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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Natalie Wilson

The world’s biggest, tallest and most extreme hotels

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With key cards that could take you on a 75-floor commute to your room, a new wave of high-rise hotels is the future of inner-city travel, and they’re stretching further and further into the sky.

Though the long-awaited 67-story Fontainebleau hotel-casino tower has opened in Las Vegas after 10 years, the 737 feet peak pales in comparison with the 1,168 feet Gevora Hotel, a towering vision of gold on the Dubai skyline.

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