Checking out The Plaza on Fifth Avenue in New York. A magnet for stars as bright as The Beatles and F Scott Fitzgerald, it has been a beacon of opulence since its opening in 1907.

Exploring the Bellagio, oneof Las Vegas most famous hotels, which has welcomed everyone from Hollywood's Ocean's Eleven cast to the highest of high-rolling gamblers.

A look behind the scene's at Claridge's in London's Mayfair, the five-star luxury hotel renowned for catering to the rich, the royal and the famous.

Long a destination for luxury travellers to Paris, the George V has a fascinating history.

Behind the scenes at the Hotel Atlantis in Dubai, which is perched on top of a giant manmade palm tree-shaped island in the Arabian Gulf and opened just 12 years ago. Celebrities and millionaires flock there to experience the hotel's underwater suite, where sharks and 65,000 marine animals swim just feet from the bed

Behind the scenes at the Peninsula Hong Kong, a baroque building on Kowloon harbour that has two rooftop helipads for its big-spending customers. Fleet manager Martin Oxley gives a guided tour in one of the hotel's 14 green Rolls-Royces, while executive chef Florien Trento shows off the Philippe Starck-designed Felix restaurant