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Emirates Airlines' Favorite Hotels
Emirates Airlines
One of the fastest growing, most innovative airlines in the world.
On 25th October 1985, Emirates flew its first routes out of Dubai with just two aircraft—a leased Boeing 737 and Airbus 300 B4. Then as now, their goal was quality, not quantity, and in the years since taking those first small steps onto the regional travel scene, Emirates has evolved into a globally influential travel and tourism conglomerate known the world over for their commitment to the highest standards of quality in every aspect of their business.
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Al Maha Desert Resort
Dubai, UAE
Al Maha is just what Dubai needs — it's the perfect antidote to the luxury overkill on the coast. The resort, some 45 kilometers inland from the city, is reachable only by hotel-arranged jeep transfer — no private vehicles (and indeed, no outside visitors) are allowed at the compound.
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Madinat Jumeirah Al Qasr
Dubai, UAE
The Madinat Jumeirah complex is massive, somewhere around a thousand rooms, all scattered amid the terraced gardens by the side of the Arabian Gulf.”
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Desert Palm Dubai
Dubai, UAE
The Desert Palm, true to its name, is an oasis, a sedate resort-style experience, its clean-lined modern villas surrounded by gardens, hedges, trees — greener than your average desert experience, that’s for sure.
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Residence & Spa at One & Only Royal Mirage
Dubai, UAE
This One & Only is three hotels in one, in the upscale residential district of Jumeirah Beach. The one we’re concerned with is the Residence & Spa, the most exclusive and luxurious of the three. Just shy of fifty rooms and suites stand right by the beach, with views of the offshore Palm Island development, a man-made island complex designed to resemble a palm tree when viewed from space.
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The Address Hotel, Downtown Burj Dubai
Dubai, UAE
The Address, Downtown Burj Dubai is sandwiched between the sprawling Dubai Mall and the enormous Burj Dubai, which will be for a time the tallest building in the world — and if there’s a city where bigger is unquestionably better, it’s got to be this one.
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Burj Al Arab
Dubai, UAE
The Burj Al Arab is quite possibly the most over-the-top hotel in the entire world, including Vegas. It is also the world's first and only seven star hotel, and it takes that extra star very seriously.
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Park Hyatt Dubai
Dubai, UAE
With just five floors it’s a remarkably humble structure, and with plenty of healthy references to classic Arabic architecture, along with the Park Hyatt–standard emphasis on quiet and privacy, it’s a welcome escape from the rather less restrained atmosphere offered by some of the competition.
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Four Seasons Hotel Amman
Amman, Jordan
Within a decade of its opening the Four Seasons has managed to become, by many lights, the top luxury hotel in Jordan’s capital city of Amman. In terms of design, it doesn’t get much more conservative than this — it’s about as avant-garde as you’d expect from a Middle Eastern outpost of a Canadian luxury chain.
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Emirates Palace
Abu Dhabi, UAE
UAE's only palace concept hotel, the Emirates Palace is the place for statesmen and dignitaries as well as families with slightly more classic tastes.
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