They hired Miami architect Rafael Amuchastegui, a principal of RAD Architecture, who admits he knew little about Messel going into the project but had done "a lot of theme architecture, " like the Atlantis resort in the Bahamas.
For the grand finale, hop a five-minute water taxi across the bay to Paradise Island, home to the Atlantis Resort, a massive hotel, casino, restaurant and entertainment complex that looks like a cross between Disney World and Ancient Rome.
The Atlantis Paradise Island resort in the Bahamas donates meals from its 21 restaurants and 19 bars to Hands for Hunger, a local humanitarian organisation that supports poor local families, while the Pret a Manger sandwich shop chain donated more than 2.5 million food products to UK charities for the homeless in 2012.
Also in 2008, Kerzner completed construction of Atlantis the Palm, its resort in Dubai, with 1, 539 rooms, a water park, a marine habitat and luxury stores.
She looked up as if I had just given her the location to Atlantis (no, not the Bahamian resort).
Another influence on the decision of Kerzner's owners was looming competition for the resort the likes of which Atlantis had never encountered.
Construction of the colossal, 2, 250-room Baha Mar resort complex just seven miles from Atlantis is expected to be completed in 2014.
Mandara came with 45 resort spas, which Fluxman has since expanded to 57, adding to resort spas Steiner operated at the Atlantis in the Bahamas and the Aladdin in Las Vegas.
But you can also enjoy Atlantis by staying in the less expensive parts of the resort: the Coral or Beach Towers, or the marina condos.
The resort sits between Nassau's Lynden Pindling International Airport and Atlantis.
At just 246 rooms, this family friendly resort is a fraction of the size of the 4, 000-room Atlantis next door.
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