The Crescent Hydropolis Resorts PLC is going ahead with the revolutionary construction of underwater hotels and resorts in both shallow and deep waters, which would take mankind to a totally new and different dimension of hospitality.
To be located also in the coming years in many more fabulous and prominent cities of the world such as Isle of Man, London, Monaco, Munich, New York and Qingdao (est. 2009, in the Yellow Sea); these high-class underwater cities will cater to all the luxurious needs of its inhabitants through its immediate surroundings. They have been engineered from the conceptual stage onwards to help people adapt to the change in environment and enjoy it to the maximum.
Hydropolis Dubai
The Hydropolis Underwater Hotel and Resort is a planned hotel which will be the world's first underwater luxury resort. It's situated 66 feet below the surface of the Persian Gulf, just off Jumeira Beach in Dubai. Reinforced by concrete and steel, its Plexiglas walls and bubble-shaped dome ceilings will enable guests to see fish and other sea creatures. It is basically divided into three sections: the land station, where guests will be welcomed; the connecting tunnel, which will transport people by train to the main area of the hotel; and the 220 suites within the submarine leisure complex. It will cover an area of 260 hectares, about the size of London's Hyde Park, and will cost an estimated £300 million. (All this guarantees it to be a future yachting hotspot also). It is self-acclaimed to be a 10-star hotel.
The hotel was scheduled to open in late 2007. However, as of February 2007, Hydropolis' launch has been rescheduled, due to cost issues and concerns over the project's impact on marine life, the project has faced major delays, and it is now scheduled to open in 2009.
The hotel, along with other sister projects, is being developed by Crescent Hydropolis Holdings LLC, a firm especially created for its development. The designer is Joachim Hauser.
Small step for Crescent, Giant step for Mankind (?)
Could this be the next step for mankind's existence ? Will mankind move to the food and mineral-rich environs of the seas and oceans for its daily sustenance and living ? Considering that its expanding in numbers and at the same time there always seems to a lack of inhabitable land. We at Giira Yachts would like to believe so since it would solve many a relatively simple (space, food etc) and complex (territorial, political etc) problems faced by the human race.
