The second Palazzo Versace hotel location was Dubai. Palazzo Versace Dubai was built on the foreshore of Dubai Creek in Culture Village, United Arab Emirates, following the first Palazzo Versace on Australia’s Gold Coast.
The original Palazzo Versace opened in 2000, while the Dubai property was completed in 2015 and opened to guests in November of that year. Some descriptions refer to its grand opening in 2016, which explains the date used in the question, but the hotel’s opening is generally recorded as November 2015.
The Dubai resort extends Versace’s fashion identity into hospitality and interior design. Its rooms, residences, public areas, furnishings and decorative details use the house’s recognizable motifs, including Medusa imagery and richly ornamented finishes. The development includes hotel rooms and suites, private residences, restaurants and bars.
The key distinction is between the hotel’s completion or opening date and later publicity about its formal launch. Dubai is the location regardless of which of those dates a source emphasizes. A third Palazzo Versace project has been associated with Macau.