1970
Khalaf Al Habtoor builds his first hotel in Dubai Habtoor Hospitality
1997
Jumeirah opens the Jumeirah Beach Hotel in Dubai Jumeirah
1999
A 27 km² reserve is created with the resort — the seed of the Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve
1999
The Burj Al Arab opens on its own island off Jumeirah Beach
1999
Al Maha opens in the Dubai desert conservation reserve, the emirate's first desert resort
2004
Article 121 of the UAE Constitution is amended and Federal Law No. 8 exempts DIFC from all federal civil and commercial law; the district opens with its own courts under English common law DIFC, Dubai
2004
Kempinski, Pan Pacific, Rydges and Wyndham found the Global Hotel Alliance on the model of the airline alliances, so that brands owning nothing in common could share one loyalty programme Global Hotel Alliance
2004
Madinat Jumeirah opens in Dubai, built as a reconstructed Arabian town Madinat Jumeirah
2005
Emirates Palace opens in Abu Dhabi
2008
Emaar opens the first Address hotel in Dubai Address Hotels + Resorts
2008
Atlantis The Palm opens in Dubai Atlantis Dubai / Sanya / Maldives
2009
Qasr Al Sarab opens in the Empty Quarter
2009
Yas Island opens in Abu Dhabi with the Yas Marina Circuit and the Yas Hotel Yas Island, Abu Dhabi
2010
The Burj Khalifa opens on 4 January, with Armani Dubai on thirty of its floors Downtown Dubai
2013
Zaya Nurai opens off Abu Dhabi
2015
Palazzo Versace Dubai opens on Dubai Creek, interiors by Donatella Versace
2016
Dubai Parks and Resorts opens with its own hotel Dubai Parks and Resorts
2018
Bluewaters Island opens off Jumeirah with the Ain Dubai wheel Bluewaters Island
2020
The Opus opens in Dubai in Zaha Hadid's cube with a void cut through it
2021
GHA DISCOVERY is rebuilt in November around DISCOVERY Dollars, a spend-based currency rather than points Global Hotel Alliance
2024
The Lana opens in Dubai, Dorchester Collection's first house in the Gulf
2024
The Lana opens on 24 April at Marasi Bay — Dorchester Collection’s first house in the Middle East and Asia, with 39 residences managed rather than licensed Dorchester Collection Residences
2027
claimed Wynn Al Marjan Island is announced as the first casino resort in the Emirates ⚑ not yet open
Every event names at least one entry in the register. The same events appear in the Library’s whole chronology at History, and the entries themselves at United Arab Emirates.