The Marina Bay Sands in Singapore ranks as the world’s priciest hotel, offering guests over 2,500 rooms, a 55th-story infinity pool, shopping center, fine dining, and a casino.
The $5.95 billion Marina Bay Sands Hotel recently opened its doors in Singapore and has ousted the Emirates Palace Hotel Abu Dhabi as the world’s most expensive hotel.
This towering new megaresort in Singapore features three curved towers with an unbelievable Sands Sky Deck perched 200 meters in the air atop the towers. The 380 meter-long deck is massive–the equivalent of three football fields long. A 650-ft wide infinity pool, the largest outdoor pool in the world that high, hugs the edge of the deck so guests can swim laps while taking in the magnificent Singapore skyline. A botanical garden and observation deck proffer panoramic views of the waterfront. Jetsetters will be flocking to the Sky Park’s outdoor rooftop,
where the famous Ku De Ta lounge, that originated in Bali, is slated to open later this month.
Inside, the mega hotel includes an indoor canal with Sampan boats designed for cruising, a convention center, theater, casino, endless shopping options, and gourmet dining that includes a restaurant by renowned French chef Guy Savoy.
The hotel has more than 2,500 rooms and suites available.
Room rates vary, starting at $520 a night based upon the size of the room and category. Book online or call +65 6688 8888.
Worlds Most Expensive Hotel Opens in Singapore with 55 Story Infinity Swimming Pool
Acrophobics Beware…If you fancy a dip in this pool, you’ll need a head for heights – it’s 55 stories up. But swimming to the edge won’t be quite as risky as it looks. While the water in the infinity pool seems to end in a sheer drop, it actually spills into a catchment area where it is pumped back into the main pool.
At three times the length of an Olympic pool and 650 ft up, it is the largest outdoor pool in the world at that height. It is the main feature in this impressive, boat-shaped ‘Sky Park’, perched atop the three towers that make up the world’s most expensive hotel, the £4 billion Marina Bay Sands development in Singapore.
The infinity pool on the roof is in the ‘Sky Park‘ which spans the three towers of the hotel. The platform itself is longer than the Eiffel tower laid down and is one of the largest of its kind in the world.
Infinity pools give the effect that the water extends to the horizon. In reality, the water spills over the edge into a catchment below, and is then pumped back into the pool. The pools have two circulation systems. The first functions like that of a regular pool, filtering and heating the water in the main pool. The second filters the water in the catch basin and returns it to the upper pool
The hotel, which has 2,560 rooms costing from £350 a night, was officially opened yesterday with a concert by Diana Ross. The Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi, estimated to have cost £2 billion when it opened in 2004, was previously the world’s most expensive hotel. But with its indoor canal, opulent art, casino, outdoor plaza, convention centre, theatre, crystal pavilion and museum shaped like a lotus flower, the Marina Bay Sands has taken its crown
The resort will employ 10,000 people directly and generate up to £48 million each year. Entrance to the casino alone is nearly £50 a day – but an average of 25,000 people have visited the casino daily since its initial phased opening two months ago.
Thomas Arasi, president and chief executive officer of the resort, said he expects to attract an astonishing 70,000 visitors a day once it is fully open. It was due to open in 2009, but was delayed thanks to labor and material shortages, and funding problems due to the global financial crisis.
The $5.95 billion Marina Bay Sands Hotel recently opened its doors in Singapore and has ousted the Emirates Palace Hotel Abu Dhabi as the world’s most expensive hotel.
This towering new megaresort in Singapore features three curved towers with an unbelievable Sands Sky Deck perched 200 meters in the air atop the towers. The 380 meter-long deck is massive–the equivalent of three football fields long. A 650-ft wide infinity pool, the largest outdoor pool in the world that high, hugs the edge of the deck so guests can swim laps while taking in the magnificent Singapore skyline. A botanical garden and observation deck proffer panoramic views of the waterfront. Jetsetters will be flocking to the Sky Park’s outdoor rooftop,
where the famous Ku De Ta lounge, that originated in Bali, is slated to open later this month.
Inside, the mega hotel includes an indoor canal with Sampan boats designed for cruising, a convention center, theater, casino, endless shopping options, and gourmet dining that includes a restaurant by renowned French chef Guy Savoy.
The hotel has more than 2,500 rooms and suites available.
Room rates vary, starting at $520 a night based upon the size of the room and category. Book online or call +65 6688 8888.
Worlds Most Expensive Hotel Opens in Singapore with 55 Story Infinity Swimming Pool
Acrophobics Beware…If you fancy a dip in this pool, you’ll need a head for heights – it’s 55 stories up. But swimming to the edge won’t be quite as risky as it looks. While the water in the infinity pool seems to end in a sheer drop, it actually spills into a catchment area where it is pumped back into the main pool.
At three times the length of an Olympic pool and 650 ft up, it is the largest outdoor pool in the world at that height. It is the main feature in this impressive, boat-shaped ‘Sky Park’, perched atop the three towers that make up the world’s most expensive hotel, the £4 billion Marina Bay Sands development in Singapore.
The infinity pool on the roof is in the ‘Sky Park‘ which spans the three towers of the hotel. The platform itself is longer than the Eiffel tower laid down and is one of the largest of its kind in the world.
Infinity pools give the effect that the water extends to the horizon. In reality, the water spills over the edge into a catchment below, and is then pumped back into the pool. The pools have two circulation systems. The first functions like that of a regular pool, filtering and heating the water in the main pool. The second filters the water in the catch basin and returns it to the upper pool
The hotel, which has 2,560 rooms costing from £350 a night, was officially opened yesterday with a concert by Diana Ross. The Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi, estimated to have cost £2 billion when it opened in 2004, was previously the world’s most expensive hotel. But with its indoor canal, opulent art, casino, outdoor plaza, convention centre, theatre, crystal pavilion and museum shaped like a lotus flower, the Marina Bay Sands has taken its crown
The resort will employ 10,000 people directly and generate up to £48 million each year. Entrance to the casino alone is nearly £50 a day – but an average of 25,000 people have visited the casino daily since its initial phased opening two months ago.
Thomas Arasi, president and chief executive officer of the resort, said he expects to attract an astonishing 70,000 visitors a day once it is fully open. It was due to open in 2009, but was delayed thanks to labor and material shortages, and funding problems due to the global financial crisis.
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