Emmar Malls Group will inaugurate its mall - Dubai Mall- on 30 October 2008. The group claims that it will the largest mall in the region.

The Mall will cover 12 million sq ft of space, and is an integral part of the Downtown Burj Dubai development.

It will feature1,200 retail outlets, two anchor department stores and more than 120 food and beverage outlets. Adjoining is The Address, Dubai Mall, a 5 star premium hotel with 250 rooms and 450 serviced apartments.

Who hasn’t fantasized about getting away from it all on your own Caribbean private island?

Musha Cay is probably one of the most luxurious private resort island in the world, with more than 150 acres of sparkling white sugar-sand beaches, crystal-clear turquoise waters and a beautiful, unspoiled tropical environment.

Located in the Exuma Chain in the southern Bahamas, 85 miles southeast of Nassau, Musha Cay is an isle of beauty.

Ithaa, which means pearl in Dhivehi, is the world’s premier undersea restaurant, secured five metres (15 feet ) below sea level, surrounded by a coral reef , at the Conrad Maldives Rangali Island in Rangalifinolhu, Maldives

The award-winning Hilton Maldives Resort & Spa became Conrad Maldives Rangali Island on 18 December 2007 - This is in line with Conrad’s positioning as the luxury brand within the Hilton Family, with services & facilities.

The five-by-nine meter restaurant is encased in R-Cast acrylic which is a transparent acrylic roof offering 270° panoramic view to its customers.

For those who frequently travel to London, booking a deluxe hotel room a few times a month can become costly. This is why London’s MayFair Hotel is “selling” one of its Signature Suites for an entire year at a discounted price.

For $585,000, you’ll have full access to the suite for 365 days, compared with the regular nightly rate of $5,200. (60% discount.)

The one-bedroom suite includes a Harrison & Gil hand-carved headboard in the bedroom and an Italian marble bathroom with a limestone egg bath.

The sitting room features Chinese antiques, a full-size Cattelan dining table to seat 10 and a remote-controlled fireplace

Via forbes

This post is really meaningful to me. When I was a student, I used to live in Juan Les Pins, everyday, on my way to school, I was fascinated by this huge abandoned hotel and I really wanted to explore it. Le Provençal was the hotel that actually embodied a golden age on the Côte d’Azur.

“The 256-bedroom Art Deco palace and its “bright tan prayer rug of a beach” were, in the 1930s and 1940s, the symbol of the French Riviera. Coco Chanel and Marilyn Monroe ranked among the sun-worshippers; and on one balmy July evening, Ella Fitzgerald threw open an upstairs window and sang to the crowds at the world-famous Jazz à Juan festival in the park below. […] Built by an American millionaire Frank J Gould in 1925, with tennis club and jetty, restaurants, bars and luxury suites, the hotel marked a new way of life: la dolce vita.”

(copyright : Telegraph)

The famed Art Deco hotel on the Côte d’Azur has been derelict since 1973 and is now being turned into a luxury apartment building. I was sure they would never leave this hotel to squatters and pigeons forever and was dreaming of living in this dream hotel in the future… Too bad.. It is a little too early, I’m still not rich enough to buy any of the luxury apartment!

The London Telegraph reports that Developer Cyril Dennis is transforming the 45,000-sq.ft. beachside property, built in 1925, into 56 luxury units :

“Some have 360-degree views, and indoor pools, as well as outdoor pools and gardens; they will be fitted out with Porche kitchens, marble floors, Turkish baths, aquariums and separate staff lifts and entrances. Music, heating, lighting, flowers and shopping can be computer-controlled. Landscaped gardens, replanted each season, will feature fountains, ponds and an infinity pool with 360m terrace”

He describes the Provençal as “the last jewel in the Cap d’Antibes,” an area where top-drawer villas now go for over $200 million thanks to an influx of superrich (Russian) oligarchs. The luxury apartments will cost between €2million and €40million ($60 million)…

Via telegraph.co.uk

Opened in 1928, during an era when everything was grand and opulent, the Peninsula Hotel Hong Kong has long been considered one of the world’s finest hotels.

It offers the ultimate in luxury accommodations with the most spacious hotel rooms and suites in Hong Kong.

The 26th-floor Peninsula Suite at the Hong Kong Peninsula has been regarded as the most luxurious suite in Asia. The 26th floor suite offers panoramic views of Victoria Harbor and Hong Kong Island.