Dubai has one of the world’s fastest-growing hotel scenes of any major world city. Each year there are more tourists looking for Hotels in Dubai.
If the emirate’s plans to become a global tourism hub continue to take hold—and
they probably will—Dubai is expected to expand from roughly 6 million annual
visitors today to more than 15 million within a decade. Authorities envision the
need to construct an additional 70,000 to 80,000 hotel rooms to meet this demand.
This helps explain the construction cranes in almost every corner of the city,
as well as on the imaginative Palm Islands.

Dubai is a city literally reaching into the sky and across the sea.Most all of the hotels we include are
officially designated with four or five stars, which should not be confused with the zero- to three-star scale that we use.

Many of the world’s top-name hotels are here, and some with multiple locations:
Ritz-Carlton, Marriott, Raffles, Hyatt,Hilton, Fairmont, Sheraton, Sofitel, and
One&Only, to name a few. It´s not easy to find cheap hotels in Dubai

The Jumeirah Group, overseen by Dubai’s royal family,boasts some of Dubai’s best-known
resorts and hotels. These include the iconic Hotel Burj al Arab , which is so big it
almost eclipses the horizon, the Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Emirates Towers, and the
Arabian palace hotels inside Madinat Jumeirah. Jumeirah Group also owns the
desert oasis resort, Bab Al Shams, whose only real competition is Al Maha Desert
Resort & Spa. A visit to either is like a trip to heaven.

As if the so-called “seven star” Burj al Arab were not already sufficiently overthe-
top, Dubai is building the world’s largest hotel—Asia-Asia—which, with 6,500 rooms, will substantially surpass
the current record holder MGM Las Vegas. Asia-Asia Hotel will be the centerpiece
of a future resort called Bawadi, a long luxury strip with 31 hotels resembling
Egyptian palaces, Hollywood, the U.K. Parliament, and apparently even the moon. These hotels will begin to open in
2010, and you can bet there will be many more along the way. Perhaps one day Las Vegas will be looking to Dubai for inspiration,rather than the other way around.

Most all of Dubai’s entertainment revolves around the hotel scene. Because hotels are uniquely permitted to hold
liquor licenses, the majority of the city’s top restaurants and virtually all bars and nightclubs lie in hotels.
The action is nonstop, except during Ramadan, when all Muslims are required to fast by day
and non-Muslims are asked to be respectful of the holy month. Live music and dancing are not allowed during this
period, so many bars and most clubs shut down temporarily. Eating during the day and drinking often still takes place in hotels during Ramadan, but discreetly.Year-round, visitors to Dubai are technically
not allowed to drink outside the hotel they are visiting unless they get a liquor permit.

The most extravagant, and expensive,hotels in Dubai are the international resorts lining Jumeirah Beach, which
stretches for miles along the Gulf. The beaches here are beautiful—soft golden sand fronts a blue-green sea, with water as warm as the Caribbean. These world-class resorts offer amenities equal to the best
establishments in the world. Most of them have spas, health clubs, sports activities,and beach centers with extensive watersports, as well as wide-ranging dining and entertainment options.