Burj Al Arab

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Facts

• This is the tallest operating hotel building in the world (not counting mixed-use buildings like Jin Mao Tower in Shanghai or the unfinished Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea).
• All of the hotel's 202 rooms are two-storey suites, ranging in size from 170 square metres (1,830 square feet) to 780 square metres (8,396 square feet).
• The atrium is 180 metres high, one of the tallest in the world.
• The Al Muntaha restaurant is located 200 metres above the Persian Gulf, offering great views of Dubai. It is accessed by a panoramic elevator.
• The hotel features a total of eight restaurants and bars.
• The building's design is influenced by the profile of an Arabian sailing ship.
• The building's external lighting schemes, from white light to a multicolored one, change from one to another every 30 minutes expressing the evening's progress.
• Burj Al Arab is the world's tallest structure with a membrane facade.
• A 24 meter (79 feet) wide helipad projects from the building 210 meters above the ground.
• "Burj" is Arabic for "Tower".
• The "Assawan Spa" is situated on the 18th floor.