Pilgrims to Mecca to be tempted by luxury hotel | telegraph.co.uk
Raffles is opening a luxury hotel in Mecca that will offer weary pilgrims a taste of the high life, including a coffee sommelier, a chocolate room and 24-hour butler service. The new hotel will provide accommodation that varies wildly from the basic fare normally experienced by Muslims executing the fifth pillar of Islam. The pilgrimage to Mecca typically involves great hardship, including months spent travelling on foot and sleeping in the open air while en route.
