The Wall Street Journal has a story on the move toward $1000 per night room rates (not necessarily suites) for "ultra-luxury" hotels. Among the Europen hotels mentioned are:
- Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc on the French Riviera (high-season price: €750, or about $986)
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- Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London (rates begin at about £735--$1,190)
- Ritz Paris (now about $960)
- Mandarin Oriental Paris (Entry-level room: about $1,175)
- Castello di Casole, about 45 minutes from Florence, Italy [entry-level suites for about $828 (€630) in low season, about $1,578 (€1,200) in high season]