The most exclusive hotel room in the world could be one you cannot even buy your way into.

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The Savoy was the world's first truly great hotel and it is now again undoubtedly one of the best.

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On Sardinia, the second largest island in the Mediterranean, royal couples will find a hotel suite that is not only one of the most expensive in the world but also one of the most architecturally stunning.

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Little of the original hotel, which opened in 1876, remains but it retains its reputation as one of the world's best hotels.

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The burglary, one of a string of similar thefts that hit the Hyatt in September, was a real-world case of a theoretical intrusion technique researchers had warned about months earlier one that may still be effective on hundreds of thousands or millions of locks protecting hotel rooms around the world.

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As the subjects ranged from processed food trends, to the debate between food trucks and restaurants, and mixology trends at hotel bars, there was one underlying theme: The inability to protect the French brand and educate the world on their contribution to food and hospitality.

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