Anyone willing to dish out 1,500 dollars a night might soon get a chance to come face to face with sharks from the comfort of an undersea hotel room a Florida entrepreneur plans to build in the Bahamas. <\/P><\/p>\n
“People who are interested in experiencing something they can’t find anywhere else in the world will find it a real bargain,” says Bruce Jones who heads the 40-million-dollar project. <\/P><\/p>\n
To date, there is only one such underwater hotel, a small refitted marine lab located in somewhat murky waters just off the coast of Key Largo, Florida. <\/P><\/p>\n
But Jones says his Poseidon resort will be one of a kind, as guests will not need to don scuba gear to reach their luxury suites. <\/P><\/p>\n
The hotel, located off the Bahamian island of Eleuthera at a depth of 15 meters (50 feet), will be connected to the mainland through two tunnels and an escalator, and pressure will be the same as at the surface. <\/P><\/p>\n
The hotel will have its own restaurant, a bar and 20 large suites with transparent acrylic walls facing coral gardens that can be lit up at night. <\/P><\/p>\n
Guests can expect to see a large variety of tropical fish, tuna and turtles, and with a bit of luck, sharks, from the comfort of their rooms, or even from their private jacuzzis, says Jones. “They will enjoy five-star luxury accommodation, all with stunning views of the underwater world.” <\/P><\/p>\n
The Florida-based entrepreneur says he is currently signing on the last of the investors, most of them institutional, who will put up the 40 million dollars the Bahamas project should cost. <\/P><\/p>\n
Jones, who has spent 17 years designing, refitting and selling submarines, is confident the planned resort will become reality, probably sometime in 2006, even though a number of similar projects have foundered in the past. <\/P><\/p>\n
If both projects come off, he would be competing with the Hydropolis resort, a 220-suite underwater hotel planned off Dubai. Hydropolis planners say their rooms would go for 500 dollars a night, but Jones thinks that is unrealistic.<\/P><\/p>\n
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