Magazine
Reporting, reviews and guides on the hotels, restaurants and experiences shaping Dubai hospitality.
FeaturesNew & Noteworthy
A short, intense opening cycle changed what a luxury hotel in this city is expected to be. Not bigger — different: wellness as architecture, dining as identity, and privacy as the scarcest amenity of all.
By The Editorial Team
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GuidesWeekend Guides
Two days on the island, planned around heat, light and the awkward geography of a place shaped like a tree. Where to begin, when to move, and what a weekend here is actually for.
By The Editorial Team
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GuidesWhere To Stay
Trunk, frond or crescent — the three answers to the same question, and why the part of the island you book matters more than the brand above the door.
By The Editorial Team
StayWhere To Stay
The one district where you can leave the car behind. What Downtown actually covers, how the micro-locations differ, and the trade you make by booking here.
By The Editorial Team
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Eat & DrinkHotel Restaurants
In most cities, hotel restaurants are where you eat when you have run out of ideas. Here they are the idea. How the city's dining ended up inside its hotels, and how to navigate it.
By The Editorial Team
ExploreDesert Experiences
An hour inland from the coast, the emirate turns into a protected reserve with two hotels inside it. What a desert stay actually involves, and how it differs from the excursion sold in every hotel lobby.
By The Editorial Team
ExperienceWellness
The spa menu is no longer the whole story. How wellness moved from the hotel basement to the centre of the building, and what to book depending on what you actually need.
By The Editorial Team
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Eat & DrinkRooftops
A city with this much vertical ambition was always going to put its tables in the air. What actually separates a good Dubai rooftop from an expensive one.
By The Editorial Team
ExperienceBeach Clubs
Minimum spends, sun angles, wind, season and the family policies nobody publishes. A practical guide to a category that ranges from excellent to expensively disappointing.
By The Editorial Team
FeaturesDesign
A city that built its identity out of hotels. From a sail on an artificial island to a building suspended across a motorway — the chronology, and what each phase was arguing for.
By The Editorial Team
GuidesItineraries
When to come, where to land, how to move, what the rules actually are, and how to structure a first week so the city makes sense rather than merely impresses.
By The Editorial Team
StayHotels
The original luxury shoreline, and still the best compromise in the city between beach and access. How the coast is arranged and which stretch of it suits which traveller.
By The Editorial Team
StayWhere To Stay
Two districts built for work that turned into the most convincing places in Dubai to eat, drink and — increasingly — stay. Why leisure travellers keep booking them by accident and staying on purpose.
By The Editorial Team
Sections
Hotels, resorts, new openings, reviews, suites and staycations.
Restaurants, hotel dining, rooftops, beach clubs, bars, brunch and fine dining.
Things to do, places to visit, beaches, neighbourhoods, shopping, culture and the desert.
Wellness, spas, nightlife, family, romance, luxury and adventure.
Where to stay, weekend guides, itineraries, neighbourhood guides and editor's picks.
Long-form features, interviews, design, hospitality, people and trends.
