Whether it's a blast into suborbital space or a hotel stay among the stars, space tourism entrepreneurs believe one day we'll all be opting for out-of-this-world vacations.The team behind Moon World Resorts reckon so too -- sort of.They want to build a series of gigantic dome-like hotels resembling the moon, sitting here on planet Earth.
Dubai could have a $5 billion (AED18 billion) moon building in the form of destination resort, Canadian architectural company and intellectual property licensor, Moon World Resorts Inc. (MWR) told Arabian Business.
World’s tallest building? Check. World’s longest driverless metro? Check. World’s first rotating hotel? Check. And now the rotating skyscraper project is soon to become a reality in Dubai by 2020. The Dynamic Tower Hotel was first proposed back in 2008 by architect David Fisher, and will be built by 2020, according to news reports. Each floor of the 1,375ft high, 80-storey hotel will be able to rotate a full 360 degrees. The building will also install wind turbines between each floor and solar panels on the roof, to make it environment friendly and completely self- powered. Dynamic Group’s website reads: “How many stars? This ‘hotel’ will be beyond stars.”
Dubai is now ready to explore the boutique hotel sector with some areas of the emirate ripe for this niche, according to the experts. Experts at a panel at The Vision Conference, which formed part of The Hotel Show, spoke about the potential of boutique hotels in Dubai.
Walking is such a drag after a long flight aboard your private jet. And then you’ve got to endure that long chauffeured ride from the airport to your penthouse suite across town. But there’s a solution! If you’ve got the money — and if you own a jet, clearly you do — you can have a portable hotel wheeled right to your plane the moment it lands. And naturally, it’s designed for a runway in Doha, Qatar.
Viability director Guy Wilkinson questions whether the Middle East is ready for the Western enslaught of fashion-forward hotels and asks if local residents will care enough to pay them a visit
Prepare to be mesmerized. The newest architectural marvel of the Middle East, YAS Hotel in Abu Dhabi, was recently completed in conjunction with the launch of the inaugural 2009 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix held at the new circuit built around the hotel. The hotel features the world’s biggest LED project to date, controlled through remote device management (RDM) protocol.