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Jumeirah Beach Hotel
Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Jumeirah · High Luxury
Jumeirah Beach Hotel opened in December 1997 as the first property of the Jumeirah brand and the first internationally branded five-star hotel on Dubai's coast, designed by WS Atkins as a wave-shaped tower, curved in both plan and elevation so every one of its 598 rooms faces the Gulf. Its wave form was deliberately conceived to complement the later sail of the adjacent Burj Al Arab, establishing Dubai's nautical-architecture vocabulary two years before the sail rose.
- 618 rooms
- Opened 1997
- Neighborhood: Jumeirah Beach
- Architect: WS Atkins; Tom Wright
About Jumeirah Beach Hotel
- WS Atkins curved the building in both plan and elevation, 298 metres long, only 14 metres wide, so that every single room has an unobstructed sea view, an engineering constraint that also made the hotel 93 metres tall at its crest when completed in 1997.
- The site was formerly called Chicago Beach, named for the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company that moored floating oil-storage tankers here in the 1960s, a name that persisted into the 1990s and was still the official construction project name for the Burj Al Arab until Sheikh Mohammed announced the new title.
- The Jumeirah Beach Hotel was designed in the wave form specifically to create a nautical dialogue with the still-unbuilt Burj Al Arab sail, making it the opening chapter of what Jumeirah now describes as its three-hotel maritime trilogy, completed in 2025 by Jumeirah Marsa Al Arab.
- At its 1997 completion it was the ninth-tallest building in all of Dubai, a fact that illustrates how compressed the city's high-rise era truly was.
History
Jumeirah Beach Hotel opened in 1997 as a flagship Dubai resort under the Jumeirah brand. Wikipedia notes it has 598 rooms and suites plus 19 beachfront villas, and that it sits on reclaimed land by the beach beside Burj Al Arab and Wild Wadi Water Park. The hotel remains known for its wave-like silhouette and its family-oriented positioning, including Jumeirah Circle kids club and Talise Spa/J Club as highlighted by Jumeirah.
The setting
Jumeirah Beach Hotel occupies the former Chicago Beach in Umm Suqeim 3 — a name derived from the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company that built offshore oil tanks here in the 1960s, giving the strip its identity long before Dubai's rise. The wave-shaped tower, which opened in 1997 as the city's first international five-star chain, stands seven minutes on foot from Wild Wadi Waterpark and thirteen minutes from the Burj Al Arab; Madinat Jumeirah and its canal souk are fourteen minutes by taxi, and the Mall of the Emirates fifteen minutes by car. Overlooks Arabian Gulf.
Experiences
- Jumeirah Circle Kids Club — Kids club where little explorers are invited to join adventures.
- Private beach and swimming pools — Private beach and swimming pools for guests.
- Spa — Tranquil spa where parents can unwind.
Amenities
- Spa
- Pool
- Sauna
- Fitness center
- Kids' club
- Tennis
- Private beach
- Water sports
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