The latest hotel to open at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport won’t be any comfort to stranded passengers and businessman with canceled stopovers.

The new facility that opened last month is built… specifically for goldfish !

Travel agent D-reizen has opened the Goudvissen Hotel so travelers have a safe place to leave their pet fish while they are on vacation.

Located at one of the world’s most famous intersections at Hollywood and Vine, the W Hollywood will neighbor the world-famous Kodak theatre.

The W Hollywood Hotel & Residences will include a 300 room W Hotel, 143 residences, 374 apartments, approximately 60,000 square feet of retail space, and a 9,200 square foot Bliss Spa.

Residents will have all the benefits of being attached to a W Hotel, including private in-home catering, maid service, room service and more.

Plans for the world’s largest luxury yacht hotel, which was due to open in London in time for the 2012 Olympics, have been put on hold as a result of the global economic crisis.

According to the original plans, the 170 metre super-yacht would have been permanently moored at London’s Docklands, with 158 rooms and suites.

In June, the 209-room PuLi Resort and Spa will offer all the trappings of an urban resort, including 24-hour butler service, bathtubs with views of the Shanghai skyline, an Anantara Spa and an exclusive lounge for guests of The PuLi Club.

Prices: from $650 (opening specials will be available until the end of September)

Situated in Italy, only 7 km from the centre of Verona, Byblos Art Hotel Villa Amistà offers a unique and evocative setting with all the characteristics of a classical Venetian-style Villa.

The large building, featuring a 15th century façade by Michele Sanmicheli, had been abandoned for some time before being carefully renovated.

The villa has now been the object of meticulous historical refurbishment, both in terms of the architecture and the paintings and décor.

It’s a tough business being a billionaire during a credit crunch.

Prince Alwaleed of Saudi Arabia has put the prestigious Raffles Hotel in Singapore up for sale for a price tag of up to $450 million, media reported on Thursday.

Apparently Prince Alwaleed of Saudi Arabia is down to his last $13bn (£8.7bn), which is something of a pittance when you consider he was worth $21bn last year.