World's tallest hotel opens up in, where else, Dubai


Skift Take

At least on the surface, boom times are back in Dubai. First the Taj Mahal replica as a hotel, and now this.

The first tower of the world's tallest hotel, JW Marriott Marquis Hotel Dubai, has opened its doors adding 804 rooms to the Sheikh Zayed Road inventory. Officially recognised as the world’s tallest hotel at a height of 355 metres, only 26 metres short of the Empire State Building, New York, the JW Marriott Marquis is Dubai’s first world-class convention and business destination hotel. General Manager Rupprecht Queitsch personally greeted the fi