Emirates Palace Hotel
The state-owned Emirates Palace Hotel in the Emirati capital of Abu Dhabi is considered one of the most luxurious hotels in the world. It was operated by Kempinski until December 2019 ; The hotel chain Mandarin Oriental will operate from January 2020 . With the Emirates Palace, the rulers of Abu Dhabi are trying to take a path similar to that of Dubai in order to open up another source of income after the decline in oil revenues.
Construction of the palace hotel began in December 2001, and hotel operations began in February 2005. The hotel belongs to the ruling family of Abu Dhabi.
The construction costs amounted to around three billion US dollars. So it was more expensive than the Hotel Wynn in Las Vegas, which cost $ 2.7 billion. For a long time, the Emirates Palace Hotel was considered the most expensive hotel in the world until it was replaced by the four billion-dollar hotel project The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas at the end of 2010 .
Due to the luxury furnishings, it does not call itself a hotel, but rather a "palace". Like the Burj al Arab, the Emirates Palace officially bears five stars.
Furnishing
The guests of the Emirates Palace Hotel are divided into Coral, Pearl and Diamond guests. A private butler is available to each guest . The main tasks of the hotel are the accommodation of state guests and their occasions, the organization of international conferences as well as luxury vacations of the jet set. The hotel has 302 rooms (“deluxe luxury room”) and 92 suites . Around 1,500 employees from 50 countries work in the hotel. There are 17 shops of international luxury brands and 10 restaurants in the hotel.
Ruler Suites
On the eighth floor of the Emirate Palace Hotel are the 'secret suites', which were set up and maintained by the ruling family of Abu Dhabi for the regents of the neighbors in the hotel who are members of the Gulf Cooperation Council . They are a gift for the United Arab Emirates itself, to Saudi Arabia , Oman , Qatar , Bahrain and Kuwait . The "Ruler Suites" are not rented. Each ruler is permanently assigned a suite of rooms (680 square meters, ceiling height up to 6 meters). Only the ruler himself can decide whether a family member or close friend may use it temporarily. The six ruler suites are ready to move into at any time. There is no difference in the furnishings and design of the ruler suites. The regents should feel equal, none should be emphasized. The ruler suites include: a. a large conference room and, all three equally generously dimensioned, a living room, the dining room and the master bedroom with a separate dressing room. All regents must accept that in their meeting room, the so-called Majlis, where receptions also take place, two portraits hang over the throne of the respective owner: That of Sheikh Chalifa bin Zayid Al Nahyan , the ruler of Abu Dhabi and host of the rulers, and that of his late father, Sheikh Zayed , who is still revered. The six ruler suites are not shown in the specified number of suites.
architecture
Wimberly Allison Tong and Goo (WATG) is responsible for the architecture. The design primarily uses traditional Arabic elements such as: B. the large dome (42 meters in diameter) and another 114 domes, which are distributed over the entire building. The color scheme of the hotel goes back to the different shades of sand found in the Arabian desert. In the ballroom, which can accommodate up to 2800 people (cocktail reception), there is a 17 meter wide dome. The other domes are between 2.9 and 12 meters in size. The hotel is 714 meters long, has a circumference of 2.5 km and an area of 243,000 m². A 1 km² park with gardens and a private beach (1400 meters) have been created around the hotel. The adjoining marina extends over almost 500 meters.
A special feature is the driveway exclusively for people with the highest level of security. Separated from the "normal guest", their motorcade drives up its own ramp so that these guests can go straight to the upper areas without having to cross the entrance hall. Two helicopter stations add to the quick access to the hotel complex.
The monumental arch about 290 meters in front of the hotel entrance is 40 meters high and 36 meters wide.
location
The hotel is located at the southwest end of town near the entrance to the breakwater island on the Persian Gulf.
history
Every year in December, the heads of government and sheikhs of all Arab Emirates meet to discuss political matters. For this purpose, invitations are sent to a different emirate every year. In December 2004 it was planned to hold this meeting in Abu Dhabi. The Abu Dhabi sheik family wanted to build a pompous property on the occasion of this meeting, similar to a palace. The Emirates Palace was built, but the host sheikh died a few weeks before the meeting, which is why it was held at a different location. It was therefore decided to use the property as a hotel.
Trivia
Every year five kilograms of pure edible gold leaf are consumed there.
In 2007 the hotel served as a film set for episode 8 of the German television series Das Traumhotel .
Documentation
- Palace in the desert - The “Emirates Palace” in Abu Dhabi - Documentary by Helen Wild on behalf of ZDF
- Under German management - the most expensive hotel in the world - report on behalf of Sat.1
- A dream from “1001 Nights” report on N24
Web links
- Official website (in Arabic, English and German)
- Photo gallery: Hotel-Palast for presidents , sueddeutsche.de
- Bird's eye view of the entire facility , Google Maps
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.tophotel.de/nach-15-jahren-unter-kempinski-flagge-das-emirates-palace-wird-ein-mandarin-oriental-49318/
- ↑ http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/abu-dhabi-hotel-star-system-launched
- ↑ Documentation Under German Management - The Most Expensive Hotel in the World ( Memento of the original from April 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on n24.de
Coordinates: 24 ° 27 ′ 43 ″ N , 54 ° 19 ′ 0 ″ E