Maison Privée

Maison Privée is a Dubai-based, tech-enabled hospitality company providing short-term vacation and corporate rentals in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Founded in March 2017 and backed by a USD 4 million Series A round closed in April 2018, the company built its model around combining "the service and convenience of a premium hotel with the privacy and comfort of home" — hand-picking apartments and villas in prime locations and operating them with hotel-level guest support. It is licensed by Dubai's tourism authority (DTCM, now part of the Department of Economy and Tourism) to register and manage holiday home properties, and publishes its Tourism Licence number (777649) on its website.

The portfolio concentrates on Dubai's most-demanded short-stay districts — Downtown Dubai, Palm Jumeirah and Dubai Marina — with additional rental properties in Abu Dhabi, spanning one- and two-bedroom apartments through to villas and penthouses. A profile in The National traced the company's growth from around 1,000 guests in its first year to 10,000 guests across roughly 100 properties, and the operation has continued expanding since. Alongside leisure stays, Maison Privée runs a corporate serviced-apartment arm for business travellers and offers guests curated tours and activities across Downtown Dubai, the Dubai desert, Palm Jumeirah, Dubai Marina and Abu Dhabi.

For property owners, the appeal is a managed route into Dubai's holiday home market without a conventional lease: Maison Privée registers and manages the unit under its DTCM licence, and owners can reclaim their property with a three-month notice period rather than being locked into a lease contract. The company's award record is unusually deep for the sector — it has been named "Dubai's Leading Holiday Villa Rental Company" at the World Travel Awards every year from 2020 through 2025, won "Best Holiday Rentals Company in the Middle East" at the International Travel Awards 2021, collected LUXlife Hospitality Awards from 2021 to 2023, and carries the WTTC Safe Travels stamp.

Key Services

• Short-term vacation rentals — apartments, villas and penthouses
• Holiday home management for property owners
• DTCM registration and licensing of holiday home units
• Corporate and serviced apartment rentals for business travellers
• Hotel-level guest services and support
• Tours & activities for guests across Dubai and Abu Dhabi

Why Maison Privée Matters for Dubai Owners and Guests

Dubai's holiday home sector has grown crowded, and the durable operators tend to be those with proper licensing, institutional backing and a verifiable service record. Maison Privée checks all three: a published DTCM tourism licence, venture funding that financed professional operations early, and six consecutive World Travel Awards wins that are independently verifiable on the awards body's own site. For owners, the no-lease structure with a three-month return notice keeps flexibility that an annual tenancy cannot offer, while the company's concentration in Downtown, Palm Jumeirah and the Marina aligns with the areas where short-stay demand and nightly rates are strongest. Guests, meanwhile, get a professionally managed alternative to hotels — fully furnished apartments and villas with hotel-grade support, plus curated tours and experiences booked through the same operator. The company operates from Ibn Battuta Gate Offices (Office 104) in Dubai and can be reached on +971 4 574 1954 or [email protected].