Dubai is now home to six of the world's seven tallest hotels, as rising room rates encourage developers to restart stalled projects and reach for the sky.
Four years after a property crash saw hospitality projects across the city grind to a halt, cranes are appearing on hotel construction sites once more while architects and consultants report rising numbers of requests for proposals from clients.
"We have been asked to pitch for a number of projects," said Stephen Flanagan, director of professional services at Knight Frank, a global property consultancy. "We're getting back to 2007 and 2008 levels of activity which is very positive."
The JW Marriott Marquis, which has been open since November but is preparing for its official launch later this week, tops the list of the world's tallest towers at 355 metres - or just 26m shorter than the Empire State Building according to its Guinness Book of Records entry.
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