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Dubai: Perhaps Atlantis Dubai Isn't So Craptastic After All

KatieK — 2009-03-05T10:03:16-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/17697/atlantis.jpg" class="top"> Its almost too easy talking trash about the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Atlantis%2C+the+Palm/local/1336">Atlantis Dubai</a> on Palm Jumeirah. You know the drill: man-made island, home to <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/10/20/13258/972/hotels/Hey_Atlantis_Dubai_Free_Sammy_">hostage Sammy the Shark</a>, breeding ground for <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/11/21/9521/1624/hotels/_20_Million_Party_Gets_the_Atlantis_Dubai_More_Bad_Press">cash debauchery</a> and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/10/6/105921/248/hotels/Atlantis_Dubai_Opens_with_Craptastic_Service_Water_Outages">craptastic service</a>. The list goes on. But! Either the Atlantis has hit its stride, or the hotels PR person is working overtime. Yes indeed, yesterdays <a href="http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-tr-dubai8-2009mar08?page=1">review in the LA Times</a> is really quite flattering. Sure, the reviewer lands a few swipes at the garish nature and eyesore pink exterior. At one point, the writer likens the Atlantis theme to stepping onto the set of a live version of The Little Mermaid. (We suppose thats a burn, but that actually makes the

Dubai: $20 Million Party Gets the Atlantis Dubai More Bad Press

Jenna — 2008-11-21T09:10:07-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src=" http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/atlantisdubaipalmopening.jpg" class="top"> As you know, last night was the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/11/20/115659/65/hotels/Atlantis_Dubai_Parties_With_20_Million_Dollars_and_Lindsay_Lohan">$20-million grand opening</a> gala at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Atlantis,+the+Palm/local/1336">Atlantis Dubai</a> on Palm Jumeirah. While the resort has been open for a while now (and has not been getting such lovely press due to allegedly <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/10/6/105921/248/hotels/Atlantis_Dubai_Opens_with_Craptastic_Service_Water_Outages">craptastic service</a> and some structural disasters), last night's celeb-studded grand opening gala was supposed to turn heads and generate a lil' bit of good publicity for the $1.5-billion resort. But instead, based on the event's coverage we've seen so far today, everyone just seems to be asking how the property can justify such an over-the-top display of wealth and extravagance in the midst of a global economic crisis. But! Nevermind that. It seems that

Dubai: Atlantis Dubai Parties With $20 Million Dollars and Lindsay Lohan

JetSetCD — 2008-11-20T12:40:38-05:00

Spotted amongst other depressing business news at The Wall Street Journal online: More than a month after opening their doors on the Palm Jumeirah, the Atlantis Dubai will be toasting their hotel tonight with a massive $20 million dollar shindig. The recession be damned, the Atlantis is going to party like its 1999 with Kylie Minogue performing and Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra serving as "Goddess of Atlantis."

Dubai: Hey, Atlantis Dubai: Free Sammy!

AndrewC — 2008-10-20T14:15:48-05:00

Sammy the Whale Shark, surrounded by its entourage

Add another one to the growing problems of Dubai's' Atlantis, the Palm, this one involving a whale shark. Don't worry, it didn't eat anyone--yet.

The Atlantis which opened just last month had claimed it "rescued" the "distressed" whale shark, which is an endangered species, off the coast of Dubai, but according to some former staffers capturing a whale shark was always the plan. Um. Former staffers? This place has only been open a month!

Dubai: Atlantis Dubai Opens with Craptastic Service, Water Outages

KatieK — 2008-10-06T11:44:48-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/11725/26990068789787ed672a.jpg" class="imgborder"> We get it. Dubai's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Atlantis%2C+the+Palm/local/1336">Atlantis on Palm Jumeirah</a> is nothing if not a symbol of big blowout excess. A price tag of $1.5 billion. Built on a man-made, palm tree-shaped island. A suite that costs $25,000 a night. More than two dozen dolphins flown in on a 30-hour plane ride from the Solomon Islands (protesting environmentalists be damned). And now, the Palm has taken its over-the-top formula one step further, with an epic first-week FAIL. We already knew about last month's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/9/2/93714/77029/hotels/Fire_Strikes_the_Almost_Opened_Atlantis_Hotel_in_Dubai">unfortunate fire</a> at the hotel, which ravaged $34.8 million worth of damages. But frankly, that barely holds a candle to the first smoking dispatches streaming from Dubai. Swamped by visitors since opening Sept. 24,