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Buckingham Palace may turn into a hotel and a museum
Prince of Wales is contemplating moving the Royal family from their home at Buckingham Palace. This may take place only when he will be crowned as the King. The famous landmark could be transformed into a museum, as claimed by Mr Andrew Marr in his book on the legendary family. This BBC broadcaster says the court will move to Windsor Castle to give way for a possible conversion of the palace into a historical hotel or museum. However, a speaker for the Clarence House clearly denied all statements related to this possible shift. The book The Diamond Queen: Elizabeth II and Her People makes other big claims including the Queen wish to abdicate her throne for her son. Sources have not confirmed such a transformational move.
Artistic Art suites for the Ice Hotel
Mesmerize yourself with the artictic sculptures at the Ice Hotel. The world famous Ice Hotel is located at Jukkasjƒ¤rvi, Sweden.
Globally renowned ice sculpture artist gather to display their talent on ice at the ice hotel. The Ice Hotel has an Ice Church and Ice Bar.These art suites are made from the frozen water of Torne River.
The Ice Hotels exhibition has artist fro all parts of the world who gather in this small Swedish village, 200 km north of the Arctic Circle, to create an exclusive art exhibition: ICEHOTEL in Jukkasjƒ¤rvi.
Bora Bora Private Resort
Eden Beach in Bora Bora is throwing a perfect investment prospect for all Richie-rich, who are used to inking such deals. Opened in September, 2001, this the 9.3-acre private island has long been a hotel and resort, fully developed and enticing to potential visitors and customers.
The estate also features a huge house followed by 16 miniscule bungalows. The presence of two giant beaches surrounding it; one on a glittering lagoon and the other on the Pacific adds a ton to its beauty. This beach can be used for marketable or private purposes.
Garden Grove Embassy Suites to be the world’s biggest
GARDEN GROVE Embassy Suites hotel got the thumbs-up from City Council members to go ahead with its plan to add a 17-story hotel tower, which would make it the biggest Embassy Suites in the world and one of the tallest buildings in the Harbor Corridor.
The council on Tuesday voted 5-0 in favor of an agreement with developer Landmark Hospitality LLC, which proposed building the addition with 238 rooms and about 50,000 square feet of banquet and meeting space. Councilman Mark Rosen said these improvements will put Garden Grove and especially Embassy Suites on the resort map.
Embassy Suites is part of the city-designated InternationalWest resort area on Harbor Boulevard where city officials envision shops, restaurants, more hotels and possibly a theme park. The cluster of hotels on Harbor generates about $12.5 million annually for the city. At the same meeting, Council members put off a vote to enter into an agreement with JPI to develop the Brookhurst Triangle.
Istanbul’s 7-Story Underwater Hotel
Visitors to Istanbul will soon have a chance to view the most spectacular ocean views on the planet. A seven floor, seven-star hotel is being built underwater on what was formerly a tobacco factory.
There will be exhibition halls, and restaurants, and all rooms will be sea facing.This isn’t the first such underwater hotel complex in the world. That honor goes to the $500 million Poseidon Hotel which is currently being built off Fiji. The Istanbul hotel differs in that it is being built under the city center, which should make for an interesting experience.
A Louis Vuitton Store Inside a Marriott
Hotels are slowly moving beyond the bar, nightclub and restaurant trend to add some hip retail spaces in their properties.
Of course, this is nothing new as some hotels have been doing this already for a long time. But what is news is the report of a Louis Vuitton store opening inside the JW Marriott Bucharest Hotel.
The store will open in June and offer customers the standard LV leather goods as well as the opportunity to design their own travel trunk based on their “requirements and taste.”
As for why LV would open in a Marriott, international senior VP for LV said : “We looked on Calea Victoriei and on other boulevards in Bucharest but chose the Marriott because it is a visually safe and controlled environment, where you know who your neighbours are and do not risk having a sex shop open next door.”
Morgan Plaza Beijing
The Morgan Plaza is a super-luxury 7 star hotel under construction in Beijing, China. Although it was set to be finished last month’s, there has been no official confirmation of it completion yet but it definitely going to be completed in time for the Beijing Olympics.When completed it is rumoured to be possibly more luxurious than the Burj Al Arab and has been considered to be the official landmark of China, still in competition with the Shanghai World Financial Center. The plaza will contain two pavilions, a temple, the world’s best Japanese restaurant and a 600 meter long corridor “” Overseaspropertymall.
Necker Island Rental
Sir Richard Branson’s famous Necker Island, a 74 acre paradise in the British Virgin Islands, can be rented for $47,000 a night for up to 28 guests. If that sounds a little steep, there are certain times when you can rent rooms in one of the island’s six guest houses starting at $23,500 a week. Amenities on the island include two freshwater pools and Jacuzzi, tennis courts, water sports, fishing, spa and everything that can be expected on the ultimate idyllic island paradise.
One-Room Hotel in Paris
Hotel Everland, the creation of Swiss artists Sabina Lang & Daniel Baumann, on the roof of Palais de Tokyo is an art consisting of an actual one-room hotel. It offers 1970″²s-style glamour, a turquoise-tiled bathroom, a record player with a collection of vinyl discs, & a spectacular view of the Eiffel Tower but remember no TV.
If you are interested in the room in the hotel, you can actually stay in it & is offered at a price of 333 Euros per night during weekdays & 444 Euros at weekends. But do remember it will remain atop the Palais de Tokyo until the end of 2008 only.
The Palazzo Versace Hotel in Dubai
The Palazzo Versace Hotel in Dubai will ultimately be one of 16 luxury branded resorts located around the world, which will take Gianni Versace inspired ostentation to a new level. The completed hotel will incorporate 169 private flats all decorated and furnished in the Versace style.
Some of the more interesting features will include Hand cut mosaic floors, Communal areas will have immense seawater aquariums with exotic Red Sea fish and also under beach cooling system to ensure you don’t burn your feet. Palazzo Versace already have a resort on Australia’s Gold Coast with other’s planned for Goa, Abu Dhabi, India, China, Russia, Paris, London, New York and Rome.
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