Dreams Rose Hall Resort & Spa: what to know before you book

My local take

Here is exactly what has been said about the reopening, and by whom. The Jamaica Tourist Board lists it as “Reopening 2027” with no date. In April 2026 Hyatt told travel partners its seven Jamaica resorts would reopen in early 2027, with a date for each to come later, the Gleaner reported. At JAPEX in September, Melissa Forbes, Hyatt’s director of sales and marketing for Hyatt Ziva and Zilara Rose Hall, told the Gleaner that the resorts will return in phases during the first half of 2027, later than the March 2027 target they had been working to. Travel Market Report’s JAPEX coverage said instead that the Hyatt openings had moved from the first quarter to the second half of 2027. The tour operator Vacation Express is selling Dreams Rose Hall for arrivals from May 1, 2027.

Plenty of locals still call this the Hilton Rose Hall. It became Dreams Rose Hall in June 2025, when Hyatt took over Playa’s resorts, and it has been closed since Hurricane Melissa that October. Karen Stephenson, Dreams’ director of sales, told the Gleaner the renovation leans on Jamaican artists and the property’s own surroundings: the turtles that nest on its beach, the mangroves and the hills behind it. My take: it was one of the big family names on this coast, but don’t book until Hyatt confirms a date and says what the renovated resort includes. I’ll update this page when it does.

For a family all-inclusive that’s open now, Iberostar Selection Rose Hall Suites is on the same coast with roomy suites, and Royalton Blue Waters near Falmouth has a water park and lazy river. More options: the best all-inclusive family resorts in Jamaica and Jamaica resorts with water parks.