A group of Russian women have staged a conspicuous photo shoot on the forecourt of a deluxe Dubai resort after management complained about them tagging the hotel on social media.

Management at the Waldorf Astoria resort on man-made Palm Jumeirah Island claimed that the women's photos and videos were ruining their family-friendly image, saying they were better suited to a lingerie catalogue or adult movie, the Daily Mail reported.  

In town for a photo shoot for fashion designer Anna Chibisova's brand D'AngelAnn, the women - who included model and TV presenter Victoria Bonya, actress Anna Kalashnikova and reality TV star Alena Shishkova - shared revealing pictures of themselves inside the resort, which charges more than £1700 a night for a suite, and in its manicured grounds.

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These included pictures of them posing in their underwear in bathrooms, going to breakfast in dressing gowns and sunbathing in swimsuits some might deem skimpy.

"You have to understand that this is an Arab country," a resort spokesperson reportedly said.

"We have had a lot of complaints from families with young children. We do not want to see our location [on social media] of photos of girls in semi-naked and erotic poses. Let the photograph simply state the location as Dubai."

In protest, the women took part in a "mannequin challenge" on the hotel forecourt, posting pictures of themselves and mannequins bedecked in designer attire with luxury sports cars. 

A video shared by locally-based Kings of Rental Cars showed the women pulling up at the hotel in a convertible and joining the mannequins on the forecourt as photographers snap away as male bystanders in Arabic and Western dress look on.