When Steve Wynn completed his latest eponymous Las Vegas hotel, it didn't take long for US magnate Donald Trump to announce plans to build one bigger, better and taller. So it is no surprise to now find Trump joining in the building frenzy going on in Dubai. Two of the biggest names in global real estate - Dubai-based developer Nakheel and the US-based Trump Organization - have joined forces to create The Palm Trump International Hotel and Tower. This $400 million condo-hotel development on The Palm Jumeirah, one of three man-made islands being created by Nakheel in the Arabian Gulf, will be the centrepiece hotel on The Golden Mile - an exclusive residential and retail boulevard on the main trunk of The Palm Jumeirah.
As well as the hotel, the development will feature approximately 500 apartments which can be bought to own, with access to the hotel's facilities.
Describing the site as "not only the best location in Dubai, but the whole of the Middle East, " Donald Trump, The Trump Organization's Chairman and President, said the hotel would be ideal for those wanting a second or third home, without the responsibility of maintaining a residence: "These superb accommodations may be purchased for personal or corporate use and occupied as much or as little as desired. When not occupied, owners will have the option of making their room available as part of the hotel. The program is highly flexible with no minimum or maximum stays required. Each hotel guestroom will be purchased, which owners may sell or transfer at any time in the future. Whether an owner occupies the unit or places it for rent, the hotel will manage and maintain all guestrooms."
Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, Executive Chairman of Nakheel, described the hotel's tulip-shaped design as "iconic and eye-catching". It will incorporate a state-of-the-art exo-skeleton frame, minimising the number of internal structural columns, thus maximising floor space and ensuring uninterrupted 360û views of both The Palm and the Arabian Gulf throughout the tower.
In a separate development, WA International has been appointed to create the interior design for the 198 guestrooms, 626 serviced residential apartments and all public areas at the Burj Dubai Lake Hotel.
Mirage Mille Leisure and Development Inc, acting as developer for and on behalf of the owner Emaar Properties, has commissioned WA International to create the interior design for the hotel, being created by architects WS Atkins.
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