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The Leaning Hyatt of Abu Dhabi Has Finally Opened!
While we once thought that the Leaning Hyatt of Abu Dhabi, or, The Hyatt Capital Gate Abu Dhabi, would open by the end of 2010, it turns out the hotel needed an extra year to get things tilted just so.
But now the hotel, which is located on the top floors of the purposely 18 degrees leaning Capital Gate Building, is officially open for guests. The hotel has 189 rooms and suites, all featuring floor-to-ceiling glass windows with killer views of the Arabian Gulf and the city.
Even crazier than spending the night in a leaning tower is because of the way the building is constructed, guests cannot actually see the ground below them, making them feel as if the hotel room is floating in mid-air. We're guessing the vertigo-challenged might have some issues staying here. However, guests can see the ground below them from the hotel's inner atrium.
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On Second Thought, An $11 Million Christmas Tree Might Be Going Overboard
We think the Emirates Palace has gotten the message. Rather than strive to top last year's $11 million Christmas tree monstrosity, the hotel has graciously toned things down for the time being.
This month, guests at the gold-loving hotel won't be blindsided by a tree that's wearing more expensive jewelry than they are. Adorning the tree instead are custom-made Christmas balls from the Netherlands, and gold and silver foil ribbons. For good measure, the hotel also threw in some Christmas carolers. Who sang from gold-plated manuscripts atop gold podiums with gold plates on their teeth. A modest affair, really.
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Sneak Peek at The Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi
The Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi Hotel and Villas opened on November 1st and just in case some of you jetsetters out there have not made it to the new hotel, we've got a couple of interior snapshots to drool over, starting with that bedroom view.
The hotel is located on a nine-kilometer stretch of beach on Saadiyat Island, so most views from the rooms offer views of the beach. If you don't have a beach view, then you're probably looking out over the Saadiyat Beach Golf Club or the hotel's own gardens but no matter the view, each room has its own balcony or private terrace.
Elsewhere on the property is a the two-level Atarmia Spa, the Park Bar and Grill, the Library Bar (which serves tea and coffee specialties) and The Beach House, the beachfront restaurant which serves Mediterranean cuisine.
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Abu Dhabi's Yas Hotel is Looking More Phallic Than Ever
There are so many jokes we can make about a hotel shaped as the Yas in Abu Dhabi is, but we won't. Because we're classy like that. Regardless, we can't help but see the hotel's resemblance yet again to twigs and berries.
This snapshot comes from a full-page ad for Abu Dhabi, placed in one of the several seatback in-flight magazines on British Airways. It depicts a man (a well-manicured man) driving a boat (a well-manicured boat) head-on towards the hotel.
If you're not yet familiar with the Yas Hotel, it's the closest property to the new Formula One theme park. Perhaps the shape of the hotel is intentional, to reinforce the masculinity of the attraction? We're not so sure, but we are pretty positive that there are other angles this hotel could have been photographed from.
[Snapshot: HotelChatter]
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The Yas Hotel in Abu Dhabi is Now a Viceroy Hotel
The Yas Hotel in Abu Dhabi, our favorite phallic racetrack side hotel is now officially a part of the Viceroy Hotels chain. The company put forth this statement today:
Viceroy Hotel Group is thrilled to announce that it has been selected as operator of the renowned Yas Hotel on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, the Emirate’s leading leisure and entertainment destination. The hotel, owned by Aldar Properties, Abu Dhabi’s leading property development, investment and management company, will officially transition to Viceroy management immediately.
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After Las Vegas, Abu Dhabi Will Be Next in Line for a Nobu Hotel
They haven't even begun to tear up the Caesar's Palace rooms to begin work on what's to be the world's first Nobu Hotel, and already we've got news that Nobu is sizing up a second location—in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Abu Dhabi, formerly known as the far-off land to which Garfield would send rival cat Nermal, is now quickly becoming a Las Vegas of the east. After all, the city has its own Leaning Tower, one of the world's first gold bar ATMs, and a massive Ferrari theme park, so why not a hotel themed after trendy sushi?
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The Emirates Palace Celebrates Christmas The Only Way It Knows How, With Money
Well, now, this is just showing off. While we've been cultivating snapshots of hotel Christmas trees around the world, the ostentatious Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi was working on their own Christmas tree decorations.
And in true Emirates Palace fashion--remember, this hotel is home to the gold bar ATM and $1 million hotel package--the hotel decided to make their Christmas tree the most expensive tree in the world by adorning it with jewelry worth $11 million dollars. That's the Christmas spirit!
Bloomberg.com reports:
The tree, standing 13 meters (43 feet) high at the 302-room hotel, carries 181 pieces of diamond, pearl, emerald necklaces, bracelets, earrings and watches. The price tags of the ornaments range between 36,000 dirhams ($9,800) and 3.5 million dirhams.
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The Leaning Hyatt of Abu Dhabi Will Open Later This Year
Forget the Leaning Tower of Pisa or the precariously placed belltowers of churches in sinking Venice, because Abu Dhabi has an architectural creation to blow them out of the water. And here's the thing: Abu Dhabi's Capital Gate is leaning a shocking 18 degrees on purpose (The Leaning Tower of Pisa only lean 4 degrees).
We're all excited for Capital Gate because inside of it's sloping 35 stories will be a 5-star, 189-room Hyatt Hotel, due to open later this year. Happily, all updates on the construction of the building have been positive, as each and every unique and custom-constructed piece of glass is fitted onto the twister-looking thing, like a Puzz-3D on hallucinogens.
It hasn't fallen over yet, and now that the exterior construction is done and shiny, we can't wait to see what interior fun they come up with to complement the futuristic shape.
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Forgot to Get Some Gold Before Your Trip? Emirates Palace Has You Covered
Usually when staying in hotels, we find ourselves in need of dollars bills for tipping the staff. But we guess some people need bricks of gold instead.
We first heard about Gold to Go last year over at Jaunted when we learned that these special ATM machines were dispensing bricks of gold at the Frankfurt Airport in Germany. One more time: bricks of gold!
Now the silly clever ATMs can also be found inside the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi. Yup, while we would settle for a simple cash ATM at our hotel, the Emirates has to top the rest with a gold brick ATM machine.
The ATM-style kiosk in the Emirates Palace monitors the daily gold price and offers small bars up to 10 grams or coins with customized designs.
We're presuming the ATM machine can be found in the hotel's business center but if you hear any different, let us know. And send us a brick or two while you're at it.
[Photo: Christian Science Monitor]
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Caviar-Encrusted Peking Duck From Hakkasan Is On Its Way To Abu Dhabi
Not being majorly rich (or wined and dined too often), we have never been to Hakkasan in Soho. But we do know its rep – it’s topped countless London restaurant polls – and our wealthier acquaintances have never been disappointed by their visits there. We hear the Miami branch is pretty good as well.
And now it’s going eastwards – Middle Eastwards to be precise – it’s opening at the Emirates Palace swankfest in Abu Dhabi on June 1.
According to the blurb:
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The Yas Hotel in Abu Dhabi Reminds Us of Twigs and Berries
Everyone often jokes that the Cooper Square Hotel in New York looks like a giant glass vibrator but this new hotel in Abu Dhabi has actually one-upped Cooper Square and with blinking lights too!
According to the Gizmodo tech blog, the just completed Yas Hotel has a massive canopy consisting of 5,000-odd LEDs and glass panels, which can reportedly change color and play low-res video. It's actually being categorized as the world's largest LED project. Which all sounds fine and good, except at this angle it looks like a giant penis. (Sorry, we can't mince words here. That's what it looks like.)
Even worse, the 500-room luxury hotel covers a Formula 1 race track making it the pit stop for all things testosterone-y. All it needs now is a garage for the Ambiguously Gay Duo's car.
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The Leaning Hyatt of Abu Dhabi Tops Out, Does Not Fall Over
Well, there it stands; the building we've dubbed "The Leaning Hyatt of Abu Dhabi" has topped out without toppling over...yet.
The building itself is called "Capital Gate," being built by RMJM Architects and due to house Abu Dhabi's first Hyatt. It reached its half-way point back in early June, and less than six months is a pretty quick race to the top for them. But then, in order to create the unique structure and keep it safe from high winds and earthquakes, each pane of glass is different, and fitted onto the strong structure with all the modern engineering that the original Tower of Pisa lacked.
Let's not forget that contained within will be 200 hotel rooms and "a gigantic internal atrium, including a tea lounge and swimming pool suspended 263 feet above the ground." Yep—you heard them; there's gotta be that tea lounge. We don't yet have an opening date, but let's just say the first half of 2010 to be safe, since we bet everyone is champing at the bit to get all up in the "World's Most Leaning Tower."
[Images: Hyatt Hotels]
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