{"id":10024,"date":"2013-05-21T18:57:02","date_gmt":"2013-05-21T13:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=10024"},"modified":"2013-05-21T18:57:02","modified_gmt":"2013-05-21T13:57:02","slug":"gold-plated-service-24-carat-ipads-offered-to-guests-at-dubais-burj-al-arab-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=10024","title":{"rendered":"Gold-plated service! 24-carat iPads offered to guests at Dubai&#8217;s Burj al Arab hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to ostentatious luxury, nowhere does it better than Dubai &#8211; especially at the emirate&#8217;s iconic, sail-shaped hotel.<\/p>\n<p>Known as &#8220;the only seven star hotel in the world&#8221;, the Burj al Arab has decided to offer guests a true golden hello, providing them each with a 24-carat plated iPad for the duration of their stay.<\/p>\n<p>The favourite Dubai lodgings of Wayne and Colleen Rooney, the hotel is already known for its pricy suites, underwater aquarium restaurant and roof terrace tennis court &#8211; the world&#8217;s highest spot for a knockabout.<\/p>\n<p>Now it is upping the bling factor with gold-plated iPads that act as a &#8220;virtual concierge&#8221; offering a tour of the hotel and information on restaurant menus, spa treatments and butler services.<\/p>\n<p>The iPad isn&#8217;t the only gold to be found in the hotel. Suites are decorated in a rich mix of purples, reds and gold trim and are a favourite with celebrities.<\/p>\n<p>But the luxury comes with a hefty price tag. Double rooms cost from \u00a3985 and the Royal Suite costs more than \u00a312,000 a night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to ostentatious luxury, nowhere does it better than Dubai &#8211; especially at&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":10022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[224,137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-world","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}