Top five big hotels in the world by room

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="el__leafmedia el__leafmedia--sourced-paragraph" style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: border-box; color: #262626; line-height: 24px;"><a href="http://tinypic.com/?ref=2igk5l3" target="_blank"><img alt="TOP FIVE HOTEL IN THE WORLD" border="0" src="http://i59.tinypic.com/2igk5l3.jpg" title="TOP FIVE HOTEL IN THE WORLD" /></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Twelve towers, 10,000 rooms and 70 restaurants, plus helipads and a full-size convention center: That's the plan for Abraj Kudai, a complex in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, that's set to become the world's largest hotel by room count when it opens in 2017.</span></div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: border-box; color: #262626; line-height: 1.44444; margin-bottom: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Designed by architectural firm <a href="http://dar.dargroup.com/Projects/ABRAJ-KUDAI" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #006598; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Dar Al-Handasah</a>, </span><br /><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">the $3.5 billion site is currently under construction and will stretch across 1.4 million square meters.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150521121904-mecca-hotel-medium-plus-169.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: border-box; color: #262626; line-height: 1.44444; margin-bottom: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A ring of 12 towers will rise from a podium just over 2 kilometers from the Masjid al-Ḥaram, Mecca's holy mosque, according to Dar Al-Handasah's website.</span></div><div class="el__image--standard js__image--standard" style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #262626; cursor: default; float: left; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-right: 20px; width: 300px;"><div class="img__preloader" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="media__caption el__gallery_image-title" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #262626; line-height: 1.44444;">The towers will house 10,000 hotel rooms, </span><a href="http://www.designmena.com/portfolio/exclusive-worlds-biggest-hotel-revealed-for-saudi-arabia" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #006598; line-height: 1.44444; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">according to DesignMENIA</a><span style="color: #262626; line-height: 1.44444;">.</span></span></div></div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: border-box; color: #262626; line-height: 1.44444; margin-bottom: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Currently, Las Vegas is home to the world's largest hotel in terms of the number of guest rooms.</span></div><ul class="cn cn-list-hierarchical-xs cn--idx-8 cn-zoneAdContainer" style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: border-box; color: #262626; line-height: 24px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"></ul><div class="zn-body__paragraph" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: border-box; color: #262626; line-height: 1.44444; margin-bottom: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The MGM Grand has a record 6,198 rooms, according to hotel industry research firm STR Inc.</span></div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: border-box; color: #262626; line-height: 1.44444; margin-bottom: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here are the top five hotels in the world by room count, according to STR:</span></div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: border-box; color: #262626; line-height: 1.44444; margin-bottom: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1. MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas: 6,198 rooms</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150522154906-01-worlds-largest-hotels-restricted-exlarge-169.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="179" src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150522154906-01-worlds-largest-hotels-restricted-exlarge-169.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: border-box; color: #262626; line-height: 1.44444; margin-bottom: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: border-box; color: #262626; line-height: 1.44444; margin-bottom: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2. First World Hotel, Malaysia: 6,118 rooms</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150522154907-02-worlds-largest-hotels-restricted-exlarge-169.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="179" src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150522154907-02-worlds-largest-hotels-restricted-exlarge-169.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: border-box; color: #262626; line-height: 1.44444; margin-bottom: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: border-box; color: #262626; line-height: 1.44444; margin-bottom: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">3. Luxor Hotel, Las Vegas: 4,400 rooms</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150522154909-03-worlds-largest-hotels-exlarge-169.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="179" src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150522154909-03-worlds-largest-hotels-exlarge-169.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: border-box; color: #262626; line-height: 1.44444; margin-bottom: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: border-box; color: #262626; line-height: 1.44444; margin-bottom: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">4. Mandalay Bay Resort, Las Vegas: 4,332 rooms</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150522154910-04-worlds-largest-hotels-exlarge-169.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="179" src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150522154910-04-worlds-largest-hotels-exlarge-169.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: border-box; color: #262626; line-height: 1.44444; margin-bottom: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: border-box; color: #262626; line-height: 1.44444; margin-bottom: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">5. The Venetian, Las Vegas: 4,049 rooms</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150522154911-05-worlds-largest-hotels-restricted-exlarge-169.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="179" src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150522154911-05-worlds-largest-hotels-restricted-exlarge-169.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: border-box; color: #262626; line-height: 1.44444; margin-bottom: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: border-box; color: #262626; line-height: 1.44444; margin-bottom: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: border-box; color: #262626; line-height: 1.44444; margin-bottom: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Reference from CNN</span></div></div>

Top five big hotels in the world by room

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