, March 1 -- shaped hotel, the Burj Al Arab, briefly made headlines after a minor fire broke out on its exterior due to debris from an intercepted drone amid Iran-US tensions. The attack, part of Iran's retaliatory measures, caused no injuries but slightly damaged the hotel's facade.

Often called the world's only "7-star hotel," Burj Al Arab's legendary status actually began in 1999 when a British journalist, impressed by its luxury, described it as "more than anything she had ever seen" and labeled it a 7-star hotel. While the management never officially adopted the term, it stuck and became a symbol of Dubai's unmatched opulence.

The hotel's history dates back to the early 1990s when Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum envisioned a ...