Best New Hotels 2007: Kempinski Hotel Mall of the Emirates, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

In the desert Disneyland that is Dubai, hotels are going up faster than you can say dishdasha. The new Kempinski Hotel is one that stands out amongst the considerable crowd – for sheer audacity alone. It has the world’s third-largest indoor ski resort; it’s attached to the biggest shopping mall outside North America and it boasts some of the largest guest rooms in the city. For the true ski tragic, 15 of the hotel’s deluxe rooms and suites are ‘ski chalets’ with views over the slope.

Doubles from $670, www.kempinski-dubai.com.