Hotel Hotelz

Rabu, 07 April 2010

TOP 10 MOST EXPENSIVE HOTELS IN THE WORLD

People have various tastes and their requirements for accommodation can vary quite considerably. Often hotel guests are satisfied when the room they are staying in is clean, there is a comfy bed and shiny bathroom and of course a TV set. However, what about the upper class? Where do they stay when traveling? Tourism-Review.com brings you the top 10 most expensive hotels in the world according to Stylecrave.com! Prepare your credit card. We start at $15,500 a night.

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	10. Imperial Suite, Park Hyatt-Vendôme Paris, France $15,500 a night 750 square-foot Imperial Suite is located on the second floor of the Park Hyatt-Vendôme’s Haussmanian building. This suite has high ceilings, dining room, kitchenette and a bar. You can also relax in “In Suite Spa” that is outfitted with a steam room, whirlpool and built in massage table.

	9. Royal Suite, Four Seasons George V Paris, France $16,000 a night In George V in Paris you can stay, in case you can afford it, in one of their two Royal Suites. These are equipped with antique furniture. Each suite has a marble entrance, a full kitchen, sauna and separate bathroom for guests. The two 2,600 square-foot suites are split into two separate spaces, one for sleeping and one for entertainment. There is also a private office in both of them.

	8. Royal Armleder Suite, Le Richemond Geneva, Switzerland $17,500 a night Le Richemond was reopened after restoration of the 7th floor in 2007. The 7th floor is entirely occupied by a luxury suite. The suite is bedecked in gold, mosaics. It also has parquet floors, 300 square-foot terrace with wonderful view of Geneva and the Alps.

	7. Royal Suite, Burj Al Arab Dubai, United Arab Emirates $18,000 a night Burj Al Arab Royal Suite has marble floors, mahogany furniture, and bedroom with rotating four post canopy bed. If you stay in this suite you can use Hermes bathroom products, Faubourg fragrances your private elevator, and private cinema. If you pay a bit extra, you will get a chauffeur driven Rolls Royce or helicopter.

	6. Ritz-Carlton Suite, The Ritz-Carlton Moscow, Russia $18,200 a night This luxurious 2,500 square-foot suite has for instance a heated floor you can use in severe Russian winters. In the suite there is a piano for your private use and also a big library. You have also a nice view of the Kremlin, Red Square and St. Basil’s Cathedral from the windows. You can enjoy five meals a day and autonomous energy supply system and secure telecommunication array.

	5. Bridge Suite at The Atlantis Paradise Island, Bahamas $25,000 a night This Bridge suite has 10 rooms. It is called Bridge suite because it fills the entire space that is linking two hotel towers. One of the most famous guests who spent a night in that room was for instance Michael Jackson.

	4. Royal Penthouse Suite, President Wilson Hotel Geneva, Switzerland $33,000 a night This suite takes the entire top floor of the hotel and as we know that president Woodrow Wilson suffered from high blood pressure, we can expect a really peaceful stay in this part of the hotel. The suite has four bedrooms and its cocktail lounge can hold up to 40 guests.

	3. Ty Warner Penthouse, Four Seasons New York, USA $34,000 a night This suite is located on the top of the Manhattan’s tallest hotels offering guests 360-degree views of the city skyline. Floor to ceiling windows surround all sides of the massive suite with nine rooms. Its walls are inlayed with platinum and gold-woven fabrics. The suite includes a private butler as well as TVs able to receive every channel from the entire world.

	2. Hugh Hefner Sky Villa, Palms Casino Resort Las Vegas, USA $40,000 a night Here in Las Vegas you have at least the chance to win enough money to stay in this suite. The playboy themed 10,000 square-foot two-story suite includes non stop butler service, rotating bed with mirror ceiling as well as a $700,000 jacuzzi that cantilevers out above the Las Vegas strip.

	1. Royal Villa at Grand Resort Lagonissi Athens, Greece $50,000 a night This suite offers guests a private version of everything imaginable: heated pool, steam room, private beach, or private butler, chef or pianist! Everything is possible for only $50,000 a night.

Most Expensive Hotels

Most expensive hotels in the world with lavish opulence and an oasis of calm with space and silence providing the utmost in luxury.

Top 10 Most Expensive Hotels:

No 10. Hotel Meurice

Belle Etoile Suite
$7,300 per night.

The most expensive Parisian hotel room is the Belle Etoile Suite at the Hotel Meurice, located on the Rue de Rivoli. The penthouse suite is reached via private elevator, where it opens onto a marble entry hall. The entire suite is decorated in a Charles X style - heavy drapery, intricate wood paneling with gilt edges, chandeliers and murals.

No 9. The Ciragan Palace Hotel Kempinski

Sultan's Suite
$7,500 per night

The Ciragan Palace Hotel Kempinski in Istanbul, located along the Bosporus, was originally the home of the last Ottoman sultans, and different incarnations of the property have been built (and torn down) since the 16th century. The building was bought by the Kempinski hotel group in 1986 and underwent a renovation in 1991.
Today, the hotel comprises two structures (the actual palace and the new hotel), and the Sultan's Suite is the most expensive room there.

No 8. Regent Beverly Wilshire

Penthouse Suite
$7,500 per night

The Regent Beverly Wilshire is the grande dame of L.A. hotels and happens to be the same age as the Academy Awards. Located on the 14th floor of the Beverly Wing, the 5,000-square-foot Penthouse Suite features three bedrooms, a wraparound balcony, a formal dining room, living room, kitchen and den, and is decorated with contemporary furniture. The master bathroom has floor-to-ceiling windows, two glass-enclosed showers, remote control toilet/bidet with a heated seat ...

No 7. The Fairmont Hotel

Penthouse Suite
$10,000 per night

The 6,000-square-foot Penthouse Suite at the Fairmont Hotel on San Francisco's Nob Hill takes up the entire eighth floor of the hotel and has three bedrooms, a dining room that holds 50 people, an eat-in kitchen and a two-story, domed library with a ceiling painted with the constellations.
There is also a billiards room covered floor-to-ceiling in Persian tiles, and four fireplaces inlaid with lapis lazuli. The bathroom fixtures are made of 24 karat gold, and a secret passageway is concealed behind the bookshelves on the library's second floor.

No 6. Hotel Cala di Volpe

Presidential Suite
$13,879 per night

The Costa Smeralda ("Emerald Coast"), on the eastern coast of Sardinia, became famous during the 1960s when the Aga Khan bought it and convinced his jet-set friends to start building villas and a yacht club on the beautiful but previously undeveloped island. The coast also served as the backdrop to the 1977 James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me.

The split-level Presidential Suite has three bedrooms, three bathrooms and two sitting rooms. The highlight is the private, outdoor saltwater pool on the second floor. The style is rustic but luxurious, with whitewashed walls, exposed beams, thick down cushions and wooden accents. The bed frames are wrought iron, and the tiles are hand-painted ceramic. The suite also has its own gazebo and solarium, as well as a DVD library and Bang & Olufsen stereos.

No 5. Westin Excelsior

Villa La Cupola
$14,950 per night

Rome's "Villa La Cupola" suite within the Westin Excelsior has all things Roman and excessive - a cupola, a Pompeii-style Jacuzzi pool, frescoes and stained glass windows. Located on the fifth and sixth floor underneath the cupola of the hotel (which was made famous by Fellini's movies), the suite covers 6,099 square feet and has an additional 1,808 square feet of balconies and terraces. While it only has two bedrooms, five more can be joined to it.

The stained glass windows in the living room detail allegories of a mythological figure paired with a modern one, such as Atlas and Television, Hypnosis and Neurosis, Hermes and Marketing, and Hermaphrodite and Fashion. The downstairs also has a private kitchen, and the dining room features an antique Murano glass chandelier, a private wine cabinet and an antique mosaic-tile-covered dining room.

What really makes this suite over the top is a private cinema with Dolby surround sound. Such luxury makes even the private elevator that leads up to the fitness area and Jacuzzi - complete with mosaic floors, vaulted ceilings and frescoes - seem ordinary. The painted horizons on the frescoes were designed to match perfectly with the real Roman one.

No 4. The Plaza Hotel

Presidential Suite
$15,000 per night

The 7,802-square-foot suite covers nearly the entire 18th floor of the Plaza, with views overlooking Central Park. The walls are covered in silk, the reception area has a 10-foot-wide stained glass window and the hand-painted piano depicts scenes from the French countryside.

The suite has five bedrooms, five and a half bathrooms, two living rooms, a dining room, powder room and sauna. There are also three marble fireplaces, a terrace and a 2,000-bottle wine cellar (guests are charged extra for indulging). The Presidential Suite also comes with the use of a secretary/butler and the Plaza's chefs are at your disposal.

No 3. The Martinez Hotel

Presidential Suite
$18,500 per night

The Martinez Hotel in Cannes likes superlatives and bills itself as having the biggest, most expensive and only terraced penthouse suite on the Cote d'Azur. Perhaps some of this is Gallic swagger, but the price of the suites certainly makes them one of the most expensive in Europe. Both penthouse suites are 8,000 square feet and are decorated in the hotel's signature Art Deco style, with streamlined furniture, silk curtains and teak parquet floors.

While many of the hotel's rooms are painted in bright colors (peach, lime green), the penthouse suites are decorated in muted, understated tones (brown, cream and tan). Each suite has two bedrooms, a Turkish bath, kitchen, personal sauna and views of the Lerins Islands as well as the entire Bay of Cannes. The wraparound terrace is 2,000 square feet and can comfortably hold 100 people. It also has a Jacuzzi. Technophiles will appreciate the Bose plasma screen televisions and telephones and the DVD library. A private butler is on call 24 hours a day, and other amenities include use of a limousine, open bar and the option to join both suites into one grand apartment.

No 2. President Wilson Hotel

The Imperial Suite
$23,300 per night

At the sleek, modern President Wilson Hotel in Geneva, security takes as much precedence as luxury. Faster than you can say "Frette linens," the hotel's staff reassures guests that the security in the Imperial Suite is among the best in the world, ideal for celebrities or traveling heads of states who visit the United Nations headquarters next door at the Palais Wilson.

The Imperial Suite, which takes up the entire top floor of the hotel, is reached via a private elevator and has four bedrooms, all of which overlook Lake Geneva. The suite is decorated in a contemporary style, with marble and hardwood floors, and the bay windows overlook Lake Geneva and Mont Blanc. Off of the master bedroom is a dressing room as well as a study, and the suite has five bathrooms, all with mosaic marble floor, and a Jacuzzi and steam bath in the main bath. The living room has a billiards table, a library and a cocktail lounge with a view of the water fountain, and can accommodate 40 people. The dining room seats 26 people around an oval mahogany table. For the security-conscious or merely the paranoid, the Imperial Suite is also equipped with bulletproof windows and doors.

No 1. The Atlantis

Atlantis Bridge Suite
$25,000 per night

The Atlantis Bridge Suite has the distinction of being the most expensive hotel suite in the world - a whopping $25,000 a night. Found on Paradise Island, Bahamas. The Bridge Suite is located on top of a bridge that connects the two Royal Towers buildings, so it overlooks the entire resort and marina.

The ten-room suite is decorated in red, black and gold (lots of gold) and comes with its own butler, bar lounge and entertainment center as well as 12-foot ceilings. The master bedroom has a sitting area, his-and-hers closets, and hand-painted linens. The bathrooms have chaise lounges, marble baths, and dolphin fixtures. For those who are picky about their personal space, there are two separate master bathrooms. The kitchen also has its own entrance so the butler or cook never bothers you.
So, do you feel like spending $25,000 for one night?

Kamis, 01 April 2010

5 Weird Hotel Bathrooms

The Open Bathroom at CitizenM

The Un-Bathroom at CitizenM Hotel in Amsterdam

Image copyright Charlyn Keating Chisholm, licensed to About.com

The new CitizenM at Amsterdam's main Schiphol Airport is a cool concept Guest rooms are tiny and ultra high-tech with a sleek design. Still, I wasn't prepared for what "tiny" meant for the bathroom -- no walls!

Walk in to the room, and you're faced with the toilet and shower, right there in the entryway. Both are enclosed in glass tubes that stretch ceiling-to-floor, and both come equipped with mood lighting. A curtain divides the "bathroom" from the "bedroom" (a king-sized bed that touches three walls). The cylindrical sink, also, is out in the open.

The Stripper Pole Shower at Planet Hollywood

The stripper pole shower at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas

Image copyright Charlyn Keating Chisholm, licensed to About.com.

This is the view from the shower of the Apex suite at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas -- if you're the stripper. The shower stall comes equipped with -- what else? -- a stripper pole, plus a great view of the large living room. If anyone's bored by the show, the suites each have five flat screen TVs and either a pool table, foosball or air hockey for in-room entertainment.

The Freedom Room at Berlin's Propeller Island City Lodge

Freedom Room at Berlin's Propeller Island City Lodge

Image courtesy Propeller Island City Lodge

The ironically named Freedom Room, in Berlin's Propeller Island City Lodge, is decked out like a fancy jail cell. Not too fancy, though. The toilet's right out in the open, to give it that authentic sent-down-the-river feel. It does have one feature your typical cell doesn't: a balcony.

The Old World Suite at Madonna Inn

Image courtesy Madonna Inn

No, not an outhouse -- it's not that old world. This themed suite at the Madonna Inn in California, where Liberace meets Mozart, has few subtle touches. Bright red walls scream passion, and the massive stone fireplace demands romance. In the bathroom, waterfalls cascade down walls for the shower and the sinks. You won't see a room this, um, special outside of Vegas. If you just can't get enough of stone, a several rooms have stone walls in the bathroom and into the bedroom, like the Caveman Room.

The Bathroom in Cinderella's Castle Suite

The bathroom in Cinderella's Castle Suite gives a new meaning to the phrase "throne room."

Image copyright Charlyn Keating Chisholm, licensed to About.com

This bathroom gives a new meaning to the phrase "throne room." The bathroom in Cinderella's Castle Suite has stained glass windows, faux stone walls and, yes, a working throne. The bathtub, a Jacuzzi with a waterfall faucet, is surrounded by stained glass murals depicting scenes from Cinderella's fairy tale romance. Above, a dark blue ceiling serves as a backdrop for a twinkly night sky.

Wierds Hotel Rooms

Top 15 weirdest hotel rooms

Here are the top 15 oddest hotel rooms I've ever seen. I wonder how people even sleep in some of those because they look like construction sites, for example the first one below. Be sure to check out the Visual Arts category for more sculptures and artistic photos.

Wrapped room