The Leela Kempinski

The jewel in India’s glittering crown of cities, Mumbai is the nerve-centre of the nation. And The Leela Kempinski Mumbai is an 11 acre oasis of tranquillity nestled amidst the hustle and bustle of the nation’s financial capital. Amble through the landscaped gardens, the murmuring waterfalls and the becalming lotus ponds and you’ll find it hard to believe that you’re a short drive away from the international and domestic airports. The Leela Kempinski Mumbai is also well connected to the city’s business districts. In fact, the IT and BPO districts are hardly a few miles away. The Leela Kempinski Mumbai is much more than just a business hotel and has a lot to offer to the leisure traveller too. Reflecting the city’s status as the cultural capital of the country, this premier business hotel gracefully serves up an array of living, dining and lifestyle choices for guests. So do drop in at one of the finest 5 star deluxe hotels in India and discover the essence of modern-day India.

The Bellagio

Las Vegas

The Bellagio
Bellagio Villas

$6,000 per night

We were surprised that the most expensive hotel room in Las Vegas--a private villa at the Bellagio--is only $6,000 a night, but hotels in Sin City are always lower than average since hoteliers know the real money will be blown on gambling. The Bellagio has nine separate villas in a quiet corner of the property.

Each villa has a private terrace and pool, which is surrounded by topiary shrubs, chaise lounges and outdoor tables. Every villa has a private butler service and private limousine entrance.


Not that anyone actually sleeps in Sin City.

The villas are both two and three bedrooms and come with a kitchen, dining room and fully stocked bar according to guests' preferences. The master bathrooms have his-and-hers bathrooms and steam showers and are stocked with Hermes bath products. Whoever designed the guest-to-bathroom ratio, as well as guest-to-telephone, had excess in mind. The two-bedroom suites have five bathrooms and 11 telephones, while the three-bedrooms have seven bathrooms and 12 telephones. Two-bedroom villas are $5,000 per night, while the three-bedrooms are $6,000.

Bellagio Hotel
3600 S. Las Vegas Blvd.
Las Vegas, Nev.

A Distant Treasure

Discover an original and ancient side of Sicily. Just over one hour from Palermo and in a lush valley emmerced in olive groves and vineyards lies Kempinski Hotel Giardino di Costanza. A refined resort experience that combines ultimate relaxation with its pools and beach club, one of a kind Daniela Steiner spa, childrens program and wealth of excursions to discover a countless treasures and traditions dating back over 2000 years such as Erice, Segesta, Mothia.

Dubbesi Restaurant serving Italian cuisine and seafood specialties. Lobby Lounge - restaurant and bar. Citrus Pool Bar and Saffron Bar. Sea view Restaurant by the Hotel Private Beach Lido Costanza.

If life's place is leaving you depleted, take a vacation from stress and be pampered at our full service signature Spa by Daniela Steiner. Covering more than 2,100 sqm, Nakhlah longevity lifestyle & beauty features exclusively developed treatments based on natural Sicilian products such as sea salt, extracts of citrus fruits, almond and olive essences in addition to the "Care Suite”, Daniela Steiner signature products to deliver tangible results of wellbeing and beauty. Nakhlah hosts Longevity, a unique anti-aging, preventive and diagnostic program aimed at detecting health risks early and rediscover long life potential through a comprehensive health, nutrition, stress, emotion, fitness and behavior assessment performed by specialist anti-aging doctors and cutting edge technology.

Indoor, outdoor and children's swimming pools. Tennis courts. XVIII Century Manor House conference center.

78 rooms and 13 suites, all with a balcony overlooking the gardens, pool areas and fountains. Each room has a flat-screen plasma TV and working desk. The bathrooms are oversized – each with two wash basins, a large bathtub and a separate walk-in shower with rainforest effect. Penthouse suites have private swimming pools.

8 meeting and conference rooms. A banquet capacity of 400 people.

Private Beach Lido Costanza

Hotel information

78 rooms, 13 suites

60 minutes from Falcone Borsellino Airport *** Private Beach Lido Costanza - 15 minute drive

Features

• Banquets
• Business Meetings
• Children's Programs
• Countryside
• On-Site Pool
• Outdoor Pool
• Spa
  

Cards Accepted

American Express
EuroCard
JCB International
MasterCard
Visa

Hotel Burj Al Arab - Interior & Rooms and prices

Interior

The interior was designed by Khuan Chew, Design Principal of KCA International. Other projects by Khuan Chew include the Sultan of Brunei's Palace, Dubai International Airport, Jumeirah Beach Resort Development, Madinat Resort and much more.

The Burj al-Arab features the tallest atrium lobby in the world, at 180 meters (590 ft). The atrium is formed between the building's V-shaped span. The atrium dominates the interior of the hotel, and takes up over one-third of interior space. It can accommodate the Dubai World Trade Center building, which, at 38 stories, was the tallest building in Dubai from the late 1970s to the mid-1990s.

While the exterior of the Burj al Arab is expressed in terms of ultra-modern sculptural design, the interior guest space is a compilation of lavish and luxurious architectural styles from both the east and the west. The hotel boasts 8,000 square meters of 22-carat gold leaf and 24,000 square meters of 30 different types of marble.


In the mezzanine lobby, a fountain creates a "three-dimensional Islamic star pattern." Pointed arches throughout, found in one of the hotel’s three restaurants, corridors between guest rooms, and at the top of the atrium recall a classic Arabian architectural design form.

Rooms and prices

Despite its size, the Burj al-Arab holds only 28 double-storey floors which accommodate 202 bedroom suites. The smallest suite occupies an area of 169 square meters (1,819 square ft), the largest covers 780 square meters (8,396 square ft). It is one of the most expensive hotels in the world. The cost of staying in a suite begins at $1,000 per night and increases to over $15,000 per night; the Royal Suite is the most expensive, at $28,000 per night.


Suites feature design details that juxtapose east and west. White Tuscan columns and a spiral staircase covered in marble with a wrought-iron gold leaf railing show influence from classicism and art nouveau. Spa-like bathrooms are accented by mosaic tile patterns on the floors and walls, with Arabian-influenced geometries, which are also found elsewhere in the building.

Hotel Burj Al Arab - Features and Exterior

Exterior

The Burj Al Arab artificial island

The building design features a steel exoskeleton wrapped around a reinforced concrete tower. Notably the building is shaped like the sail of a dhow, with two "wings" spread in a V to form a vast "mast". The space between the wings is enclosed by a Teflon-coated fibreglass sail, curving across the front of the building and creating an atrium inside. The sail is made of a material called Dyneon, spanning over 161,000 square feet (15,000 m²), consists of two layers, and is divided into twelve panels and installed vertically. The fabric is coated with DuPont Teflon to protect it from harsh desert heat, wind, and dirt; as a result, "the fabricators estimate that it will hold up for up to 50 years."

During the day, the white fabric allows a soft, milky light inside the hotel, whereas a clear glass front would produce blinding amounts of glare and a constantly increasing temperature. At night, both inside and outside, the fabric is lit by color-changing lights. During the period of mourning following the death of Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum in January 2006, the light show and some water features were turned off.


A front on view of the Burj-al-Arab Hotel. The disk near the top of the tower is a helicopter landing pad.

Near the top of the building is a suspended helipad supported by a cantilever. The helipad has featured some of the hotel's notable publicity events. Irish singer Ronan Keating shot his music video Iris on the helipad. In March 2004, professional golfer Tiger Woods hit several golf balls from the helipad into the Persian Gulf, while in February 2005, professional tennis players Roger Federer and Andre Agassi played an unranked game on the helipad, which was temporarily converted into a grass tennis court, at a height of 211 meters. The helipad has no borders or fences on the edges and if a player hit a winner the tennis balls would plunge down to the ground.