Posted on 11/25/2022 11:14:15 AM PST by nickcarraway
Stepping into the world of ultra-luxury feels like entering a new realm, just like how going through the Stargate leads you to a whole new place.
It's not too far of a stretch, then, to associate Qatar's newest hotel, Raffles Doha, with the military sci-fi series, especially with its unique architectural aesthetic.
The country's only all-suite hotel, after all, sports an arc design that resembles the iconic ring-shaped portal, as seen from the comparison above. It's probably all just sheer coincidence, but hey, part of the fun is to find links to existing elements of geek culture. Plus, it does lend a sophisticated and futuristic touch to the whole building, so that's pretty cool.
Raffles Doha is currently only open exclusively to Fifa World Cup guests and VIPs, but there are seven food and beverage outlets and restaurants that visitors can check out.
The 132-key property offers 270 rooms, 92 suites, four themed suites, and one presidential suite, with views of the Doha skyline, personalised butler service, and bespoke amenities such as a gallery collection of curated books, and an in-suite boutique, also included as part of the experience.
Elsewhere, the interior features gold mosaic wall tiling, rich wood panelling, Qatari-inspired design elements and a lounge that boasts 6,000 literary classics and a bespoke cigar collection. Another separate lounge, the Malaki Lounge, offers a venue to enjoy afternoon tea over the area of the atrium and ground floor.
The hotel will welcome guest room reservations starting Dec 19 with the lowest price set at a whopping US$2,355 (S$3,235) per night for one person.
The Stargate franchise, meanwhile, began with a feature-length film in 1994, and later received a television series sequel titled Stargate SG-1 in 1997.
This show was joined by Stargate Atlantis in 2004, Stargate Universe in 2009, and a prequel web series, Stargate Origins, in 2018, with a variety of books, video games and comic books expanding the same story universe.
Yeah, it was a long time ago.
That’s just damn ugly.
Absolutely agree. Yuck!
“The 132-key property offers 270 rooms, 92 suites, four themed suites, and one presidential suite”.
So is half the fun figuring out who else has a key to your room?
92 suites , multiple rooms per suite= 270 rooms I think
I remember. Airports and roads, too.
Two garden snails copulating?
US architecture has become a suicide cult:
https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/heatherwick-vessel-saved
I suppose I could spend a couple of years there if I wanted to blow my retirement money all at once. By the end of the stay, I might be so sick of luxury that I'd happily spend the rest of my days in poverty. Then again...does the woman pictured come with the room?
All it needs is crosshairs...
At $2,300 a night you should at least call the snails escargots.
;-)
What? No HoloSuites?
If the land of Mordor had a hotel...
Yes, but, just as pictured. She has no legs or left arm.
Slaves did construction work on the fab hotels and super tall apartment. Angry slaves. That concrete has to be mixed the right way.....
What nonsense. The architectural design has nothing to do with Stargate, which was a full circle. Anyone familiar without Islamic iconography can clearly see that the design is a stylistic rendering of crossed scimitars, which is a common Islamic motif.
That concrete has to be mixed the right way.....
How many slaves fell into the glopitta-glopitta machine?
Must be irksome knowing that if it weren’t for western brains and knowhow your country would have nothing more spectacular than one-story tents to impress the camel herders.
I know…right.
And how many gays got thrown off the top of it?
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