The hotel’s floor-to-ceiling windows offer a stunning view of the Arabian Sea. Guests arrive by helicopter or in Rolls-Royce ...

“Dubai’s Burj Al Arab was unofficially labelled the world’s first seven-star hotel when it opened 30 years ago: perhaps an early indication of the need to overhaul existing rating systems. “There is ...

Instead, the royal family of Dubai ultimately decided to move the hotel to an island site. Back in the early 1990s, the beach was known locally as the Chicago Beach and the project started life as a ...