World's tallest hotel in Dubai is set to debut — beating record previously set by the sky-scraping city
The Ciel in Dubai will be as luxurious and breathtaking as one would imagine. Once built, it'll reach over 1,197 feet high and have 1,004 rooms, including 147 suites, across 82 floors, according to the hotel's website.
The construction of the hotel is in different stages, according to Newsweek. The lobby fit-out is at least 65% complete and parts of the dining areas are 50% done.
Meanwhile, the guest room furniture installation is reportedly 45% complete, while the fit-out of the leisure deck is at least 40% done, according to April-May updates shared by the developer.
Located in the Dubai Marina, the world's largest human-made one, the Ciel offers guests 360-degree views of the Persian Gulf through floor-to-ceiling glass windows.
A rendering of the Ciel in Dubai, the world's tallest hotel.
Courtesy The First Group
Once completed, the Ciel will dethrone the current tallest hotel in the world, the Gevora Hotel — also in Dubai — which stands at 1,169 feet high.
'Ciel in Dubai Marina is a stunning development that will set a new benchmark as the world's tallest hotel upon completion,' The First Group, the developer of the hotel, said on its website.
'More than an architectural masterpiece, Ciel is a global icon and The First Group's largest and most luxurious project to date.'
The hotel will also have the world's highest infinity swimming pool, according to a statement from the China Railway 18th Bureau Group of Dubai (CR18BG), the contractor behind the hotel, to local media, per Newsweek.
There will also be a 1,158 feet-high 'sky restaurant,' as well as an 'atrium sky garden' that spans 12 levels.
The hotel's infinity pool will live on the 76th floor, at around 1,004 feet in the sky. It forms part of the Tattu Dubai restaurant, bar and lounge complex, which spans three floors.
The hotel will also have the world's highest infinity swimming pool.
Courtesy The First Group
The restaurant will be located on the 74th level, while the Tattu Sky Lounge and Observation Deck will be on the 81st floor, the venue's website said.
In total, guests will have 10 different bar and restaurant options throughout the hotel.
Additionally, the hotel's communal atrium space will feature 'vertically stacked landscaped and naturally ventilated terraces' at around 984 feet high, The First Group said.
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"The experience was intense, and it became a test of our strategic clarity and operational resilience." "The unexpected adverse media campaign that was launched by those who resigned on 24 March 2025 has caused incalculable damage and offers a glimpse of the unacceptable behaviours displayed in private," she continued. "We are emerging not just grateful to have survived, but stronger: more focused, better governed, boldly ambitious and with our dignity intact." Jack Royston is chief royal correspondent for Newsweek, based in London. You can find him on X, formerly Twitter, at @jack_royston and read his stories on Newsweek's The Royals Facebook page. Do you have a question about King Charles III and Queen Camilla, Prince William and Princess Kate, Meghan and Harry, or their family that you would like our experienced royal correspondents to answer? Email royals@ We'd love to hear from you.
