Colin here. We continue with some lighter-touch Friday emails. In Dubai, I recently had coffee with a friend who runs the Burj al Arab. You know it from its iconic exterior: a sail shape that juts out from the coastline, but I grabbed a few iPhone snaps from inside.
The Burj Al Arab – translating as “the Arabian Tower” – was designed by architect Tom Wright in October 1993 and the magnificent sail-shaped property was completed by November 1999, just in time for the millennium…It stands at 321m (1,053ft) high, supported by 250 columns, making it the tallest all-suite hotel in the world.
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