The Martinez Hotel

Martinez Hotel in Cannes than superlatives and billing itself the largest, most expensive and only terraced Penthouse Suite, the Cote d'Azur. Perhaps this is part of the Gallica swagger, but the prices Suites - 18000 dollars - certainly makes them the most expensive in Europe. The two Penthouse Suites are 8000 square meters and is decorated in the hotel's signature Art Deco style, with sleek furniture, silk curtains and teak floor of the Parque.

While many of the rooms have been painted in bright colors (peach, lime), Penthouse Suites are decorated in muted tones in accordance with the announced (brown, cream and tan). All apartments have two bedrooms, a Turkish bath, kitchen, personal sauna and views of Lerida Bay Islands and all of Cannes. Wrap around terrace is 2000 square meters, and may well be 100 people. It is also a jacuzzi. Technophiles will appreciate the Bose plasma TVs and phones, and DVD collection. Private Butler can call 24 hours a day, and other amenities include use of limousine, open bar and theoption join both suites into one Très Swans.

Ching Suite attitudes of more than a "never say" no ", which we hope to be when you have to pay $ 18,000. One of the Saudi Sheik seemed Suite so much that he wanted to rent for five years. The hotel is not.

Martinez Hotel
73 La Croisette
Cannes, France
Phone: 33 92 98 73 00
Fax: 33 93 39 67 82
E-mail: martinez@concorde-hotels.com

President Wilson Hotel

At a sleek, modern President Wilson Hotel in Geneva, security takes as much precedence as luxury. Faster than you can say "Frette bed linens," Our staff to assure the safety of customers, Imperial Suite is one of the best in the world, ideal for celebrities or traveling the state and government leaders visiting the UN headquarters next to the Palais Wilson. (Given how tight-lipped about the hotel's management Suite, customers can be assured of total secrecy.)

Imperial Suite, which occupies the entire upper floor of the hotel is reached via a private elevator and has four bedrooms, all with a view of Geneva. The suite is decorated in a modern style with marble and wood floors and windows, Bay leaves Lake Geneva and Mont Blanc. Off the bedroom is a dressing room and study, and the series has five bathrooms, all with mosaic marble floor and Jacuzzi and steam bath main bath. The living room has billiards, a library and a cocktail lounge with views of the water fountain, and can accommodate 40 people. Dining room seats 26 people around an oval mahogany table. Security-conscious or just a paranoid, the Imperial Suite is also equipped with bulletproof windows and doors. Hotel price of 40000 Swiss francs (about $ 23.600).

The President Wilson Hotel
47, Quai Wilson, 1211
Geneva, Switzerland
Phone: 41 22 906 6666 or 800-325-3589
Fax: 41 22 906 6667
E-mail: resa@hotelpwilson.com

The Plaza Hotel

Twenty years ago, the presidential suite at the Plaza was often used as a kitchen, Gourmet magazine test. Today, you can not see the editors, who (to the French-castle-style suite but wealthy businessmen, the suite is rarely used by celebrities) or families, a pied-à-terre as their home will have renovated. The 7,802-square-foot suite covers nearly the entire 18th Floor of the Plaza, overlooking Central Park, The walls are covered with silk, the reception is 10 meters wide glass and hand-painted piano depicts scenes from the French countryside.

The suite has five bedrooms, five and a half bathrooms, two lounges, a dining room, powder room and sauna. There are also three marble fireplaces, a terrace and a 2,000-bottle wine cellar (guests are charged extra for indulging). The Presidential Suite also comes with the use of a secretary / butler (received her business), and the chef at the Plaza are at your disposable. Of course, many of those who remain there to your own personal chef is to bring with them to feel so free.

The Plaza
768 Fifth Ave.
New York, N.Y.
Phone: (212) 759-3000
Fax: ( 212) 759-3167

Westin Excelsior

Rome's "Villa La Cupola Suite at the Hotel Westin Excelsior has all the Roman and excessive - a cupola, a Pompeii-style Jacuzzi, frescoes and stained glass windows - except perhaps a vomatorium. Located on the fifth and sixth floor under the dome of the hotel (which was made famous of Fellini's films), includes suite 6099 square feet and has an additional 1808 square meters of balconies and terraces. Even if it only has two rooms, five more can be connected to them. The whole package was only restored in 1998 at a cost of around 7 million U.S. dollars.

So what did facelift to bring? The dome itself is entirely hand-frescoed, and the fifth floor with master bedroom, a terraced study that was covered in Italian walnut and a living room. The glass windows in the living room detail allegory connected to a mythological figure with a modern, as Atlas and Television, Hypnosis and Neurosis, Hermes and marketing, and Hermaphrodite and Fashion. The first floor also has its own kitchen and dining room with an antique Murano glass chandelier, a private wine cabinet and an antique mosaic tile-covered dining room.

And this is just the beginning. What really makes this suite is on the tip of a private cinema with Dolby surround sound. Such luxury makes even the private elevator that looks up to the hot tub and fitness area - complete with mosaics, frescoes and ceiling - usually. (The painted horizons on the frescoes were designed to fit perfectly with the real Roman the book.) Now living la dolce vita. The suite with two bedrooms costs € 11,400 (approx. $ 9880), with the five optional bedrooms the price is 16,500 euros ($ 14,312).


The Westin Excelsior
Via Vittoria Veneto 125
Rome, Italy
Phone: 39 064 7081 or 800 228-3000
Fax: 39 064 826 205

Atlantis Bridge Suite

Atlantis Bridge Suite is a difference between the most expensive hotel in the world --- the Suite $ 25,000 per night. So what you have received this money? First and foremost, location, location, location. Bridge Suite is located on top of a bridge connects the two Royal Towers buildings, so forget the whole Resort and a marina.

Ten-room suite is decorated in red, black and gold (lots of gold) and comes with its own butler, bar lounge and entertainment center and a 12-foot ceilings. The bedroom has a sitting area, his-and-objects to the cabinets, and hand-painted linen. The bathrooms have car lounges, marble baths, and dolphin fixtures. For those who are careful about personal space, there are two separate master bathrooms. The kitchen also has its own entrance, so neverbothers Butler or cook for you. How can you sleep after spending $ 25,000?

The Atlantis
Paradise Island, Bahamas
Phone: (888) 528-7155 or (242) 363-3000
Fax: (242) 363-6300

The World’s Most Expensive Watch

Vacheron Constantin

The Swiss watchmaker Vacheron Constantin marked its 250th anniversary in 2005 with the year’s most expensive watch. Its name refers to one of the historical sites of the venerable company, located next to the current Maison Vacheron Constantin on the Quai de l’Ile. At $1.5 million, this is the most expensive watch this year.

$1,500,000 US dollars The expensive watch is also the most complicated double-face watch, and only produced in a limited edition of 7. Tour de l’Ile is made with a totally original combination of horological complications and astronomical indications composing a list of sixteen different points including a minute repeater, sunset time, perpetual calendar, second time zone, a tourbillon device, the equation of time and the representation of the night sky.

$1.5 million Swiss watchmaker Vacheron Constantin marked its 250th anniversary in 2005 with the world’s most complicated wrist watch—the Tour de l’Ile. The watch is so complicated that it required over 10,000 hours of research to create. Its name refers to one of the historical sites of the venerable company, located next to the current Maison Vacheron Constantin on the Quai de l’Ile.

Only produced in a limited edition of seven pieces, this expensive watch is also the most complicated double-face watch. Tour de l’Ile is made with a totally original combination of horological complications (that is, features beyond the simple telling of the time of day) and astronomical indications composing a list of sixteen different points including a minute repeater, sunset time, perpetual calendar, second time zone, a tourbillion device, the equation of time and a representation of the night sky.

At $1.5 million, this is one of the world’s most expensive watch produced in recent years.

Most Expensive Computer in the World

The Japanese government estimates the Earth Simulator cost $400,000,000, making it the most expensive computer ever built. The budget for the Earth Simulator project was authorized for the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) and the Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation (PNC) in 1997, and NEC Corporation made the winning bid for the Japanese project.

By May 2002, the 640 processor node supercomputer was benchmarked with Linpack as having 35.86 TFlop/s performance. This gave it the top spot on the TOP500 Supercomputer Sites list until 2004 when IBM’s BlueGene/L supercomputer took its place using an architecture that cost less than half as much to implement.

Each processor node in the Earth Simulator contains 8 vector processors running at 500MHz with 16GB of shared memory, and the total main memory in the machine is 10 terabytes. The operating system running on the supercomputer is NEC’s UNIX-based OS called “SUPER-UX” which is used on NEC’s SX Series of supercomputers.

This expensive computer is used for a wide variety of international projects, most of which are related to atmospheric, climate, and oceanographic simulation.