from the Daily Mail (UK) (9/25):
Palace of excess: Dubai's new £750million hotel boasts everything the super-rich could desire (except good taste)
By Kathryn Knight
Last updated at 11:55 PM on 25th September 2008
"As the private elevator ascends the 22 floors to my suite, I ponder quite what one should expect when spending £14,000 for a night's stay.
I know my quarters are 3,000 feet square and feature three en-suite guest bedrooms, a living room the size of Norway and a phalanx of staff including a butler, a chef, a sous-chef and a dishwasher (in the form of a person, not a machine).
What I do not know - although I have my suspicions - is whether it will be in any way tasteful.
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What greets me when I reach the suite - 'room' is certainly not the word to use, perhaps 'hamlet' is more accurate - is a vision of staggering opulence.
From the vast balconies of The Bridge Suite - the flagship suite at Dubai's Atlantis Hotel - floor-to-ceiling windows look out one way over the Arabian Gulf and the other way to the Palm Jumeirah, the ambitious man-made archipelago in the shape of a date palm, which is home to hundreds of perma-tanned residents." ...
for the complete story and a nice picture of the Atlantis' Chihuily
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