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Here are the top five most expensive hotel suites which is definitely for the rich and famous. For just one night, room rates range from $25,000 to a whopping $37,200.
HOTEL MARTINEZ: Penthouse Suite for $37,200/night
Special features:
Private Jacuzzi
Internet Wifi connection
Mini bar
Plasma Tv
Soundproof
The Penthouse suite at Hotel Martinez is located in Cannes, France. For $37,200 per night, guests can have a luxurious stay at Hotel Martinez. The penthouse suite has very beautiful views of the Mediterranean. Famous celebrities who have stayed in this suite were Elton John and Elizabeth Taylor.
PRESIDENT WILSON HOTEL: Royal Penthouse Suite for $35,000/night
Special features:
Private Elevator
Bulletproof doors and windows
Mini bar
Internet Wifi service
The Royal Penthouse suite at President Wilson Hotel is located in Geneva, Switzerland. It has spectacular views of Lake Geneva and the alps. Not every one can stay in this royal floor because it is only reserved for Head of states and celebrities. For $35,000 a night, they will enjoy a contemporary style hotel suite and full security. The famous politician who stayed here is former U.S President Woodrow Wilson.
GRAND RESORT LAGONISSI: Royal Villa for $34,088/night
Special features:
Private Coastline
Indoor Pool
Outdoor heated pool
Billiard table
Private Gym
Equipped Kitchen
The Royal Villa at Grand Resort Lagonissi is located in Athens, Greece. The picture says it all. It has spectacular views of the mountains and sea. The resort villa is definitely exclusive for the rich and famous with a whopping rate of $34,088 per night.
BURJ AL ARAB: Royal Suite for $ 28,000/night
Special features:
Private Cinema
Private Elevator
Marble and Gold Staircase
Rolls Royce BMW or helicopter as transport
Burj Al Arab is located in United Arab Emirates. There are no rooms in this hotel, just suites. It is the world's tallest hotel and is already an international landmark. For as little as $2,274.05, one can already stay for a night in one of their suites. The most expensive suite is the Royal Suite with a rate of $28,000 per night / 4 adults and 2 kids only. Former U.S President Bill Clinton has stayed here.
THE ATLANTIS: The Atlantis Bridge Suite for $25,000/night
Special features:
Kitchen
Lots of gold decors
Bar lounge
Entertainment center
The Atlantis Bridge Suite at The Atlantis is located on top of a bridge that connects the two Royal Towers buildings at Paradise Island, Bahamas. It overlooks the entire marina and resort. It is definitely a one of a kind hotel suite experience. Some famous guests in the suite included Oprah Winfrey, Bill Gates, Donald Trump and Michael Jordan.
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Top 10 Most Expensive Mobile Phones in the WorldJul 8, 2008 4:16 PM
7. Mobiado Professional EM (wood) = $1,900 (£1,027)
The Mobiado Professional EM, is a wood-clad upgrade of their earlier Nokia-based phone that includes a 1.3 megapixel camera, music player, FM radio, Bluetooth, and according to Mobiado it’s the first production phone with Titanium buttons. Only 200 are being made and each one has its limited number engraved on the back. At $1,900 however, you’re still paying an awfully high premium for a fairly basic phone encased in wood!
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8. Bang & Olufsen (Samsung) Serene = $1,250 (£675)
Bang & Olufsen hooked up with Samsung to design the sleek but unconventional Serene. Its not a bad looking phone and it even has a built-in motor to assist you in opening and closing the phone. It’s not very practical however, requiring a special screwdriver to access the battery and the SIM card, and its circular keypad will take some getting used to. Also, for some strange reason they have positioned the camera lens on the side of the device, which will make it difficult to align snapshots via the viewfinder on the display.
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9. Lamborghini 8800 Sirocco from Nokia = $To be announced
The Lamborghini Nokia 8800 Sirocco is another special edition, like the previously launch Aston Martin branded Sirocco. It will ultimately be a standard 8800 Sirocco but with the addition of the famous Lamborghini logo engraved on the font and the back, plus ball bearings from the auto company to in the slider phone mechanism. The Lamborghini phone will be a limited edition with only 500 being made. It will also feature Lamborghini graphics as wallpapers, screensavers, ringtones, and even has a short documentary video about the Lamborghini.
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10. Gresso Luxury Phone = £expensive
The Russia based Gresso, is a new entry into the luxury phone market. Their aptly name “Gresso Luxury Phone” is made of gold and African Blackwood. Apparently they will be releasing a collection of five models called the Black Aura collection, and the designer is a “well known” Italian designer. Currently there are two versions of the African Blackwood phone, one with pink gold highlights named the Gresso Blackwood Gold Edition, and one made entirely of African Blackwood. In addition to the two African Blackwood phones Gresso also make a phone made entirely of pink gold named the Gresso Gold phone. Initially, the phones will be on sale only in Russia.
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Top 10 Most Expensive Mobile Phones in the WorldJul 8, 2008 4:15 PM

Until recently, the vast majority of mobiles had been priced between £100 and £300, with only Vertu, a division of Nokia, manufacturing uber-premium phones. With prices starting at around £4,000 Vertu phones are only for the filthy rich, and the super famous.
However, Vertu’s monopoly of the luxury phone market is coming to an end with the launch of several new luxury mobile makers, including Gresso, Mobiado and GoldVish. Other mobile phone manufacturers are also partnering with luxury brands to produce a range of premium mobile phones, such as LG and Prada, D&G and Motorola, and now Tag Heuer and Modelabs. Finally, there are the ridiculous, super-expensive one-offs, made purely for headline grabbing, such as Goldvish’s “Le million”, worth a cool $1,000,000, see below for details!
1. Goldvish “Le million” = $1,000,000 (£540,540)
A PR stunt it may be, and they surely can’t be expecting to sell any, but the Goldvish “Le million” is officially the most expensive mobile phone in the world, according the Guiness Books of Records. There’s even been talk of a $1.3million phone, but this has fewer diamonds than the Goldvish so I can’t see where the extra expense comes from! The “Le million” is a one off, featuring a blinding 120 carats worth of VVS-1 grade diamonds, according to designer Emmanuel Gueit. If $1 million is out of your price range. the Geneva-based Goldvish also offer several other diamond-encrusted 18k gold models in your choice of rose, yellow, or white, starting at a much more reasonable $25,600 (£13,837).
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2. Vertu Signature Cobra = $310,000 (£167,567)
Vertu is now taking orders for the Signature Cobra, designed by French jeweler Boucheron, but you had better be quick as only 8 are being made! The Cobra will feature one pear-cut diamond, one round white diamond, two emerald eyes and 439 rubies. Vertu will also be offering a “cheaper” version, ruby free, at $115,000 (£62,162).
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3. Sony Ericsson Black Diamond = $300,000 (£162,162)
Apparently the Black Diamond will be available in 2007, not from Sony Ericsson but by a company called VIPN. Initially only 5 unique numered pieces will be available for the unbelievable price of, wait for it… $300,000.
With regards to the specifications, don’t expect anything remarkable for your money. It will have Quad-band with Wi-Fi, an Intel 400Mhz processor running windows mobile 5, and a touch sensitive 2″ screen. It will also include internal memory of 128mb and will come with a 2Gb SD card for external storage, plus a respectable 4 Megapixel camera.
The designer Jaren Goh has used some pretty impressive materials for the build, featuring titane with polycarbonate, mirror-finish cladding and diamonds.
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4. Vertu Diamond = $88,000 (£47,567)
The Diamond is Vertu’s premium range of high-end mobile phones. As the name suggests the handsets in the Diamond range are diamond-encrusted handsets made from platinum. Only 200 of the handsets are being produced, the most expensive believed to be worth an estimated £50,000.
5. Motorola V220 Special Edition = £28,000 ($51,800)
Austrian designer Peter Aloisson, has taken a standard Motorola, studded it with 1,200 diamonds and added a keyboard inlaid with 18 carat gold. The outcome is a £28,000 handset, suitable only for footballers and film stars!
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6. Gold Edition Nokia 8800 Phone = $2,700 (£1,459)
If you have $2,700 to spare, you can now buy the Nokia 8800 in 24K gold. However, be warned, if you think you’ll be getting a better phone for your extra cash, you wont! The features found on the Gold Edition are the standard 8800 features, which are pretty basic. It includes a 0.5 Mega pixel SVGA camera, 64 MB of internal memory, 64 voice polyphonic rigntones, FM Radio, Mp3 Player, video recording and 180 mins talktime. However, the Gold Edition does includes a special edition box and charging dock!
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Top 10 Most Expensive Pens In The World Jul 8, 2008 4:12 PM
Writing pens have a long history. Humankind has invented so many of them that no pens collector can have a complete collection. The world’s most expensive pens are limited in number and those who possess them can be called really lucky. Here’s the list of these amazing pens that are not just writing instruments but a real obsession for the rich.
The Limited Edition Mystery Masterpiece, a joint creation between Mont blanc and Van Cleef & Arpels, is the most expensive writing pen ever created. Can you imagine, it costs $730,000! This amazing pen is truly a masterpiece of the jeweler's art. Each pen has 840 diamonds and more than 20 carats of gemstones set in a Van Cleef & Arpels patented "Mystery Setting" that conceals the stone settings. A groove is made on the culet, the bottom facet of the stone, which is then slid onto the threads of the lattice design so that the stones can be held in place side by side without any visible support. There are three variations, set either with rubies, sapphires or emeralds, and accented by diamonds. The three variations of these marvelous pens are limited to three releases each for a total of nine. The unique work took over a year and a half to create by skilled artisans.
Another most expensive pen in the world is La Modernista Diamonds. It was made by the Swiss company Caran d’Ache in 1999 in homage to Antonio Gaudi (1852-1926), the most famous of Modernist architects. This amazing fountain pen was sold in Harrods, London, for $265,000, becoming the most expensive pen in GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS in 2001. La Modernista Diamonds is made of rhodium-coated solid silver components. It boasts of an 18-carat rhodium-coated gold nib and is set with a total of 5,072 Wesselton diamonds weighing in at 20-carats, as well as and 96 rubies totalling 32-carats. The pen was hand-made by master jeweler Robert Perron and it took him six months to complete this true masterpiece of writing instruments.
The Visconti brand is known for best quality, style and creativity. One of the most remarkable Visconti pens is Ripple H.R.H. Limited Edition fountain pen. Made of 18K white gold and diamonds and with two-tone 18K gold nib, it costs $57,000.00. It has double reservoir filling system and is sold in two variations – white gold and black. Another distinguished Visconti pen is the Forbidden City H.R.H. Limited Edition fountain Pen. Made of black resin, 18K gold and diamonds and boasting of Power Filler innovative filling system invented by Visconti, it is sold for $42,200.00.
Grayson Tighe Limited Edition fountain and rollerball pens are sold for a fair price of $22,000.00 - $24,000.00. They are 18K Gold Victorian Royalty executive custom made collectors pens. The Gold is meticulously Ornamental Turned. This is a very old practice of decorating lathe-turned objects with complex patterns that, being applied to metal, creates a visual display of life and light manipulation to the surface. The nib of Grayson Tighe fountain pens is custom hand-made in Germany with 18K yellow gold. It’s engraved with a specially designed Acanthus leaf, tipped with Iridium, and two toned with Rhodium. Grayson Tighe rollerball pens have an advanced refill that has a 1 Year cap-off time.
OMAS Limited Edition Pens are sold at the price of $16,500. These extraordinary pens celebrate Greek art. The Corinthian style votive monument erected by Lysicrates is skilfully recreated on the cap and the grandiose Laocoon sculpture dominates the barrel. The clip of the pen is one of the columns of the votive monument, a daring technical solution to give the pen as a whole that purity of line typical of classical art. The cap has a pure diamond set on the end of it, to remind us that rulers of old once wore diamonds as a symbol of their strength, courage and invincibility. The number of these writing is limited to 50 pieces.
David Oscarson Pens are another ‘tasty’ item for obsessed pens collectors. They are known for their matchless elegance and artistic mastery. The most expensive of them is Pierrot White Fountain Pen that costs about $4,900. Through Pierrot White Fountain Pen, David Oscarson has introduced a unique collection representing the old world craftsmanship in an awesome range of designer pens. In fact, David Oscarson is the first pen making company to integrate five colors of hard enamel and three levels of Guilloché on each fountain pen, which is efficiently finished in Rhodium vermeil with natural backgrounds.
La Dona Menagerie Fountain Pen handcrafted by Cartier Pens belong to the most exquisite designer range of writing instruments. Their price is about $4,000. Cartier La Dona Menagerie is named after the 1940’s, cine star Maria Felix, who was also known as "La Doña- the Mexican Marilyn Monroe." It was on her request, the luxury jewelry designer Cartier customized an extraordinary crocodile necklace in gold. This astonishingly beautiful necklace inspired Cartier to design and develop 888 individually numbered fine pieces of La Doña pens, the second offering in the Menagerie Collection. Made of expensive materials, such as gold, peridot, citrin, Cartier pen has a gold-plated nib, which is carved with a crocodile head.
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Top Ten Most Expensive Transfers In World FootballJul 8, 2008 4:01 PM

List: Top Ten Most Expensive Transfers In World Football
Date: June 2007
Source: The Political Economy of Football Statistics
Base: All football player transfers up to end June 2007.
Notes: All prices in Euros. These rankings were published in 2006 but there have been no new entries to the table since that point to when we publish this list. The most expensive transfer between January 2007 and end June 2007 was Torres from Atletico de Madrid to Liverpool at a reported Euro32 million.
Looking at the list below there is a noticeable concentration around the years 1999 to 2001, when it appears prices went sky high. When you include the top twenty transfers of all time some 70% of them were made during this three year period and the buying clubs within that top 20 were all from Italy (Serie A), Spain (La Liga) or England (the Premier League). Rank Player From To Price (Euro million) Year 1 Zidane Juventus Real Madrid 76.0 2001 2 Figo Barcelona Real Madrid 61.0 2000 3 Crespo Parma Lazio 51.0 2000 4 Buffon Parma Juventus 46.8 2001 5 Vieri Lazio Internazionale 46.0 1999 6 Shevchenko AC Milan Chelsea 45.0 2006 7 Ferdinand Leeds Manchester United 41.7 2002 8 Mendieta Valencia Lazio 41.6 2001 9 Ronaldo Internazionale Real Madrid 41.0 2002 10 Veron Lazio Manchester United 40.3 2001