I have book a last minute trip to Dubai for three nights.

I liked the hotel, The room I had was on the eighth floor. It was nothing special but clean and comfortable. Since I came there late in the evening (after midnight) and I was hungry I ordered supper from the room service. The food was good and not expensive.
During daytime I did sightseeing in Dubai so I did not spend a lot of time in the hotel. When I came back, I could relax in the Jacuzzi or the outside pool. The spa area (jacuzzi, sauna, steam room) was not the most modern facility but good enough to relax.
I have had two free meals in my package, breakfast and either lunch or supper. The buffet was okay, a wide choice of different foods. In the evenings they have changing themes for their buffet, e.g. Caribbean or Arabian or seafood buffet.
On one day I forgot to remove the "do not disturb" sign from my door knob and when I came back in the evening my room has not been made up and when I asked at the front desk if I could at least have some new towels, they said that it was not a problem and sent the room service to my room who made up I room in the evening in no time.
Overall I was very satisfied with my stay at the Holiday International.
The Blue Souk (Central Market) is located only a few walking minutes away from the hotel. There you can go for a strawl and buy souvenirs and so on and is not as crowded as the souks in Deira and Bur Dubai and the shop owners are less importunate as the ones in Dubai.
The only downside was the distance to Dubai. They have offered free shuttles to the beach and to Dubai but I never made it, so I had to use public transportation instead. There is a bus station located between 10 and 15 minutes walking distance from the hotel near the fishmarket from where buses go to Deira on a regular basis which only cost 5 Dirhams (~ 1 Euro / 1.5 USD). But the traffic in the Dubai area is horrible and it took almost an hour to get to Deira. Same thing on the way back home. Next time I would try to find a hotel closer to Dubai to save the time used for the bus travel, but apart from that I was quite pleased with the Holiday International.

The hotel may not be that famous but the service is good.The staff is helpfull.The swimming pool is nice.A small beach is good.The gerden is beautifull.Hotel is quiet and good for stay with family.

This is better located in Sharjah city as comapre to traveling from Dubai everyday. It is lesser expensive than SAS RADISSION, Sharjah.

Rooms and facilities are good, they do provide visa service, pickup and drop service and city tours of Dubai, Sharjah.

View from room is good having Sharjah gold market and continious moving traffic.

A nice dates shop offering variety of arabian dates is nearby to this hotel, don;t miss to visit that shop.

Per night stay would be approx 400 Dirhams.

I stayed three nights in the hotel during July 2008.

We were picked up from Dubai airport in the late evening - no problem at all. The driver was waiting for our party and we were taken to the hotel in an airconditioned bus.

I got a room on the 7th floor, overlooking the lagoon. I even had a balcony but due to the weather and the heat, the doors to the balcony were shut and you couldn't access it. So I just could overlook it from inside. The aircondition was running with full power and it was a bit too cold for me... but you could turn it down, no problem. The bed was comfortable, bathroom also ok.

The staff was very friendly and tried to satisfy all customer needs. I stained one of my shirts during my stay and I got it cleaned within 2 hours in the evening (normally it takes 1/2 day). For Western Europeans: Please be advised that in Sharjah there is no alcohol served, it was not possible to get wine or beer in the hotel (in Dubai, it would).

One thing you could nag about: The food. Breakfast was ok, there was a good selection but nevertheless the quality was not up to 4 stars. However, you will not starve. The evening buffet is really nothing special. You should rather try to get something at one of the great restaurants around (I would recommend Lebanese kitchen).

Traffic is terrible, it says 20 minutes from Dubai - probably when there is no traffic. In rush hour, you should account for 1 hour, probably more.

To summarize: for us the location was ideal (we had some meetings in Sharjah), however if going to Dubai, I might recommend to find something directly in Dubai (mostly because of the traffic). Also, try to eat outside the hotel, the food is not too good (the fish restaurant was closed, so we couldn't try this one). Rooms and beds are ok, from this point of view everything was ok.