The superstar Atlantis hotel and resort in Nassau, Bahamas, will get a superstar challenger in 2011 when the $2 billion Baha Mar Resort opens.

Atlantis is on Paradise Island, adjacent to Nassau. Baha Mar will be on 1,000 acres on the main island of Providence.

Baha Mar will have a Caesar’s resort with a 95,000-square-foot Harrah’s casino and 1,000-room Caesar’s Resort Hotel. In addition, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide have agreed to operate four hotels on the resort — W, St. Regis, Westin and Sheraton — that will add about 2,000 rooms to the property, Reuters reported.

Prices not falling down
Take crackers and peanut butter to London next time. The new Zagat Survey of London restaurants says the average cost of a meal there is $70, nearly twice the cost in New York or Los Angeles.

At London’s 20 most expensive restaurants, the average cost of a meal is $152.63, up 7.1 percent from 2006. The average tip if service isn’t on the bill: 11.9 percent.

The pocket-sized survey has comments on 1,005 London restaurants by 5,273 diners.
New York is the most expensive U.S. city for dining, with a typical meal tab of $39.43. That is 20 percent above the national average.

The average meal at New York’s 20 most expensive spots is $128.79.

Wright on target

The 33rd annual Frank Lloyd Wright “Wright Plus Housewalk” in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 19. Tickets are $85 at www.wrightplus.org.
Featured will be the interiors of eight private residences in the Frank Lloyd Wright Historic District, plus the architect’s home and studio, Unity Temple and the Wright Robie House.
For the first time since 1991, the tour will include the 1895 Joseph Dunlop House, the 1893 James Hayden House, the 1912 Benjamin Horton House and the 1905 T. Lyle Vette House, all designed by other architects.

Hurricane recovery

The last of the Florida resorts damaged by ’04’s Hurricane Charlie has reopened this month. The South Seas Island Resort on Captiva Island underwent a $140 million rebirth that includes a $14 million renovation of its 21/2-mile-long beach.

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