First hotel Fairmont will be opened in China

Hotel network Fairmont Hotels and Resorts opens the first hotel in China. Hotel Fairmont Beijing settles down in the centre of Beijing.
Now room reservation for the first visitors of hotel is carried out for dates from August, 15th till November, 15th, 2009.
On the occasion of hotel opening the special offer “the second night free of charge” operates.
Design of Fairmont Beijing combines modern lines and local traditions. The building facade is made of gold and pink glass. The hotel foyer will be decorated by a 16-metre chandelier in the form of a dragon, consisting of hundreds tiny crystal small fishes, which are considered by Chinese as a success and prosperity symbol. Hotel has 222 rooms, including suites and exclusive rooms Fairmont Gold.
Visitors are offered room-service; rent of best cars, including Bentley, BMW and Rolls Royce, and also round-the-clock services of the personal assistant on each floor of hotel. Two restaurants will offer refined dishes for all tastes and bars will please guests with delicious and extravagant drinks.
Besides, for carrying out of business meetings and seminars, Fairmont Beijing will offer perfectly equipped three conference halls. The pool and the three-level spa-complex, which area will make 2000 square meters, will open in the end of 2009.
Fairmont Hotels&Resorts networks belong also such legendary hotels as Plaza in New York and Savoy in London.

Radisson Blu Marrakesh will be opened in Morocco

In 2011 Company Rezidor plans to open new hotel Radisson Blu Marrakesh in Morocco.
According to the group managers the general who room fund of the hotel will make 204 rooms and it will be constructed in territory of prestigious complex Carre Eden.
New hotel will be constructed in one of the most beautiful cities of the world.  Rezidor Hotel Group also plans to open hotels in the cities of Tangiers and Saidia, therefore Radisson Blu Marrakesh will become a good addition to the list of hotels in Morocco.
Five-star Radisson Blu in Marrakesh will become attractive vacation spot both for business tourists, and for travelers.
The hotel and its shopping centre will become interesting sights for tourists.
Hotel Radisson Blu Marrakesh will be constructed in territory Carre Eden, an elite complex, where 80 apartments of premium class, and also the trading and entertaining centers will be settled down.
Besides 204 modern hotel rooms, the hotel infrastructure will include 2 restaurants, a bar, pool, the spa-centre where visitors can visit real Moroccan traditions. Besides, in hotel the zone for carrying out of negotiations and conferences by a total area of an order 1 000 sq. m. will be provided.

Hot list of the best new hotels of the world

Recently the list of the best new hotels in the world has been declared. Conde Nast Traveller magazine has chosen 70 places, where it is possible to stop in 30 countries. It has been made within the limits of annual guidebook Hot List release.
Among these 70 there are only two Australian hotels - Sal Salis Ningaloo in the western part and Southern Ocean on Kangaroo Island, located in the south of the country. Sal Salis Ningaloo is well known for the fact that all energy used in hotel, is received from solar batteries, and the hotel does not bring harm to environment.
Here there are also 25 rest houses, noted by especial favour of jury. Their list in alphabetic order looks so: 1. Aman in the Summer palace (Beijing, capital of China); 2. Aman New Delhi (Delhi, India); 3. Resort Anantara Phuket (Phuket, Thailand); 4. Atlantis the Palm (Dubai, United Arab Emirates); 5. Banyan Tree Sanya (China); 6. Borgo Santo Pietro (Tuscany, Italy); 7. Carbon (Genk, Belgium); 8. Castiglion Del Bosco (Tuscany, Italy); 9. Cavallo Point (San Francisco, the USA); 10. Citizen M Schiphol (Amsterdam, the Netherlands); 11. Clouds Mountain Gorilla Lodge (Uganda); 12. Crazy Bear (England); 13. Desert Island Resort and Spa (Abu-Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates); 14. Diva (Maldives).
Close this list of 10 following institutions: 15. Dontainebleau (Miami, the USA); 16. Four Seasons Hotel Firenze (Florence, Italy); 17. Four Seasons Hotel Macao (Macao, the Peoples Republic of China); 18. Four Seasons Resort Bora Boar (French Polynesia); 19. Four Seasons Resort Mauritius (Mauritius); 20. Geejam (Jamaica); 21. Hilton Moscow (Moscow, Russia); 22. Hotel Du Vin Poole (Great Britain); 23. Hotel Montefiore (Tel Aviv, Israel); 24. Hotel Santa Teresa (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) 25. Hotel Tugu Lombok (Indonesia).

Null Stern hotel has opened in Switzerland

Hotel with sound name Null Stern (”Zero stars”) has opened in the former military bunker in the Swiss city Sevelen, which is on the boundary with Liechtenstein.
The cost of night in standard room of hotel makes only € 6,6. However, for this money lodgers should be ready to face the absence of central heating and they will have to warm the beds by means of hot-water bottles. Nights will be “noisy” because of ventilating mine.
Standard rooms of hotel Null Stern are arranged in Spartan spirit. Beds remind cots in military infirmaries. But for € 12 it is possible to move to “suite” with an ancient bed.
Lodgers will be given slippers, so that they would not get cold on ice floor after a hot shower. In hotel also there are no windows, number of monitors on the reception desk, on which images from an earth surface are being broadcast, is the only way to get in touch with the world.

Prices for hotels decrease all over the world

British company Hogg Robinson Group (HRG) has published a rating of cities of the world with the most expensive hotels. The first place in it was given to Abu-Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), where the average price for standard room makes $421 for night. According to HRGs data, price for one night in Abu-Dhabi made $355, but during first two months of 2009 the average price has increased to $421, that has made capital of the United Arab Emirates country with the most expensive hotels.
Abu-Dhabi and in the Indian Bangalore are among ten cities with the most expensive hotels. Moscow is on the second place of the list, capital of Qatar -Doha-is on the third place. Delhi occupies the fourth position and Dubai is on the fifth place.

Germany: new hotel for gays in Berlin

World market of gay-tourism is extremely popular now. Having opened the third hotel, Axel Hotels group (hotel group, focused on gays, its main office is located in Barcelona) has continued realization of the arrogant plan of the international expansion. The company is going to open 5 specialized hotels till 2013.
in 2003  the company has opened hotel Axel in Barcelona and the same hotel, accepted the first visitors in Buenos Aires in 2007. Both hotels are the property of the company while the new hotel, opened in Berlin, is taken in rent and management.
Actually, the hotel in capital of Germany has been constructed owing to support of the Spanish investment group, which has invested $13 million in its construction. Average cost of residing in Berlin Axel Hotel makes 105 euros a day.
The further strategy of promotion in the international market will be also connected with rent, in view of favorable opportunities in the market for such form of brand’s promotion.
The question of Axel hotels construction in Madrid, USA and Canada is being properly studied now. The company wants to arrange its 5 hotels on 5 continents.
Despite of crisis, in 2009 the prices for residing in hotels for gays have not changed. According to the operating company, 45 % of reservations are done directly on sites of hotels, 25 % - by phone, 30 % - by intermediary and travel agencies. This year the company plans to gain EU10 millions profits.

Towering Cactus Skyscraper

The Minister of Municipal Affairs & Agriculture (MMAA) in Qatar has allowed approved construction of new office building in the form of towering cactus.  As it has become known, this modern office and adjoining botanical dome has been designed by Bangkok-based Aesthetics Architects.
GO Group architects prove that huge plant will look perfectly, after all almost all territory of this small Arabian state is occupied with desert.

XVII century hotel is on sale in Paris

In Paris hotel Hôtel des Ambassadeurs de Hollande (”Hotel of the Dutch ambassadors”), constructed in the end 1650, is on sale now.
The main building, which area makes 1,7 thousand sq. m,  court yard (313 sq. m), terrace (45 sq. m), 15 parking places in adjoining building and an apartment house(794 sq. m.) are on sale.
Required cost of sale makes 35 million euro.

Most original hotels of the world

Revista Viajes magazine has made the list of 10 most eccentric hotels all over the world. Business strategy, advertising, originality, and also location draw special attention. So, here is the list of unusual hotels:

Hotel Daspark, Austria

Rooms of this hotel remind of pipes. Here there are no conveniences, except for bed and lamp.

Hotel Karosta, Latvia
It is located in the former military prison Karosta. This is a place, where lodgers are treated as prisoners.

Hotel Dog Bark Park, USA
It reminds of dogs. Those lodgers, who will want to spend the night there, should realize, that any time they will be in a head of this huge animal.

Hotel de Glace, Canada
Hotel is made of ice. It accepts visitors from January till March.

Capsule Inn, Tokyo
Similar “hotels - capsules” offer the visitors only a mattress, light, radio and TV, and the bathroom and other premises are the general for all travelers.

Poseidon Undersea Resort, Fiji Islands
The hotel is to be opened only in 2010. It will have several room, located on 20-metre depth of the beautiful pure sea.

Hotel De Vrouwe van Stavoren, Netherlands
Rooms of this hotel have turned into the real wine hogsheads “for two”. A choice for you: white wine or red wine?

Hotel Everland, France

It is hotel with one …room.

Hotel Utter Inn, Sweden
The hotel has only one room “shipped” on 3 m in the Lake Malaren. The visitor can estimate the full depth of lake through special windows.

Hotel Lighthouse, Netherlands
The hotel is located in the lighthouse Harlingen. From its the only one room the magnificent panoramic view opens.

Kempinski Hotel Aqaba in Jordan

In June, 2009, hotel Kempinski Hotel Aqaba will be opened in Jordan. Occurrence of one more high quality hotel on a popular resort is to become a program part on tourism development within the next five years, which has been adopted by the king of Jordan.
Network of Kempinski hotels has more than hundred year history. And opening of the next hotel once again confirms deep knowledge of luxury sphere.
Each of 201 rooms and suites are equipped with best know-how techniques. All rooms have magnificent view.  it is possible to admire sea view from a terrace and from Club Lounge. Visitors are also offered private beach and children’s club, 6 magnificent bars and restaurants will offer a wide choice of dishes and drinks.
In Aqaba the sun shines all year long, besides, here the best diving and the most beautiful coral reeves in the world are located. Contrast of landscapes - mountains in the distance and snow-white sandy beaches in the shadow of palm trees - make Aqaba the most beautiful city of Jordan.
it is an ideal place for those, who wishes to forget about everyday problems and to relax. Rest is also provided with presence of the excellent spa-centre with innovative beauty procedures.
And, nevertheless, Kempinski Hotel Aqaba is ready to offer a lot to vigorous people. Visitors of hotel will be surprised with various entertainments - from shopping tours and restaurants with dancing parties.
Preliminary registration allows booking a room under record-breaking low prices.

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