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Floating hotel set to open in London

Sunday, 09 October 2016 1:55 AM [ Last Update: Sunday, 09 October 2016 1:56 AM ]

Former floating prison to be transformed into a luxury hotel in Thames River in London.

A floating hotel that was once used as a prison in Amsterdam will be moved to the River Thames to become London's latest luxury hotel.

The 144-room hotel was built for illegal immigrants in 2007, but was converted to a luxury hotel in 2012. It is part of a project that aims to help the unemployed.

The staff are taken on for a 10-month assignment that includes training and working in the hotel. Tourists will be able to stay on the docked hotel for 136 dollars per night. The group behind the project hopes to open eight more hotels around the world by 2020.

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