Dubai - Hotel Information

[QUOTE=Chico Charlie 1]Hi fellows,

I am coming to Dubai in the 3rd week of thismonth and have booked a room at the Hotel grand Flora, Deira., due to its proximity to various shipping malls etc.

I have done extensive RTFF but have not found any comments as to how good is this hotel for Mongering. Can the seniors of the Dubai forum guide me on this.

Thanks and regards

Charlie[/QUOTE]If you can cancel your booking, I would advise you to do so. This hotel is a complete no no, as on my last visit to Dubai I enquried before booking and I was told "no girl in room".

Good luck

Dear fellows ,

After a long time it happens that I will travel to Dubai in June.

Does anyone know if the Arabian Courtyard Hotel & Spa (which lies in the Golden Triangle as I found out) is girlfrindly?

Thanks for your help!

Tony Beruti form Germany

[QUOTE=Beruti]Does anyone know if the Arabian Courtyard Hotel & Spa (which lies in the Golden Triangle as I found out) is girlfrindly?[/QUOTE]Using the "Search this Thread" tool and "Arabian", at least in January, it was reported as yellow (200 dhs charge for guests). Earlier, it had been reported green.
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[QUOTE=Beruti]Dear fellows ,

After a long time it happens that I will travel to Dubai in June.

Does anyone know if the Arabian Courtyard Hotel & Spa (which lies in the Golden Triangle as I found out) is girlfrindly?

Thanks for your help!

Tony Beruti form Germany[/QUOTE]I quried about this hotel as well. I was told there is a surcharge of 100 AED and a passport copy of the WG

[QUOTE=London22]...and a passport copy of the WG[/QUOTE]That's pretty much the norm now. Copy no problem. It's the demand for the [b]ORIGINAL[/b] passport that gives a RED rating: she won't have it on her, and with the CIS, she might not have it at all.

Here's a post from [b]SteveStx[/b], who KNOWS the hotel scene here:

[i]From the beginning this “policing of guests” was not focused at P4P – P4P is just being caught up within this regulation.

Hotels are required by LAW to register EVERY person visiting a guest room, whether staying overnight or not. When you do the standard check-in on arrival, the reception will take a copy of all passports and these are scanned into an online LE system, together with info on where you have come from & length of stay (taken from the card you complete.). If the LE discover an unregistered guest the hotel will be fined Dhs 5,000 on the first case, then Dhs 10,000 for every unregistered guest after that.

How will the LE know if you register all guests or not? – they do simple audits (not P4P focused) and if the hotel is not entering the data properly (i.e. they do not register anybody in the room, they mistakenly register 6 people in 1 room, they scan the Mr. but not Mrs., thus makes a discrepancy with immigration arrivals) – all these issues makes the LE “focus” on the hotel to enforce the rule properly, and the management to avoid the fines.

When you walk in with a "guest" it will be down to the reception / security / concierge to judge whether to approach you or not and enquire about your guest.

The LE does monitor this. I was skeptical at first when they told me this, given the volume of people that check-in every day in Dubai, but experience shows that suddenly the LE will turn up at the hotel and ask questions about a person THEY KNOW is staying there, how long, and who is with them. Obviously the information is taken from the database.

The amount of enforcement by the hotel (which will include registering married couples or not) will be down to a combination of issues the LE has with the hotel and management policy - and will not be easy to know which one is the factor driving the enforcement by staff. If the LE has “focused” on a particular hotel for a period, you can be sure management will be instructing staff to take a tougher line. If management take no notice, then the LE can object to renewing the trade Licence of the hotel at its next renewal – something they are not afraid to mention when they visit.

This will explain why some hotels like York get away with a good P4P bar as they have a strict policy with guests, which gives them no LE issues on their rooms – the LE (upto now) have been rather relaxed with bars as there is CCTV recording everyone who goes into / out of such venues.

I believe LE are more focused on terrorist / organized crime issues, as opposed to P4P, it is just that P4P is caught up (which is what most of us spend a good deal of time doing!!) in any tightening of rules.[/i]

Or should I rather stay at Towers Rotana.

Is there anny other recomondation from you fellows?

Thank you for your help and so long.

Tony

[QUOTE=Beruti]Is there anny other recomondation from you fellows?[/QUOTE]The Search this Tread tool does work wonders. I'd suggest you try the hotel's name, then a part of the name if you don't get the search hits you want (NICE thing about the results, your terms are highlighted in [color=red]red[/color]). As with any search, sometimes you come up with crap, other times in reading the hits, you can find out others' suggestions...

I'd say the most popular hotel is the Sheraton 4 points (several Sheraton's in town).

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(MK: Like I said, old habits...)

The list ist very helpfull!

Im staing probably for 10 days in Dubai and hope to have a lott of fun.

Is there any in place at the moment wher the extrem sexy girls ar around!

I know Cyclon York the Bar vom Seaview was one time in the bar beside the mövenpick hotel but was not sure if this was a place to pic ob some girls.

Tanks again for your help and comands.

Looking forward to come ;-)

[QUOTE=Beruti]The list ist very helpfull!

Is there any in place at the moment wher the extrem sexy girls ar around!

I know Cyclon York the Bar vom Seaview was one time in the bar beside the mövenpick hotel but was not sure if this was a place to pic ob some girls. [/QUOTE]Remember what you owe: a discription of whatever hotel you stay in. That's the [i]list[/i] price, not always paid. But I have faith in you.

Define "sexy". As usual, beauty is in the eye... Spelman has put together a list of bars on the dxb thread - I'd suggest searching for posts by him to find it. Whether she's good looking or not is up to you.

Cyclone is closed, as reported on the dxb thread. There is a debate about the status of Premiere at the Hyatt (someone should go check). York is flourishing (so I've heard), as is Rattlesnake. Seaview continues to function, small bar, but good band.

I'd suggest a bit of reading on the dxb thread, and checking out the Reports of Distinction thread.

Was in Dubai last week, stayed at Regent Palace.. My opinion about hotel is Green, they need passport copy had to take double room and bringing girl was not a problem at all on first night. Second night also the scene was same could see lot of other people bringing in girsl throught the elevator.. so my rating for the hotel will be Green.

I am going to Dubai for a couple of nights and need to find some class nite entertainment.

Can anyone please help me?

One of my colleague is bad for Swedish Blones and its a long short to get one in DXB I guess. Any suggestions please?

The rest of us are into india, lebanese, turkish delight or arabic

Please help urgently as we are there from 18/05/07. I was just given the task to organise the night entertainment, hehe

Dips

I will be arriving at Dubai intl. airport at around 11:30 PM and allowing one hour for immigration etc.and am looking for use of hotel or a room for four hours (ST) as my on ward flight is at 7:00 am in the morning.

Any suggestions as I will have a small hand luggage (Laptop) to carry around and can one leave it safely at entrance counter at cyclone before going into the main bar area. I have already tried Dallas and Broadway and would like to know of any other cheap alternative places to use.

Regards

Umbakali

A very big thanks to the master of advises for DXB-Newbies!

Great and very helpful list!

Have fun!

[QUOTE=Jimmy K II]Great and very helpful list![/QUOTE]Punters should also check out Spelman's guide to the bars/clubs posted on the dxb thread (reference also in the reports of distinction). It's why feedback is so important, so it can be collected and summarized in 1 place. Now, if punters would just read...

Is some big event happening in Dubai next week? I can't find a room at the usual GF places. The Four Points is closed until JULY for renovation. The Ramada Bur Dubai is fully booked.

I don't have time to dig through layers of threads on here so I'm going to pull a newbie question and ask: what girl friendly hotels are located within the Golden Triangle, besides 4P and Ramada? Thank you!

How about the Dar Al Sondos Hotel Apartments in Bur Dubai. Is it talking distance to York, Rockafellas, etc?