"Part high-rise hotel tower, part high-end beach resort, part French and part Arabic, the Sofitel Dubai Jumeirah Beach is an emblem of today’s Dubai, a city that’s as much a leisure destination as it is a business hub. The best big hotels have always been able to cope with both sorts of traveler, of course, and some of the most memorable trips incorporate elements of both. But what’s remarkable here is the seamlessness of the transition — one minute you’re thirty floors up in a room that could just as easily pass for an Arab-accented vision of Paris, and the next you’re on a lounger by the pool, facing out to sea, with the Walk, Dubai’s waterfront promenade, more or less right at your feet." - Tablet Hotels