by Carrie Kellenberger and Marcus Maurice
Staying at a normal hotel just doesn't cut it nowadays.
If sleeping among the stars is something you've always dreamed about, your dreams may soon
become a reality at the
Galactic Suite Space Resort. The world's first-ever hotel designed for outer space is a
pod that can sleep two pilots and four guests. The hotel is designed to
orbit Earth
at a distance of 450 kilometers and
a speed of 30,000 kilometers per hour, which equals 15 sunrises and sunsets per day. The
futuristic resort
is due for completion in 2012 and getting there will
cost a pretty penny—US$4.4 million for the eight-week
astronaut training course on a
tropical island and a three-night stay at the hotel.
Imagine arriving at an airport and
handing over your pet goldfish to the
check-in clerk for
safekeeping. The goldfish hotel at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is
raising eyebrows and
garnering awards for being one of the most unusual pet hotels in the world. Travelers who worry about where to take their pets when they go on vacation can now breath easier because their
fishy friends will be well
looked after in the world's first fish hotel. The
aquatic hotel, which houses 80
permanent residents, is a large
aquarium that includes a tennis court and a pool with a
slide. The
fish-sitting service is part of an advertising
campaign for a Dutch travel agency. Clients who book through the travel agency can
put their fish
up in the
facility for free. Each goldfish receives its own private suite so that it won't
get mixed up with other guests. If the fish
accidentally dies while a customer is on vacation, the owner can take one of the 80 permanent ones home.
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