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Billion-Dollar Luxury Hotel Fails To Pay Electric Bill

I first wrote about the Mardan Palace Hotel in Turkey back in 2009 when Mariah Carey, Seal, Richard Gere, Sharon Stone, Tom Jones and Paris Hilton showed up for the hotel's grand opening. Carey reportedly earned a $1.5 million paycheck for performing at the opening of the hotel as did Jones. The hotel could use that money now, Bloomberg News is reporting that the $1.4 billion luxury hotel had its power cut off after failure to pay electricity bills. The hotel, which was crowned the "world's leading luxury hotel" at the World Travel Awards, had to switch to generator power as it deals with nearly $3 million in electric bills. The monthly electricity bills average more than $300,000 powering the Mediterranean's largest swimming pool, 10 restaurants, 11 bars and 546 rooms, including two royal suites with private pools.

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Why Paris Hilton and Mariah Carey Are Spending Memorial Day Weekend In Turkey

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Celebrity Shopping

A bunch of celebrities including Mariah Carey, Seal, Richard Gere, Sharon Stone and Paris Hilton wound up at the Mardan Palace Hotel in Antalya, Turkey this Memorial Day weekend. The NY Post reports that Carey picked up a $1.5 million paycheck for performing at the opening of the hotel which bills itself as "Europe's most expensive hotel." The Post says Tom Jones also got the same fee. Other celebs reportedly earned more modest sums simply for showing up. Pics from the event in the gallery below.

Gallery: Mardan Hotel Launch

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