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.

Miami Mondrian

Located on West Avenue, Mondrian South Beach is at close proximity to landmark Lincoln Road mall which is lined with boutiques, sidewalk cafe and restaurants.

The property boasts direct access to one of the most vibrant cities in the world, fabulous Sunset views overlooking the Miami skyline and direct access to Biscayne Bay.

Mondrian South Beach’s 335 studio, one and two bedroom apartments and penthouses are bright spaces with unique features and custom detailing designed by Marcel Wanders.

Spaces flow into one another to create an expansive feel, large windows, many with balconies, open to stunning views of the bay and ocean. Sophisticated color palette of grays, gold, black and white has created a dynamic feel.
As you enter the lobby, you will see a distinctive black and white pattern ( clearly a signature mark of the Mondrian) and giant faces painted on walls following you everywhere...

The four Tower Suites each feature over 3,000 square feet of interior space, 2,000 square feet of terrace and includes butler service; breakfast each morning and hors d'oeuvres with cocktails each evening on request.

ASIA DE CUBA restaurant ( legendary found at several Morgan Hotel properties) blends the best of Asian and Latin cuisines.

This will be the new trendy spot for the holidays!


Studio 550 sq.ft starts at $ 550,000
1 bedroom 750 sq.ft starts at $ 700,000
2 bedroom 1,200sq.ft are rare and have different pricing.
While you own a unit at the Mondrian, you are enrolled in a world wide Morgan's Hotel club, which offers you VIP services at any Morgan's Hotel in the world.

The MONDRIAN will open its doors during the ART BASEL festival on the first week of December 2008.

ATLANTIS, DUBAI

Bedroom with a view of giant aquarium

Bathroom with water cascading from high up in the ceiling

Bathroom with view of splendors of the aquarium

" Leap of Faith" chute at the Atlantis resort

Hotel suite with view of the Persian Gulf

Spa

One of the many restaurants

Discreet " tete a tete"

Moody retreat

A view of Burj Al Arab Hotel and Palm Island Jumeirah. Atlantis Hotel in the background

Jumeira Palm Island seen from an helicopter. The Atlantis Hotel at distance

Atlantis hotel is set to open tomorrow...

113-acre resort on an artificial island off the Persian Gulf coast will cost $ 1.5 Billion.

Kerzner International, the hotel operator teamed with Dubai developer Nakheel on the resort.

Much of the focus at Atlantis, modeled on a sister resort in the Bahamas, is on ocean-themed family entertainment. The resort contains a giant open-air tank with 65,000 fish, stingrays and other sea creatures and a dolphinarium.
A three-bedroom, three-bathroom suite will cost you $ 25,000 a night.

Donald Trump plans to open a hotel at the center of Palm Jumeirah, where nearby an 1,800-seat theatre will house a permanent Cirque du Soleil show beginning in summer 2011.

By 2010, Dubai aims to attract a staggering 10 million hotel visitors annually, up from about 7 million in 2007. Atlantis alone will increase the city's hotel capacity by 3 percent.

In 2006, Kerzner company took itself private in a $ 3.6 billion deal partially bankrolled by a division of Nakheel's state-owned parent, Dubai World. Nakheel retains a large stake in the company.
Meanwhile, Nakheel's hotel division rapidly expanded. The company's holdings include New York's Mandarin Oriental, the Fontainebleau in Miami Beach, and the W Hotel in Washington.

Its parent also owns a minority stake in MGM Mirage Inc., and is teaming with the casino operator and Kerzner to build a massive multibillion-dollar casino on the Las Vegas Strip.

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Information and pictures courtesy of Mail Online

World's Most Extravagant Party in Dubai

Billionaire tycoon Sol Kerzner will launch a new resort in Dubai with a $25 million party featuring a massive fireworks display that will be visible from space.
The grand opening of the $1.5 billion Atlantis, The Palm, will have 2,000 guests and last four days

In developing Atlantis, The Palm, Kerzner International Holdings has once again recreated the myth of Atlantis, the legendary island that sank into the ocean - the original being the Atlantis, Paradise Island located in The Bahamas.

Atlantis Hotel will be two towers with a total of 1,500 rooms, with two monorail stations linking it to the main stalk of the Palm Jumeirah.

The Palm, is set to be one of the most luxurious resorts in the Middle East, with 360 degree water views. The hotel will feature 16 restaurants from acclaimed chefs such as Santi Santamaria, Giorgio Locatelli, Nobu Matsuhisa and Michel Rostang.

An 11 million liter marine habitat that is home to more than 65,000 marine animals will be the focus of the property.

Approximately 6,000 palms, and over half a million shrubs and ground cover were used to create the landscape.
Rising 30 metres high, the center-piece of the water park is the Mesopotamian-style Ziggurat.

The opening of the resort is schedule for September 24, 2008.

Skybar Miami at the Shore Club

The Shore Club, in Miami Beach, is a spectacular oceanside resort managed by Morgans Hotel Group.
Designed by famed British architect David Chipperfield and landscaping inspired by the rich intense Matisse-inspired colors of the Jardin Majorelle in Marrakech,-- The Shore Club represents the next wave in Miami Beach’s dynamic development.

From Art Deco lobby to the labyrinth of gardens with secret passageways, alcoves and numerous Indoor/Outdoor "rooms the hotel offers 70 suites and 309 remarkably-appointed guestrooms, 7 duplex bungalows, triplex penthouse and private oceanfront Beach House.

The Skybar Miami Beach features four separate bars set: the Red-room, Red-room Garden, Sandbar, and the Rumbar making this landmark the premiere spot for the South Beach nightlife.

Serving cutting-edge Japanese cuisine, Nobu Matsuhisa and Robert DeNiro's renowned NOBU redefines a new "Miami Beach " Japanese ambiance infused with Latin influences.

Monaco

There's no getting around it...

The Principality of Monaco is all about money - making it, spending it and flaunting it. A short stroll along the harbor, where some of the world's most expensive and most luxurious yachts are moored will have your eyes popping out of their sockets at the shameless, unadulterated wealth on display.

A weekend of sheer decadence in Monaco does not come without a price, but after staying in the best hotels, dining in the best restaurants, clubbing with the social elite, and being pampered in the swankiest spa, you would be crazy to say it was not worth it.

Join me this summer as I will jet set the Cote D'Azur and promise to bring back some incredible stories...

Gatsby style... The last jewel in the Cap d'Antibes...

Le Provençal Hotel on the Côte d'Azur built by an American millionaire Frank J Gould in 1925 is being turned into a luxury apartment building.

The 256-bedroom Art Deco palace was in the 30s and 40s the symbol of the French Riviera where Coco Chanel, Winston Churchill, Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald were vacationing.

The Hotel is located between lively Juan-les- Pins and super-pricey Cap d'Antibes.

The 45,000-sq.ft. beach-side property, develop by Cyril Dennis into 56 luxury 360-degree views apartments will have access to spas, beach teepees, helicopters, powerboats, tennis, golf and a ski chalet in Courchevel.
Each unit will have indoor and outdoor pools, Porche kitchens, marble floors, Turkish baths, aquariums and separate staff lifts and entrances.
Music, heating, lighting, flowers and shopping can be computer-controlled.

You will be buying a lifestyle...Off to parties in St Tropez, Cannes or Monte Carlo.

Apartment at "The Provencal" will cost between $ 3 Million to $ 65 Million.


What does $65 million buy you?

Private lift and entrance/ staff lift and entrance
360-degree panoramic sea and mountain views
Interior designs by renowned designers
Porche kitchens and Louis Vuitton furniture
Glass fireplaces, mosaic stone floors
Five bedroom suites with balconies
Indoor pool/ Turkish bath
296m garden with pool
Valet parking/ underground car park
Private beach with water-sports and restaurant
24-hour concierge and room service
Wine cellar
Spa and pool
Tennis club
Use of a helicopter, power boat, yacht and Courchevel chalet
Golf club

Via: Telegraph.co.uk

Frank O. Gehry Spanish Masterpiece

Frank O. Gehry's second Spanish masterpiece is an architectural jewel of the Rioja vineyards.

Located in the heart of the Rioja wine region, the new Hotel Marques De Riscal is Frank O. Gehry second masterpiece in spain, after Bilbao's Guggenheim Museum.

Ideal for a getaway or a relaxing holiday, the Hotel offers 43 guest rooms, including 11 suites.
A unique design surrounded by impressive vineyards in the town of Elciego.


The Marqués de Riscal Restaurant in the Hotel delivers an impressive selection of wines combined with the best traditional Basque-Riojan cuisine.

The Caudalíe Vinothérapie® Spa leads the leisure facilities, offering an indoor swimming pool, steam room, fitness centre, Jacuzzi, invigorating shower, and 14 treatment rooms with wide variety of "wine therapy" massages and treatments.
Exclusively created by Caudalíe Vinothérapie, all products are made of grape’s extract and mineral water.

Malaga, Spain

El Gibralfaro Bull Ring, Malaga, Spain

Puente Nuevo on Tajo River, Malaga, Spain

Guild Hall Gardens, Malaga, Spain

Málaga Beach

Calle Larios is the main street in the city.

My son Nicholas just flew from Seattle to Malaga to visit his best friend Ivan. He will stay in Spain for 8 days then cross the Strait of Gibraltar to Morocco where he will vacation from Casablanca to Agadir.

Málaga, capital of the Costa Del Sol is a city full of history and tradition.
Located in the south of Spain, Malaga is cosmopolitan with a deep sense of hospitality. The impressive city is famous for the pasas ( raisins) and its superb wines.

One of the most famous sons of the city is Pablo Picasso. You still find his birth house at the Plaza de la Merced 15. The building is home to the Foundation Picasso. The larger and more famous Picasso museum can be found at the Palacio de Buenavista at Calle San Augustin.

Kids, have a fabulous time on your vacation! I will see you there in September.

Florida Keys getaway...

Discover a Caribbean playground at The Reach Resort.
Boasting the only natural beach on the island as their backyard, this Key West hotel offers the perfect blend of soft white sand and breathtaking sunshine.
Race the surf on a jet ski, stroll the beach by day and dine out at the outpost of New York's popular Strip House restaurant by night.

Located in the heart of Old Town, in key West, FL, only 1 block from Duval Street the Resort offers 150 guest suites overlooking the beach.
Minutes from World class fishing, scuba diving, snorkeling and parasailing, this resort is just seven miles from the only living coral reef in North America.


The Reach Resort just unveiled a $ 37 Million makeover, offering boutique hotel feel to one of the oldest town Key West favorites.
I know where I will be on Memorial Day Weekend... Do YOU?

One & Only Palmilla in Los Cabos

Dubai developer Nakheel, which is building palm tree-shaped islands off Dubai’s coast had agreed to buy 50 percent of a Mexican resort for $315 million.

The Dubai government-owned firm, which is developing about $60 billion of projects, would buy the stake from Whitehall Street Real Estate Funds, managed by Goldman Sachs & Co.
Kerzner International owns the other 50 percent of the 172-room resort.

One & Only Palmilla in Los Cabos features a Jack Nicklaus 27-hole championship golf course, a world class 22,000 sq ft spa featuring 13 spa villas, a 7,000 sq ft executive conference centre, two oceanfront infinity swimming pools, acclaimed restaurants and a wedding chapel.

The Resort is located on the Southern tip of Mexico's Baja Peninsula.

Nakheel Hotels' projects currently include The Trump International Hotel & Tower under development on The Palm Jumeirah, several luxury hotels in the US, including Mandarin Oriental, W Union Square and Hotel Washington, and development projects for W hotels in Thailand.

QE2 Enterprises, also part of Nakheel Hotels has acquired the QE2 to form the centerpiece of a luxury hotel, residential, retail and entertainment destination to be developed on The Palm Jumeirah.