Nestled in one of Dubai’s premier shopping, culinary, and entertainment destinations, the InterContinental Dubai Festival City offers direct indoor access to Dubai Festival City Mall, elegantly appointed guestrooms and suites, world-class dining, and a 4,250 square-metre Event Centre built to handle everything from breakout workshops to full-scale plenaries.

Archaeological discovery suggests humans have lived in this area since at least 3000 BC, with UAE and Oman heritage tracing back to the Bronze Age “Magan” civilisation — Magan ships once sailed from here to Babylonia and Mesopotamia, trading copper and pearls. Dubai’s instinctive flair for trade remains its throughline, four thousand years on.

InterContinental Dubai Festival City, P.O. Box 45777, Dubai, U.A.E. — set directly on Dubai Creek, with direct indoor access to Dubai Festival City Mall.

• – Minutes from Dubai International Airport (DXB)
• – Direct indoor access from Dubai Festival City Mall
• – Waterfront setting with skyline views toward Downtown Dubai