Saturday, October 4, 2008

Top Ten Most Expensive Hotel Rooms

Ty Warner Suite $ 34,000 per night


Royal Armleder Suite $33,000 per night


Royal Suite, Burj Al Arab $18,000 per night


Ritz-Carlton Suite, Moscow $16,500 per night


Hotel Martinez, Cannes $9,300 per night

Oblivious to the financial meltdown, the ultra-rich are still willing to spend huge sums on staying at the best hotel rooms in the world.

The Wealth Bulletin has compiled a new list of the World's Top Ten Most Expensive Hotel Room.

1. Ty Warner Penthouse, Four Seasons, New York; $34,000 per night
Created by Billionaire Ty Warner, designer Peter Marino and architect IM Pei.

2. Royal Penthouse Suite, President Wilson Hotel, Geneva; $33,000 per night
Overlooking Lake Geneva, has an emphasis on security. All doors and windows are bulletproof, and the suite comes with its own private elevator.

3. The Presidential Suite, Hotel Cala di Volpe, Costa Smeralda, Italy; $21,000 per night
Aga Khan popularised Porto Cervo as “the” destination for the rich and famous in the 1960s.

4. Royal Suite, Burj Al Arab, Dubai; $18,000 per night
Extraordinary views across the ever rising skyline of Dubai and out to the Gulf of Arabia.

5. Royal Armleder Suite, Le Richemond, Geneva; $17,500 per night
Named after the wealthy family who used to own the famous hotel before Rocco Forte bought it in August 2004.

6. The Ritz-Carlton Suite, The Ritz-Carlton, Moscow; $16,500 per night
Furnished in Russian imperial style, the suite has extraordinary views of the Kremlin and Red Square.

7. The Royal Suite, Four Seasons George V, Paris; $16,000 per night
The Four Seasons hotel group to specialize in the world’s most expensive suites.

8. The Imperial Suite, Park Hyatt-Vendôme, Paris; $15,500 per night
French capital’s reputation for luxury living.

9. Brook Penthouse, Claridges, London; $10,000 per night
The capital’s most spectacular roof terrace overlooking London’s West End

10. Penthouse Suite, Hotel Martinez, Cannes; $9,300 per night
The real wow-factor of the penthouse suites is two 200 sq/metre private terraces overlooking the Bay of Cannes.
During the Cannes Film Festival the Penthouse Suites go up to $48,000 a night.

Photos courtesy of Luxist.

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