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Atlantis Hotel in Dubai, Opening September 2008

The Palm Atlantis Hotel is due to open its doors to the public in September 2008

The new 1,539 room mega-resort has been accepting reservations since February 2008

Room rates will start at around Dh1,600 per night and guests will find around 3,500 staff on hand to make their stay more pleasant

A 30 meter high Ziggurat will house seven waterslides in the Atlantis’ 17 hectare water park

The resort is surrounded by marine lagoons and will be home to more than 65,000 marine animals

Some of the tanks will only house fish native to the UAE

A team of 165 marine workers will be working in the underwater tanks each day