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World’s Most Expensive Hotels

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Hotel business is undoubtedly a profitable affair. Moreover, certain owners of hotels have managed to create such rooms that even very well-to-do people cannot afford themselves. Today we bring to your attention top 5 of the world’s most expensive hotels.

This improvised parade of hotels is headed by the hotel “President Wilson” in Switzerland. This fashionable hotel with wonderful views of the Geneva Lake and Mont Blanc is situated in a prestigious part of Geneva, not far from parks, shops and the old town. In principle, cost of a room in this hotel is comparable to others. Its rooms even appear in local brochures for tourists. Instead, one night in the royal penthouse shall cost you a record sum of 54 000 dollars. However, the hotel service is royal as well: the guests are brought to their room in a personal lift, and a cozy living-room for parties of 40 people is always at their disposal. Owners of the hotel have certainly assured safety of their precious guests: windows of the room overlooking the Geneva Lake are made of bullet-proof glass.

The second place is traditionally occupied by Americans, lovers of glare and glamour. The Las Vegas hotel “Palms Casino” belongs to Hugh Hefner. Hefner’s property is estimated at approximately 265 million dollars. This is a 40-storeyed high-rise building with spacious and luxurious rooms, most of them having incomparable characteristics. The hotel presents an eclectic combination of 7 different restaurants and bars, spa-services, an amazing swimming pool, cinemas, banquet and conference facilities. The hotel casino with the area of 95.000 square feet shall satisfy all requirements of its clients. It houses the world’s second most expensive room - Hugh Hefner Sky Villa. The room is situated on the 34th floor. It offers everything a person might need for resting in the Playboy style – furniture with the famous logotype (selected by the owner himself), Jacuzzi in the open air and a rotating bed. Living-room, dining hall and bar are attached hereto.

Technological but loyal to their traditions, the Japanese enclose the top three of this nomination. The “Ritz-Carlton Tokyo”, situated in Japan, received the bronze and occupied the third place of the honorary list. This hotel houses the room Carlton suite that costs 20 000 dollars per night. Its enormous area makes up 1.292 square feet and allows placing numerous luxurious facilities here. However, its main decoration is the wonderful view of the mountain Fuji. This hotel has attracted attention of the press for several times. In addition to the fact that the 248-room hotel is situated in the highest building of Tokyo, the hotel design represents a mixture of the European school with modern elements, such as colorful paintings of the American painter Sam Francis. This is rather unusual for Japan. Besides, the restaurant menu includes the cocktail Diamonds-Are-Forever, made on the basis of martini. It costs $16 000. There is a one-carat Bvlgari diamond at the bottom of the glass. On ordering this drink, you may free of charge choose a ring to this diamond in any Bvlgari jeweler’s.

The fourth place is occupied by the Cannes “Martinez” hotel. Prices for its President apartments vary from 13 700 to 43 800 dollars. Celebrities like to visit Cannes; therefore the hotel décor is extravagant and imposing. The hotel room consists of 2 living-rooms, two dining halls, four bedrooms, a Turkish bath and a sauna. The room overlooks the bay. As regards the hotel itself, it entered the list of the best French hotels soon after its opening in 1929. Show-business stars like to stay here. Gerard Depardieu, Ray Charles, Sean Connery, Laetitia Casta, Mariah Carey, Judy Foster and many other celebrities have stayed in this hotel.

Finally comes a Dubai hotel that traditionally enters any ratings of the most expensive and the most fashionable. The price of 12 250 dollars per night gives the hotel “Emirates Palace” the right to be considered the most expensive hotel in the Near East. Its best room is covered with gold and marble, and equipped with a chandelier of Swarovski crystals, representing the real Arab luxury. On the whole, this is a real palace from “1001 nights”. The hotel “Emirates Palace” 5* may boast of 302 rooms of the Superior category and 92 luxurious rooms, combining endless luxury of decoration and technologies of the 22nd century.

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Article Submitted On: January 28, 2008