Bless my sole - only in Dubai
December 15th 2008 12:27
They are planning to build a refrigerated beach in Dubai. How cool is that?
The beach will be part of the new Palazzo Versace hotel. The temperature in Dubai in summer averages 40 degrees C and can reach 50 degrees. In a travesty which has millionaires everywhere outraged, walking on sand in such temperatures is as uncomfortable for the super-wealthy as it is for anybody else.
So the Versace people are planning to build a beach with a network of pipes beneath the sand. Coolant will flow through the pipes, sucking the heat from the sand. There are also plans to install giant blowers to create gentle breezes.
“This is the kind of luxury that top people want,” said Soheil Abedian, founder and president of Palazzo Versace. "Top people" presumably being defined in this case as enormously rich people with soft feet and low pain thresholds who enjoy paying big bucks to go somewhere hot so they can get cool.
We are also unsure if the details of the scheme have reached the ears of the 11,000 politicians and environmentalists in Poland for talks on cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
Meanwhile Armani, Versace's rival in outrageous taste, is reportedly planning its own branded hotel extravaganza in Dubai. What on earth are they going to offer? Scented sea water?
The beach will be part of the new Palazzo Versace hotel. The temperature in Dubai in summer averages 40 degrees C and can reach 50 degrees. In a travesty which has millionaires everywhere outraged, walking on sand in such temperatures is as uncomfortable for the super-wealthy as it is for anybody else.
So the Versace people are planning to build a beach with a network of pipes beneath the sand. Coolant will flow through the pipes, sucking the heat from the sand. There are also plans to install giant blowers to create gentle breezes.
“This is the kind of luxury that top people want,” said Soheil Abedian, founder and president of Palazzo Versace. "Top people" presumably being defined in this case as enormously rich people with soft feet and low pain thresholds who enjoy paying big bucks to go somewhere hot so they can get cool.
We are also unsure if the details of the scheme have reached the ears of the 11,000 politicians and environmentalists in Poland for talks on cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
Meanwhile Armani, Versace's rival in outrageous taste, is reportedly planning its own branded hotel extravaganza in Dubai. What on earth are they going to offer? Scented sea water?
www.timesonline.co.uk
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