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CHECKING INTO
recent years. First low-cost transport broadened travellers are painted on the walls around the bottom of the tower. A
horizons and forced hoteliers to be more competitive with huge fountain in front of the hotel cascades water down five
pricing. Then the economic downturn put the brakes on giant clamshells facing the Swan, which has waves painted
many extended vacations. It is now tougher than ever to on its walls and two 47-foot swan statues sailing atop.
FANTASYLAND
tempt travellers and so resorts are increasingly looking to Graves says the Dolphin represents a mountain that has
differentiate themselves. explosively emerged from a rainforest. This explains the
Service standards and furnishings are the battlegrounds banana leaves, waterfall and leaping dolphins. Every detail
on which hotels usually compete against their rivals, but fits the theme the railings lining the walkway from the
many resorts are going one step further. These resorts use Dolphin feature a wave-like design to represent the flow of
literally their biggest assets the buildings themselves water that then hits the Swan, hence the waves painted on
From Roman ruins to aquatic palaces, the architectural theming to stand out from the crowd. Exotic hotel architecture is its walls.
of resort hotels is getting increasingly outlandish turning into an arms race of sorts as new openings have to Our hotel allows guests to truly escape to somewhere
trump their predecessors by being even more outlandish. that is outside their normal routine: 56-foot tall dolphin
However, the leading lights in this field dont just have statues and nine-storey waterfalls are not items you typically
whimsical buildings; they have a storyline explaining the encounter in your daily life, says Eric Opron, director of
design, heralding the advent of entertainment architecture. sales and marketing for both the Swan and Dolphin.
44 MAY 2011