- Hydropolis
The Hydropolis Underwater Hotel and Resort is a planned hotel which will be the world's first underwater luxury resort. It's situated 66 feet below the surface of the
Persian Gulf , just offJumeira Beach inDubai . Reinforced by concrete and steel, itsPlexiglas walls and bubble-shaped dome ceilings will enable guests to see fish and other sea creatures. It is basically divided into three sections: the land station, where guests will be welcomed; the connecting tunnel, which will transport people by train to the main area of the hotel; and the 220 suites within the submarine leisure complex. It will cover an area of 260 hectares, about the size of London's Hyde Park, and will cost an estimated £300 million [* [http://www.designbuild-network.com/projects/Hydropolis/ Hydropolis Underwater Hotel, Dubai, United Arab Emirates] ] . It is self-acclaimed to be a 10-star hotel.The hotel was scheduled to open in late 2006. However, the Land Lease Contract of the Hydropolis-Project Dubai got cancelled from the DDIA (Dubai Development & Investment Authority) already on October 2004, The DDIA did not announce the cancellation because of losing Dubai's image. However in July 2005 Joachim Hauser established a new company in the Isle of Man under the name of "Cresent- Hydropolis Resort" based on the "cancelled Dubai-Project" and since then he tried to sell shares on the Stock Exchange London. A new project has been announced 2006 in China (Qingdao) at the opening to the Olympide 2008. It has again experienced major delays, and is scheduled to open in 2009 [* [http://www.unusualhotelsoftheworld.com/HotelDetails.aspx?HotelId=342 Unusual Hotels of the World: Hydropolis] ] .
The hotel, along with other sister projects, is being developed by Crescent Hydropolis Holdings LLC, a firm especially created for its development.The designer of the Hydropolis-Project in Dubai was Prof. Roland Dieterle (www.spacial-solutions.com) and not Mr. Joachim Hauser.
ister Projects
Another, deep water hotel planned in
Qingdao inChina , scheduled to open in 2010, will be anchored in theYellow Sea in water that is 16 to 20 meters deep at low tide. Guests will arrive at the hotel byyacht , which will also go to a planned land-based hydrotower, scheduled to open for the2008 Olympic Games inBeijing . Rates for suites are expected to be well above those for five-star properties. Regular rooms are to be priced in the range of other five-star properties.Notes
References
* [http://www.designbuild-network.com/projects/Hydropolis/ Hydropolis Underwater Hotel, Dubai, United Arab Emirates]
* [http://www.unusualhotelsoftheworld.com/HotelDetails.aspx?HotelId=342 Unusual Hotels of the World: Hydropolis]External links
* [http://www.hydropolis.com/ Official Site]
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