New Delhi: The Sahara group's iconic hotel The
Plaza, New York, figures among the top 10 hotels in the world for
multi-millionaire visitors in 2014, a survey said.
The Plaza is the second most preferred hotel
for the uber-rich people globally, said the survey by New World Wealth. It was
based on a sample of 450 multi-millionaires.
The Plaza, which is jointly owned by Sahara
Group and Kingdom Holdings, a Saudi Arabia-based corporation, had 3,700
multi-millionaires in the 12 months to June 2014, second only to The Bellagio
in Las Vegas, which received as many as 6,400 multi millionaires.
"The Plaza's high place on the list is
impressive considering it only has 280 rooms which puts it at a disadvantage to
larger hotels which can accommodate more guests in a year," the report
said.
According to the report, titled 'Most Popular
Hotels for Millionaires', The Raj Palace, Jaipur, had 300 or more
multi-millionaire visitors in the 12 months to June.
The Raj Palace, Jaipur is the only one hotel
from India has made it to the list of select few boutique hotels that witnessed
300 or more multi-millionaires visitors.
Other most preferred hotel destinations for
multi -millionaires include Caesars Palace, Las Vegas (3,400 visitors); Waldorf
Astoria, New York (3,300); Marina Bay Sands Singapore (3,100) and The Breakers,
Palm Beach (3,000) among others.
Las Vegas hotels dominate the list. "This
reflects Vegas's appeal as a short stay holiday destination for the
super-rich," the report said.
The other boutique hotels which were mentioned
by several multi-millionaires in the survey include -- Baur au Lac, Zurich;
Chateau Marmont, Los Angeles; Goldeneye, Jamaica; Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc,
Antibes; Little Nel, Aspen and Raffles, Singapore.
For the purposes of this study, an individual
with net assets of at least $10 million is considered multi-millionaire. There
are around 495,000 multi-millionaires worldwide (as on June 2014).
