Key Takeaways

• Grand Palladium Hotels & Resorts’ new Select Collection resort category is now available to book.
• This sub-brand is focused on offering good options for families in Mexico and the Caribbean with exclusive restaurants, beach, and pool areas.
• Grand Palladium Select White Sand, Grand Palladium Select Costa Mujeres, and Grand Palladium Select Bavaro are the debut properties for this collection.

In 2024, Grand Palladium Hotels & Resorts made headlines when they announced a luxury sub-brand within their portfolio to be called Select. The plan was to introduce a property in Costa Mujeres, Mexico first, followed by Ibiza in Spain, then in Bavaro near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Now, as of January 2026, the Select Collection is live and available to book, offering three new ways to experience this brand on the North American side.

What Sets Select Apart?

There are a few distinct opportunities available to those who choose Select Collection properties within the Grand Palladium umbrella. For one, the entry level room category is a Junior Suite, which means starting at a baseline of more room for every guest. Within those accommodations, complimentary room service will be made available from 11 AM to 10:30 PM, adding to the exclusive dining and snack options for these properties.

Grand Palladium Select Collection hotels will have their own restaurants for their guests only, as well as beach and hotel areas set aside for their use. Among the newly revealed highlights across the three Caribbean and Mexico properties are a specialty coffee shop called Piacere; La Laguna for self-service international cuisine steps from the pool; a Japanese sushi and steakhouse restaurant called Sumptuori; and Bravo Dinner & Dance for a meal, a show, and unforgettable date or family night.Best of all, this is in addition to the amenities, activities, and facilities of the adjoining Grand Palladium Hotels, including three tiers of kids clubs – the Baby Club for those up to 3, Mini Club for those 4 – 12, featuring group games, educational nature tours, and guided “field trips,” and the well-outfitted Black & White Junior Club for teens, a favorite for its billiards, Xbox, computer games, and Chill-Out Room for themed events like makeup workshops, karaoke, and card nights.While Grand Palladium Select White Sand, Grand Palladium Select Bavaro, and Grand Palladium Select Costa Mujeres share many great baseline features, each of these properties and their complexes have individual selling points to offer. Here’s our quick reference guide to which you should “select” for your customers.

Grand Palladium Select White Sand

What kind of luxury can $6 million buy? The answer lies in the details of the stunning updates that transformed this beloved property within the Playa del Carmen complex across the bay from Cozumel, and conveniently set in between the attractions of that city, Tulum, and Cancun proper.It shares gates and grounds with the Grand Palladium Colonial Resort & Spa, Grand Palladium Kantenah Resort & Spa, Family Selection at Grand Palladium Kantenah Resort & Spa, and the adults-only TRS Yucatan Hotel, but at a premium level, which means unlimited access to all of the restaurants, bars, and entertainment across the complex, including the new Piaccere specialty coffee shop. However, guests of Grand Palladium Select White Sand are the only ones with access to signature restaurants Portofino (Italian), Bamboo (Asian), Bahia e Brasa (Brazilian), Poseidon (beach restaurant), show-cooking venues La Dalia and La Laguna, and Grand Gelateria.

Other benefits to this resort include pool concierge service at a private pool, and in the 425 guestrooms, for which the entry level category is a spacious Junior Suite, daily replenished minibar, 12-hour complimentary room service, and a complimentary laundered item per guest per stay.

Grand Palladium Select Costa Mujeres

Also in Mexico, but located between Cancun and Isla Blanca and only 30 minutes from the airport, this Select Collection resort within the Costa Mujeres complex impresses with recently built features and big-name partnerships. For instance, guests here are eligible to spend an hour per day per room at the Rafa Nadal Tennis Center, have access to the international family-friendly dinner sensation Le Petit Chef, and are able to book reservations at CHIC Cabaret, a tasting menu dinner and entertainment experience with complimentary drinks and available luxury wine upgrades.

Included Infinite Indulgence amenities offer 21 bars across the complex (one of which is open 24 hours!), seven à la carte restaurants spanning a variety of popular international cuisines, a new takeaway pizzeria, gelateria, and coffee shop. On top of that, complimentary room service is available from 11 AM to 10:30 PM.As with all of the Select Collection properties, a Junior Suite is the base room category, which not only offers more space, but a hydro massage bathtub in the room, views that range from ocean to lagoon from furnished balconies or terraces, and premium amenities. A pool concierge at the private pool adds even more value, with sunscreen, books, and other comforts at the ready. Book the Family Selection here for a Family Boss welcome package and Family Host service. Adults will have access to TRS Costa Mujeres and Zentropia spa – perfect for those days the littles are at their respective kids clubs.

Grand Palladium Select Bavaro

Having read the above property perks, it might be pretty clear by now what upgrades you can expect in the Select Collection properties: a standard room category of Junior Suite, great views, premium minibars and amenities in the room, an exclusive pool with concierge and private beach area, plus Piacere coffee, gelato shop, and takeaway pizzeria along with exclusive restaurants and bars for this resort only.

At this Infinite Indulgence hotel in the three-property Bavaro complex, the additional values are exponential. This Select Collection resort has 665 rooms on its own, each with whirlpool tubs, and access to over 30 food and beverage venues, including those of TRS Turquesa Hotel for adults and preferential reservations/tickets to the CHIC Cabaret & Restaurant experience. For families, Family Selection is available at Grand Palladium Select Bavaro. Plus, a total of nine pools (including the private one) offer plentiful changes of scene to keep everyone excited every day. And in addition to daily programming and evening entertainment, this complex also has a pirate castle for the kids (in addition to clubs), and a mini-golf and a casino on site … all just 20 minutes from the airport.

The Bottom Line

With features like exclusive restaurants, beach space, pool with concierge, junior suites and above, available family benefits, complimentary room service, and enhanced resort complex access, the Grand Palladium Select Collection bridges the gap seamlessly between premium opportunities of Grand Palladium Hotels & Resorts and the modern luxury, adults-only TRS Hotels.