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UltraLuxe Hotels
The experience awaits...
 1. Edition November 2008
32.90 Euro
2008. 256 Pages, Hardcover
- Professional Book -
ISBN 978-0-470-75901-1 - John Wiley & Sons
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For the arm-chair traveler or design professional, this handsome, well illustrated book offers a bird's-eye view of the exclusive world of ultraluxe hotel living, giving readers a taste of what an elite clientele expects in terms of service, location, amenities, and design. With reviews of 40 of the newest hotels around the world that promise luxury accommodations worth up to $50,000 a night, the book also covers new eco-chic resorts, private islands, spa resorts, medical retreats, presidential suites, and designer-owned hotels as well as the future of hotel design under water and in space.
From the contents
INTRODUCTION: The luxury hospitality market - Fashion hotels - Everybody can be an hotelier - The ultraluxe market - Architecture, art and design - Location, location, location - Caring for both body and soul -Clean conscience: eco and ethical tourism - New destinations, new luxury - What next? The sky is no longer the limit
Chapter 1: Out of this World
Gramercy Park Hotel, New York, USA
Ty Warner Penthouse, Four Seasons Hotel, New York, USA
Musha Cay at Copperfield Bay, Bahamas
Le Meurice, Paris, France
Presidential Suite, Hotel Principe di Savoia, Milan, Italy
Singita Grumeti Reserves, Tanzania
Burj Al Arab, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Banyan Tree Al Areen, Bahrain
Mnemba Island Lodge, Mnemba Island, Zanzibar
Banyan Tree Madivaru, Maldives
The Oberoi Udaivils, Udaipur, India
Chapter 2 Heavens Above
The Royalton, New York, USA
The Seta, Miami, USA
The Hazelton Hotel, Toronto, Canada
Haymarket Hotel, London, Great Britain
Marqués de Riscal, Elciego, Spain
Town House Galleria, Milan, Italy
Mandarin Oriental, Prague, Czech Republic
New York Palace, Budapest, Hungary
Barvikha Hotel & Spa, Moscow, Russia
Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo, Japan
Chapter 3 Shining Stars
Orchard Garden Hotel, San Francisco, USA
Dylan, Dublin, Ireland
Andaz, London, Great Britain
Hôtel Particulier, Paris, France
DO & CO Hotel, Vienna, Austria
The Gray, Milan, Italy
Sixty Hotel, Riccione, Italy
Lánchíd 19, Budapest, Hungary
The Park, New Delhi, India
Hôtel de la Paix, Siem Reap, Cambodia
Hotel Côté Cour SL, Beijing, China
Chapter 4 Green Planet Luxury Eco-resort
Tiamo, South Andros Island, Bahamas
Blancaneaux Lodge, Belize
Inkaterra La Casona, Cusco, Peru
Posada de Mike Rapu, Easter Island, Chile
The Fort, Onguma Game Reserve, Namibia
Phinda, Private Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Baghvan, Luxury Wildlife Lodge, Pench National Park, India
Huvafen Fushi, Maldives
Red Capital Ranch, Beijing, China
Chapter 5 Stellar Resorts
Sanctuary on Camelback Mountain, Arizona, USA
Capella Castlemartyr, County Cork, Ireland
Terme Manzi Hotel & Spa, Ischia, Italy
Kasbah Tamadot, Atlas Mountains, Morocco
Desert Palm, Dubai United Arab Emirates
Taj Tashi, Thimphu, Bhutan
The Nam Hai, Hoi An, Vietnam
The Fortress, Galle, Sri Lanka
Banyan Tree Sanya, Hainan Island, China
Fuchun Resort, Hangzhou, China
Otaru Ryotei Kuramure, Hokkaido, Japan
Qualia, Hamilton Island, Queensland, Australia
Bamurru Plains, Northern Territory, Australia
Eagles Nest, Bay of Islands, New Zealand
Chapter 6 The Future is Now The Future is Now
Serrenia, Red Sea, Egypt
Songjiang, Waterworld, Shanghai, China
Apeiron, The Gulf
Massaud Manned Cloud
Virgin Galactic and Space Port
Capsule Hotel
Listings
Hotels and Architects
Acknowledgements and Photo credits
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