Caesars hotels due to open this year in Dubai

Caesars Entertainment's first non-gaming resort will open later this year as part of the Bluewaters Island development off the coast of Dubai.

Caesars will manage two hotels -- Caesars Bluewaters Dubai and Caesars Palace Bluewaters Dubai -- totaling 479 rooms. The Las Vegas-based company will also oversee a beach club.

The resort will have indoor and outdoor pools as well as a dozen bars and restaurants, some of them headed by celebrity chefs. The property will also have convention space as well as a spa with wellness center.

Bluewaters is slated to have about 200 restaurants and shops.

The island, connected to Dubai via roadway and pedestrian bridge, will feature the Ain Dubai, a 689-foot observation wheel.