Playlist - Dubai: The Gold Standard

So the Burj Al Arab has had the same neighbor for 25 years — the Wild Wadi Waterpark — and then in March 2025 that changed. Jumeirah Marsa Al Arab opened on the other...

There are big hotels and then there is Atlantis The Royal. $1.6 billion to build, 43 floors, 178 metres tall, 500 metres wide, opened February 2023 on the crescent of...

The concept of a hotel run by a fashion house sounds like it should be a gimmick. Walk into Palazzo Versace Dubai and within about 90 seconds you realize it is...

Okay so there’s a category of Dubai hotel that exists specifically for people who want the beach club, the DJ, the rooftop, the Instagram moment, and a room...

Let’s address the “7-star hotel” thing immediately because it comes up every single time someone mentions the Burj Al Arab and the answer is more...

So there are tall hotels and then there’s JW Marriott Marquis Dubai — twin towers on Sheikh Zayed Road in Business Bay, 72 floors, 355 meters to the top of the...

A $680 million USD construction cost. An 18th-century Baroque palace built from scratch on the western tip of Palm Jumeirah. Forty thousand Swarovski crystals on a...

Dubai has no shortage of villa-style luxury stays, but most of them are either standalone rental properties with zero hotel infrastructure behind them, or full hotel...

Dubai has plenty of hotels chasing “futuristic,” but most of them are just tall and shiny. ME Dubai by Meliá is something else – it’s built...