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The JW Marriott Marquis Dubai has been officially
recognized by The Guinness World Records as the world’s tallest hotel.
At a height of 355 metres, the hotel is only 26 metres shorter than the
Empire State Building in New York. The hotel is spread across two
77-floor twin towers, each containing 804 rooms.
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The world’s tallest hotel title was previously held by another Dubai
hotel, the 333-metre tall Rose Rayhaan by Rotana on Shaikh Zayed Road.
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“We are excited and delighted to be officially recognised as the world’s
tallest hotel. Dubai is a city of superlatives and the JW Marriott
Marquis is an outstanding addition its iconic skyline,” said Rupprecht
Queitsch, general manager of JW Marriott Marquis Hotel.
The iconic five-star hotel boasts of a height that’s almost half or 43
per cent of the height of Burj Khalifa, world’s tallest tower.
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The hotel is designed to be a ‘city within a city’ and has 804 guest
rooms with panoramic views in each tower, 14 restaurants, bars and
lounges.
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It features more than 8,000 square metres of indoor and outdoor event
space which includes two ballrooms.
“It’s sort of a small city within itself. Any business traveler can find
everything he needs within the hotel itself,” Ashok Korgaonkar, JW
Marriott Marquis Hotel Dubai’s leading architect, told Gulf News.
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Currently, JW Marriott Marquis Hotel ranks 28th in the world’s top 200
tallest buildings, and the sixth tallest building in Dubai, according to
Emporis, a global database for building and construction information.
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