Emirates Palace Mandarin Oriental, Abu Dhabi

The state-owned Emirates Palace Hotel in the Emirati capital Abu Dhabi is considered one of the most luxurious hotels in the world. Until December 2019 it was operated by Kempinski; From January 2020, operations will be carried out by the Mandarin Oriental hotel chain.Construction of the palace hotel began in December 2001 and hotel operations began in February 2005.The construction costs were around three billion US dollars. This made it more expensive than the Wynn Las Vegas hotel, which cost $2.7 billion. The Emirates Palace Hotel was considered the most expensive hotel in the world for a long time until it was replaced by the four billion dollar hotel project The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas at the end of 2010.Source: Wikipedia