Dubai

===Burj Al Arab===
{{Main|Burj Al Arab}}
The Burj Al Arab (Arabic: برج العرب, ''Tower of the Arabs''), a [[luxury resort|luxury]] [[hotel]], is frequently described as "the world's only [[hotel rating|7-star]]", though its management has never made that claim but has claimed to be a "five-star deluxe property." The term "7-star hotel" was coined by a British journalist to describe their initial experience of the hotel.<ref name="NationalBAA">{{cite web|last=Rebecca|first=Bundhun|date=14 July 2009|title=Hotel star ratings standards long overdue|url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/travel-and-tourism/hotel-star-ratings-standards-long-overdue-1.491056|access-date=31 January 2021|website=The National|archive-date=24 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170624235044/http://www.thenational.ae/business/travel-tourism/hotel-star-ratings-standards-long-overdue|url-status=live}}</ref> A Jumeirah Group spokesperson is quoted as saying: "There's not a lot we can do to stop it. We're not encouraging the use of the term. We've never used it in our advertising."<ref name="NationalBAA" /> The hotel opened in December 1999.