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2005 List Selected by Celebrity Panel of Elite Travelers and the
Magazine's Editors
NEW YORK, Aug. 29, 2005 - While other travel magazines use the summer
to announce their lists of top rated hotels and resorts, Elite Traveler,
the worldwide luxury lifestyle magazine distributed onboard private
jets and mega-yachts, announced its selection of the 101 Most Decadent
Suites in the World.
"Our readers are spending on average $147,000 this summer on hotels,
resorts and spas, and in a typical stay, they take two suites and two regular
rooms to accommodate their party," said Douglas Gollan, President and
Editor-in-Chief of Elite Traveler. "Therefore the goal of our
Pure Decadence feature is to showcase for these super wealthy travelers
the best suites and villas in the world, no expenses spared."
Highlighting the enormous amount of money being spent by super rich
private jet travelers, 14 suites featured by Elite Traveler cost over US$10,000
per night. They are:
-- The Presidential Suite #5102 at The Four Seasons
New York ($15,000)
-- The Presidential Suite at The Mandarin Oriental
New York ($12,595)
-- The Penthouse Suite at Hotel Victor Miami ($10,000)
-- The Chairman's Suite at The Venetian Las Vegas
($10,000)
-- The Penthouse Suite at The Fairmont San Francisco
($12,500)
-- The Royal Suite at The Dorchester Hotel London
($25,910)
-- La Belle Etoile Suite at Hotel Meurice Paris
($15,139)
-- The Peninsula Palace Suite at Elounda Peninsula
Crete, Greece ($25,200)
-- Villa Terre Blanche at The Four Seasons Resort
Provence, France ($11,340)
-- The Sean Connery Suite at The Intercontinental
Carlton, France ($15,018)
-- The Royal Suite at The St. Regis Grand Hotel
Rome, Italy ($14,382)
-- Hotel Cipriani in Venice, Italy ($10,271)
-- The Royal Suite at Burj Al Arab Dubai ($10,210)
-- The Palace Suite at Emirates Palace Abu Dhabi
($12,260)
"While $10,000 per night might seem like a lot of money, the fact is
flying by private jet runs around $10,000 per hour for long-range private
jets, so a reader flying from New York to Los Angeles is spending well
over
$100,000 just getting there and back," Gollan noted. "For our readers,
spending $10,000 is like buying a Starbucks coffee."
The hotels and resorts included in the issue were selected by the editors
of Elite Traveler in conjunction with a celebrity panel of elite travelers,
including Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter, President & CEO of Def Jam Recordings,
Fashion Designer Roberto Cavalli, Jewelry Designer Neil Lane, Fashion Designer
Tommy Hilfiger, Toyohiko Mikimoto, Chairman of Mikimoto Pearls, Franck
Dubarry, Technomarine Watch Founder and Ferruccio Ferragamo, Ferragamo
CEO. Criteria were that each suite had to provide a unique experience and
the highest
standards of service. New and newly renovated suites were given priority.
Each of the suites and villas have numerous outstanding amenities, such
as outdoor showers, private butler service, full saunas, private gyms,
grand pianos, plunge pools and panoramic balconies. Among the most interesting
features, The Presidential Suite at The Fairmont San Francisco and The
9 1/2 Weeks Suite at The Hillside Su Hotel in Antalya, Turkey both feature
billiard rooms; The Peninsula Suite at The Peninsula Bangkok features direct
access to the rooftop helipad, The Presidential Suite at the Grand Hyatt
Tokyo has a sculpture by Isamu Noguchi and a Zen garden, The Dorchester's
Royal Suite has its own screening room and The St. Regis Grand Hotel in
Rome's Royal Suite boasts a private wine cellar.
The full list of US-based suites, is as follows:
Presidential Suite #5102-Four Seasons Hotel
(New York, NY)
Presidential Suite-Mandarin Oriental (New
York, NY)
Presidential Suite-The Carlyle, a Rosewood
Hotel (New York, NY)
Three-Bedroom Penthouse Suite-The Atlantic
Ft. Lauderdale (Ft. Lauderdale, FL)
Penthouse Suite-Hotel Victor (Miami, FL)
Three-Bedroom Loft-Skylofts Hotel at MGM Grand
(Las Vegas, NV)
Fairway Villa-Wynn Las Vegas (Las Vegas, NV)
Chairman's/Presidential Suite-The Bellagio
(Las Vegas, NV)
Chairman's Suite-The Venetian (Las Vegas,
NV)
180-Degree Strip View Suite-Four Seasons Hotel
(Las Vegas, NV)
Presidential Suite-Hotel Bel-Air (Los Angeles,
CA)
Presidential Bungalow #5-The Beverly Hills
Hotel (Beverly Hills, CA)
The Peninsula Villa-The Peninsula Beverly
Hills (Beverly Hills, CA)
Catalina Suite-Montage Resort & Spa (Laguna
Beach, CA)
Penthouse Suite-The Fairmont San Francisco
(San Francisco, CA)
Ritz-Carlton Suite-The Ritz-Carlton, Bachelor
Gulch (Beaver Creek, CO)
Presidential Suite-The Sanctuary at Kiawah
Island (Kiawah Island, SC)
Vera Wang Suite-Halekulani (Honolulu, Big
Island)
Bird of Paradise Bungalow-The Bungalows at
Mauna Lani Bay (Kohala Coast, Big Island)
Presidential Villa-Four Seasons Resort Hualalai
(Ka'upulehu-Kona, Big Island)
Fairmont Gold Presidential Suite-The Fairmont
Orchid, Hawaii (Kohala Coast, Big Island)
About Elite Traveler:
Elite Traveler is a bi-monthly luxury travel and lifestyle magazine
published exclusively for the International community of Elite Affluent
consumers (USD $910,000+ Household income).
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