Atlantis the palm, the world's top luxury hotel, is located on the palm artificial island in Dubai, UAE. It costs US $1.5 billion and the average consumption ranges from US $800 to US $35000 a night. The hotel opened on November 20, 2008. Despite the worst financial crisis in history, its opening ceremony was extremely luxurious and praised by major well-known media "The biggest party in ten years" invited more than 2000 celebrities from all over the world, including Oprah Winfrey, Hollywood stars Robert De Niro, Michael Jordan, etc.