Jennifer Lopez and Nancy Ajram perform at One&Only One Za'abeel hotel opening in Dubai

The singers were was joined by A-list names such as Idris Elba, Vanessa Hudgens and Naomi Campbell at the event

Jennifer Lopez attends the grand opening of One&Only One Za’abeel. All photos: Getty Images

Naomi Campbell

Idris Elba and Sabrina Dhowre Elba

Vanessa Hudgens

Vincent Cassel

Nicola Roberts

Mark Ronson

Mohammed Al Turki

David Gandy

Dubai Bling star Lojain Omran

Moldovan model Doina Ciobanu

Indian director Tarsem Singh

Spanish influencer Alex Sanchez de Mora

French influencer Polina Ilieva

Italian actress Martina Colombari

Nadhim Zahawi, MP for Stratford-Upon-Avon, and Lana Zahawi

French influencer Monica de La Villardiere and husband Marc de la Villardiere

British influencer Eva Apio

Somali boxer and model Ramla Ali

Dubai-based Lebanese singer Dana Hourani

Lebanese-Australian model Jessica Kahawaty

Influencer Jory Almaiman

Lebanese actress Cynthia Samuel

Lebanese actor Wissam Fares

Belgian model Kenza Boutrif

Indian influencer Masoom Minawala

Influencer Natasha Aris

French photographer Hugo Comte

Nigerian-American stylist Alexander-Julian Gibbson

One&Only One Za'abeel celebrated its opening with glittering fanfare in Dubai.

To mark the hotel's official opening, international celebrities including singers Jennifer Lopez, actor Idris Elba and wife Sabrina Dhowre Elba, music producer Mark Ronson and model Naomi Campbell walked the red carpet. Inside the party, both Lopez and Lebanese singer Nancy Ajram performed some of their biggest hits for the crowd, and Elba and Ronson both DJed.

British tennis player Emma Raducanu, American actress Vanessa Hudgens, French actor Vincent Cassel, and Hong Kong actress and business woman Angela Yeung Wing also attended.

To walk the red carpet, Lopez wore a full black Giambattista Valli haute couture gown with an oversized cape and Sartoro jewellery, and she later changed into a purple sequinned Valentino jumpsuit to perform at the Sphere afterparty.

Ajram described the hotel as "Dubai’s newest haven" on Instagram, and shared a video of herself arriving and images of her private performance.

The hotel has opened near the Dubai World Trade Centre and DIFC areas, and describes itself as the city's “first urban vertical resort”.

It is in the new One Za'abeel development, which features dual skyscrapers intersected by The Link, the world's longest cantilever, which is a futuristic boulevard 100 metres above street level.

The hotel has rooms, suites and a 755-square-metre Villa One penthouse, featuring an outdoor infinity pool, cinema, in-suite gym and private chef. All accommodation interiors draw inspiration from the Za'abeel area.

Over the course of the weekend, guests at the invite-only event have checked into the hotel to be among the first to enjoy its facilities.

The Link houses restaurants by award-winning such as Anne-Sophie Pic, Mehmet Gurs, Dabiz Munoz and Paco Morales. On top of The Link is Tapasake, One&Only's Nikkei cuisine destination, and the UAE's longest suspended infinity pool.

The hotel also has a children's club with activities inspired by the UAE's space mission, and the Longevity Hub by Clinique La Prairie.

The hotel officially opened in January and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, was among the first to visit. Joined by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai, and Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed, First Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed toured the new venue, praising the pivotal role of the tourism sector in the emirate.