City of Dreams, a lush seven-star standard hotel consisted of three buildings, will be built on floating islands near Crocodile Island, Xiamen.

Construction of the hotel by the end of 2009, and is expected to be finished before the National Day holiday in 2012.

According to Xu Shiyong, the founder of the project, the hotel will have a total area of over 100,000 square meters with more than 800 rooms of different styles, a grand ballroom accommodating 1,000 people, an international conference hall, a press center, tennis court, outdoor swimming pool, and other amenities.

Apart from the City of Dreams, Anxi in Fujian province and Tianjin are also planning to build seven-star standard hotels. Currently the Burj Al Arab in Dubai is the world's only "seven-star" hotel.

(China Hospitality News June 24, 2009)