Five-star concierges: The wild requests of the mega-rich

By Nell Lewis, CNN
5 minute read
Updated 5:02 AM EDT, Thu April 11, 2019
<strong>Burj Al Arab --</strong> We're still unsure why one might need a revolving four poster bed, but at $24,000 a night you can deliberate for yourself in the Burj Al Arab's Royal Suite. Located in the world's first seven-star hotel and decadently furnished across 8,400 square feet, it's still perhaps the most coveted place to lay your head in Dubai. And with a choice of 14 types of pillow, you'd expect a restful night's sleep.
Burj Al Arab -- We're still unsure why one might need a revolving four poster bed, but at $24,000 a night you can deliberate for yourself in the Burj Al Arab's Royal Suite. Located in the world's first seven-star hotel and decadently furnished across 8,400 square feet, it's still perhaps the most coveted place to lay your head in Dubai. And with a choice of 14 types of pillow, you'd expect a restful night's sleep.
Courtesy Burj Al Arab
The Royal Suite's most extravagant touch? The 24 carat gold iPad guests are given to contact the concierge. A useful backup should all 27 phones dotting the suite happen to go down.
The Royal Suite's most extravagant touch? The 24 carat gold iPad guests are given to contact the concierge. A useful backup should all 27 phones dotting the suite happen to go down.
Courtesy Burj Al Arab
<strong>Kempinski Hotel Mall of the Emirates -- </strong>You can stay in Dubai and largely avoid the desert heat. But staying at the Kempinski Hotel Mall of the Emirates takes cool to a different level. The hotel has installed new "Aspen Chalets" backing on to the indoor artificial slopes of Ski Dubai.
Kempinski Hotel Mall of the Emirates -- You can stay in Dubai and largely avoid the desert heat. But staying at the Kempinski Hotel Mall of the Emirates takes cool to a different level. The hotel has installed new "Aspen Chalets" backing on to the indoor artificial slopes of Ski Dubai.
Kempinski Hotel Mall of the Emirates
Ski Dubai has became a symbol of the city's geography-defying ambition. Its piste is 279 feet high and 1,312 feet long, but it's about to be trumped by the<a href="http://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/dubai-leisure-complex/index.html"> Meydan One</a> project -- also in Dubai -- featuring a 3,937 feet long ski slope.
Ski Dubai has became a symbol of the city's geography-defying ambition. Its piste is 279 feet high and 1,312 feet long, but it's about to be trumped by the Meydan One project -- also in Dubai -- featuring a 3,937 feet long ski slope.
Kempinski Hotel Mall of the Emirates
<strong>The Underwater Suite at Atlantis, The Palm --</strong> The Underwater Suite at Atlantis, The Palm is not the first hotel room in the world to give you a fish eye view. And if you want a real ocean experience in Dubai, there's <a href="https://cnn.com/travel/article/the-heart-of-europe-the-world-dubai/index.html" target="_blank">the Floating Seahorse villa coming to The World archipelago.</a> But the suites at The Atlantis are perhaps the gigantic hotel's most famous feature.
The Underwater Suite at Atlantis, The Palm -- The Underwater Suite at Atlantis, The Palm is not the first hotel room in the world to give you a fish eye view. And if you want a real ocean experience in Dubai, there's the Floating Seahorse villa coming to The World archipelago. But the suites at The Atlantis are perhaps the gigantic hotel's most famous feature.
Courtesy Atlantis, The Palm