Dubai ups the ante with $2.2b hotel on Palm island (+video) (The New Zealand Herald)

30 September 2008, 6:58 pm

DUBAI - It's the latest word in Gulf excess - a sprawling US$1.5 billion (NZ$2.2 billion) resort boasting a US$25,000-a-night suite and dolphins flown in from the South Pacific, all atop a palm tree-shaped island.... read more

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