Want to spend New Year’s Eve at The Curtis? This year, it’ll cost you a minimum of $51,000.

But at least you can bring along 600 of your nearest and dearest party people to share in the experience.

The Curtis Hotel, a boutique with a mid-century modern theme and 330 rooms, has started an auction to sell its services for the night of Dec. 31.

The Wealth Bulletin has compiled a new list of the World’s Top Ten Most Expensive Hotel Rooms.

Despite the past year’s financial and economic turmoil, prices at the best hotel suites have risen by an average of 10% this year.

The winner is the Royal Penthouse Suite at the President Wilson Hotel in Geneva Switzerland which charges a whopping $65,000 a night.

Set to open in Milan in 2011 is the Armani Hotel, situated in Via Manzoni, one of the most prestigious streets in Milan’s fashion district.

The designer’s name will become muse to ninety-five luxurious guest rooms, a gourmet restaurant and Armani Spa.

The hotel will occupy floors two to eight of the historic building, which was built by architect Enrico A Griffini in 1937.

New York design firm Leeser Architecture have won a competition to design a hotel in the Zayed Bay district of Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Called the Helix for its spiraling floors, the hotel is located in the bay and sits partially over the water.

The building includes a glass-bottomed swimming pool on the roof, visible eight floors below, and a running track on the fifth floor.

For over four decades, the Byblos has been the reigning address in Saint-Tropez and is certainly unique in its architecture compared to the hotels of Cannes and Monaco.

Created as a Mediterranean village in the heart of Saint-Tropez, the Byblos is an oasis of flower-filled gardens and enchanting patios.

Rooms are individually decorated to impart tranquillity and elegance to all those who visit, in keeping with the spirit of fine Provencal living.

Hurun Report, renowned for its annual China Rich List of tycoons, has recently hosted Shanghai’s Best Presidential Suites Awards.

The awards ceremony was held on 15 June, timed to coincide with the opening of the Asia Luxury Travel Market, the region’s leading showcase for the luxury travel industry.

“Before now China’s luxury consumers have had little idea of Shanghai’s top suites and executive club lounges, despite the fact that hotels spend so much money on them,” says Rupert Hoogewerf, founder of Hurun Report

“We created a scorecard to assess and rank the top Presidential Suites and Executive Club Lounges, many of which are truly outstanding.”