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THERE’S SOMETHING PRIMAL
that draws
us to high places. Long before parachutes
and observation decks, peoplewere climb-
ing cliffs and trees and daring each other
to look down. This penchant must be part
of what a racts us to high-rise hotels and
resorts, a sector of the hospitality indus-
try whose popularity continues to, well,
rise. While many of these hotels offer far
more than just height, inevitably most of
their guests find themselves returning
for the view.
Take Dubai’s
Burj Al Arab
, for instance.
If Louis XIV could have built vertically,
Versailles might have looked like this sail-
shaped structure towering 1,053 feet
High and
Mighty
Size isn’t everything, but—
as some of the world’s tallest
hotels prove—it doesn’t hurt
BY CHRISWRIGHT
HEMISPHERESMAGAZINE.COM
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FEBRUARY 2012
COME SAIL AWAY
Gulf vistas abound
at the 1,053-foot Burj
Al Arab in Dubai
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