The latest to open: The Dubai Mall in the United Arab Emirates, a mini metropolis featuring 1, 200 stores, a 22-screen movie theater and a five star hotel.
How could the people in the room (we were in fact in a five star hotel south of Los Angeles) really make a difference and an impact?
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The Montage, the St Regis and Waldorf Astoria all opened in the last two years, and all have private residences, but with the perks of a five star hotel.
It is displayed on the 60th floor of a five-star hotel nicknamed the Farmer's Apartments that is topped with a golf-ball-shaped room.
Plans included a marina for 370 yachts, lots of commercial space and a five-star hotel.
Even Rama Yade, the junior sports minister, denounced the team for staying in a five-star hotel.
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Super 8s have gross operating margins of 45-50%, compared with less than 30% for a five-star hotel.
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Quickly developing into a luxury hub, Rockbund is home to an art gallery, a five-star hotel, office space and luxury apartments.
The front of the station, Sir George Gilbert Scott's neo-Gothic building, will open as a five-star hotel in 2009.
It will consist of a five-star hotel, apartments, office space and an observatory.
The expensive piece by Swiss jeweller De Grisogono vanished after a celebrity party at a five-star hotel in the resort town of Cap d'Antibes.
Shivinder Mohan Singh sat down a year ago with Naresh Trehan, an eminent cardiologist and business partner, at a five-star hotel in New Delhi.
In 2010 the family earmarked 36 acres for The Trees, a mixed-use project of office, retail and residential spaces, plus a five-star hotel, covering 2.8 million square feet.
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Then in America I went and got tails, bought them in L.A. Then I found myself in a five-star hotel in Europe and I realized that the waiters were wearing tails.
We think luxury means much more than impressive facilities or expensive price tags luxury is found in the exceptional service and outstanding experiences you find at a Five-Star hotel, restaurant or spa.
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Hermitage Plaza, designed by U.K.-based architects Foster and Partners, will provide 280, 000 square meters of mixed-use space, housing a five-star hotel, 543 apartments, 35, 000 square meters (376, 737 square feet) of offices and 50, 000 square meters of retail and restaurants.
The rejected bid would have included a 150-room five star hotel with a spa and a bio-dome.
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One high-profile deal involves its purchase in late 2012 of a grade-A office and five-star hotel complex in downtown Shanghai from a distressed local developer.
Trump International Golf Links, Scotland, is to feature two championship-caliber golf courses and a five-star luxury hotel.
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The plan includes an 18-hole golf course, a five-star 120-bedroom hotel and 70 golf lodges.
Mac users are 40% more likely to book a four- or five-star hotel than PC users, Mr. Yee said, and when Mac and PC users book the same hotel, Mac users tend to stay in more expensive rooms.
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Afghanistan's only five-star hotel is also a virtual fortress, surrounded by blast barriers, metal detectors, multiple reinforced gates and heavily armed guards.
The BBC's David Willis says the austere surrounding of the all-women's detention centre will be a far cry from the five-star luxury the hotel heiress has become used to.
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This popular five-star hotel has had five years to perfect its product, and attracts a crowd of insiders who appreciate its discreet, cosy feel, with extras like a plush private screening room and see-and-be-seen patio.
They later returned to the five-star Hotel Caribe accompanied by a clutch of Colombian women.
These exclusive hotels and resorts nabbed a Five-Star award for every category we rate: hotel, restaurant and spa.
Mr Mullany, a student physiotherapist, and Mrs Mullany, a doctor, were shot in the five-star Cocos Hotel on 27 July, 2008, just over two weeks after they were married.
For longer stays, consider the newly opened five-star ADGE Apartment Hotel, a collection of two-bedroom, two-bath, open-plan apartments located in the creative hub of Surry Hills on the southern fringe of the CBD.
The pair were arrested on Jumeirah Beach hours after meeting at a champagne brunch at Dubai's five-star Le Meridien hotel.
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