Greatest Hotels in The Earth.
The hotel
Burj al-Arab
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Designer: Tom Wright (WS Atkins PLC), Khuan Chew.
Status: Complete.
Estimated project cost: $650 million.
Cost per person: $1,000 to over $28,000 per night, $75 to
have a glimpse from inside.
Considered, unofficially, the world's first and only 7-star
hotel.The 28 double-story floors of the hotel accommodate 202 luxury suites
with prices ranging from $1,000 to over $28,000 per night (for the Royal
Suite). The hotel also features 8 restaurants, including bars and lounges, latest
business, conferencing, fitness and recreational facilities. Carved in the
midst of white beaches and the blue waters of the Arabian Gulf, the Burj Al
Arab is a dream come true.
The Poseidon Undersea Resort
Location: Fiji, The Poseidon Mystery Island
Designer: Bruce Jones
Status: Under construction, will be completed by September
2008
Estimated project cost: $105 million
Cost per person: $15,000 per week
Our pursuit of unique spaces now goes straight 1,200-square
feet under the sea in the lap of Poseidon undersea resort. The world's first
underwater resort will boast breathtaking coral reefs where you can literally
immerse yourself. Surrounded by 5,000-acre lagoon, the Bruce Jones' Poseidon
Mystery Island offers luxurious 550 square feet large suites.
Not only this, the Poseidon Resorts website says, 'the first
1,000 guests will have their names permanently inscribed on two monuments one
on the island, and one on the floor of the lagoon.' Now, that's incredible!
