
SUNBORN VANCOUVER – EVOLUTION SERIES
NEW DEVELOPMENT
Located in Coal Harbour in downtown Vancouver, the low-carbon, Sunborn Vancouver will have a prime position on the waterfront, next to the internationally renowned Vancouver Convention Centre.
Subject to rezoning approval, the 136m floating hotel will have 250 high-quality guest rooms and suites over 6 hotel floors, as well as a 200-seat restaurant, bars and cafes, conference and event facilities. Completing the new hotel development will be a new publicly accessible floating dock, with a spa, view deck and cafe.
Developed in partnership with the Vancouver Harbour Flight Centre, the hotel will be a unique, world-class hospitality venue, bringing new jobs, economic growth, and creating a new destination on the water.
SUNBORN SEVILLE
MUELLE DE LAS DELICIAS
Sunborn International is in the final stages of obtaining a 30-year concession to build a yacht hotel on a prime waterfront site in the center of the Andalusian capital, Seville. The licence is expected to be finalised by the end of Q2 2025.
Designed to be carefully integrated into Muelle de las Delicias and complement the area, the development will include a new waterfront park located next to the hotel. The project will further enhance the waterfront and provide new public access to the water, as well as new hospitality and event venues.
