Fans of luxury hotels are sure to be in evidence in Dubai this holiday season, the Independent reports.

The town represents a “dizzying” variety of attractions – and will soon boast the world’s tallest building.

Currently under construction, the Burj Dubai is anticipated to finish up at over 800 metres tall – over four times the height of London’s ‘Gherkin’ tower.

Elsewhere in the city, part of the United Arab Emirates, one of the world’s biggest building booms is underway.

Seven-star luxury hotels such as the spectacular “sail-shaped” Burj Al-Arab have sprung up from the desert in recent years, contrasting markedly with some of the peninsula’s best beaches.

In town, luxury hotel the Chelsea Tower not only provides deluxe service for guests, but is the 14th-tallest residential building in the world – higher than any building in the UK.

Higher still is the nearby Emirates Hotel - part of a twin tower scheme which exceeds the height of the Eiffel Tower.