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The Mardan Palace is a luxury hotel

Hotel

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in Lara

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, Antalya

Antalya

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, Turkey

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, built by Azerbaijani

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businessman Telman Ismailov

Telman Ismailov

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. It was opened on 23 May 2009 and attended by Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey

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, Sharon Stone

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, Richard Gere

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, Monica Bellucci

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, Paris Hilton

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, Seal

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, Tom Jones

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and the Kazakhstani President Nursultan Nazarbayev

Nursultan Nazarbayev

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. It's considered as Europe

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's and the Mediterranean's most expensive luxury resort. It cost $1.4 billion. It has the Mediterranean's largest swimming pool within which is a sunken aquarium containing 2,400 fish. The hotel has 560 rooms, a 12000 sq ft (1,114.8 m²) spa, and its own beach containing 9,000 tons of sand imported from Egypt. 10,000 m² of gold, 500,000 crystals, 23,000 m² of Italian marble are used in the construction of the hotel.

The corporate identity and website for the hotel was created by Brash Brands

Brash Brands

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in Dubai, for which they received an International Design Award.

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