Novotel World Trade Centre - Dubai, United Arab Emirates 

Stayed here during a conference. I was at the hotel for 11 days. The room was nice, the bed was terrible (hard as a rock). Hotel restaurants are not that great, but actually room service was quite good. Hotel is attached to the World Trade Conference Center, and several other restaurants, including an Asian and Indian one, were excellent. Pool is nicely maintained, and fitness area is average. As with the rest of Dubai, meals are usually moderate but alcohol is expensive. Hotel is really not near anything so a modest cab ride gets you to either downtown or Mall of The Emirates. Nothing to write home about, but it was clean and the staff was friendly.

I stayed in Novotel with my partner in July 2007. The hotel is situated in the city centre, just off Sheik Zayed Road. It is very convenient, as you can easily catch a cab to almost everywhere. The beach is 10 min by taxi and Mall f the Emirates - the biggest shopping centre - is also about 10 min by cab. Rooms in the hotel are clean and staff very nice and polite. Breakfasts are delicious. Everyone will find something for themselves. Big variety of everything. The swimming pool is quite small but having beach only 10 min away you don't want to waste time at the pool, especially that beach is gorgeous. White sand and very very hot water. Which is nice. Before we went to Dubai everyone was telling us nit to go in July as it is too hot. It is hot indeed but you can get used to it very quick. There is air condition everywhere you go and you cannot feel the heat at the beach as there is a small breeze. Overall, if I was going back to Dubai I would recommend Novotel but for the price I think there are more beautiful hotels to stay in.