Super-Yacht Inspired Jumeirah Marsa Al Arab Opens in Dubai

Some hotels are just places to sleep. Others are destinations in themselves—monuments to excess, ambition, and a city’s restless pursuit of reinvention.

Jumeirah Marsa Al Arab belongs to the latter. Now open, this ultra-luxury resort is the final piece in Jumeirah’s marine-inspired trilogy, a project that already includes Jumeirah Beach Hotel and Burj Al Arab. But if its predecessors paid homage to the past—one shaped like a cresting wave, the other like a billowing sail—Jumeirah Marsa Al Arab looks firmly towards the future.

Designed by Shaun Killa, the architect behind Dubai’s Museum of the Future, the hotel’s avant-garde silhouette is inspired by a superyacht slicing through the water, a fitting image given that the resort will feature its own private marina with dozens of berths for megayachts. Guests will arrive by land or sea, stepping into a world where sky-high luxury meets oceanfront serenity.

Inside, 386 rooms and suites spill onto unobstructed views of the Burj Al Arab, while 82 private residences offer a front-row seat to Dubai’s ceaseless spectacle of sunrises and city lights. The hotel will also boast five infinity pools, 11 high-concept restaurants, and nine bars, ensuring that no indulgence is out of reach. And because this is Jumeirah, expect next-level wellness spaces, where cutting-edge treatments blend with age-old rituals in a setting as sleek as the hotel’s exterior