Construction of the Hydropolis Underwater Hotel is expected to start within the next months.

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1 Feb 2006

Among the latest of the prestigious real estate projects in Dubai, the most wonderful and the most exciting will be the construction of the $500 million underwater hotel. The Hydropolis Underwater Resort Hotel will be accessed by a tunnel via a waterside reception area. The location of the hotel has been changed from earlier plans and is still to be announced.

The shallow water hotel will be shaped as a bowl and will be positioned on the sea ground. The deep water version will be floating in the sea with anchors on the ground according to Uwe Hohmann of the Crescent Hydropolis Group, which is managing the project.

The bowl will be constructed externally and then positioned on the location. It will then be emptied of the water and equipped with huge aquariums as an attraction for the guests. "At the shallow water hotel, guests are exposed to big fish tanks that contain controlled water and fish, since shallow water is muddy and not transparent. At the deep water hotel, visitors are looking directly into the sea," he said. The construction of such hotels would not have any damaging effects to the environment, he added.,/p>

The company is also undertaking projects in Oman, Monaco, Las Vegas, Rio and China. Completion date for the Dubai hotel is scheduled for late 2008. Developer and architectural consultant of the underwater hotel project is Joachim Hauser, a former German Aerospace administrator.