According to a PTI report, Italy-based designer Giorgio Armani has formally opened the first Armani Hotel in the world’s tallest tower, Burj Khalifa. The hotel has 160 rooms and 144 private residences. The hotel and residences occupy floors concourse to 16 and 38 and 39 of the world’s tallest tower and have been designed by Armani himself. Armani said, “It was marvelous to see how the project in Dubai came to life after five years of hard work.”
The hotel is a Joint Venture between Emaar Properties, the developer of Burj Khalifa and Giorgio Armani. It will also have a nightclub called the Armani Prive, a spa, an Armani Dolci confectionery store and an Armani Galleria. Armani said that his Armani Hotels and Resorts Group will target Milan as the next venue of an Armani Hotel, followed by Marrakech, Egypt, New York, Tokyo, Shanghai and London. Room rates at the Armani Hotel start at 4,000 dirhams (USD 1,089) per night. Armani said his company would, in partnership with Dubai-based Emaar Properties, open ten more such hotels over the next ten years. |