Superlative-hungry Dubai has recently added another landmark to its portfolio: A 72-story hotel billed as the world’s tallest. The JW Marriott’s Marquis Dubai formally opened earlier this year after gaining the title of tallest hotel from Guinness World Records.
At 355 meters (1,099 feet), the hotel would tower over skylines in most cities. But in Dubai, it is still dwarfed by its more than twice-as-high near neighbor, the Burj Khalif, the world’s tallest skyscraper at 828 meters (2,717 feet). Despite living in the shadow of the Burj Khalif however, the JW Marriott Marquis Hotel Dubai is only 26 metres short of the Empire State Building in New York.
Rupprecht Queitsch, General Manager of the JW Marriott Marquis Hotel Dubai is joined by Ashok Korgaonkar, leading architect of the building and Managing Director of Archgroup Consultants, as they receive the official Guinness World Record certificate for the world’s tallest hotel.
Spread across two iconic 77-floor twin towers, each with 804 rooms and an enticing array of 14 restaurants, bars and lounges, the hotel is set to be one of the region’s most desirable destinations. It is also Dubai’s first world-class convention and business destination hotel, filling a long identified gap in the market where groups, meetings and conventions of up to 1,000 people can meet, sleep and dine under one roof, in one location.
“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 to its iconic skyline. This Guinness World Record will help us to put Dubai on the global business destination map,” commented Rupprecht Queitsch, General Manager of the new 5 star hotel.
