Jeddah’s Qasr Al Sharq, a Waldorf=Astoria Collection hotel, is not just another hotel. Qasr Al Sharq, or “Palace of the Orient” is a luxurious hotel of 46 unique rooms and suites ranging from 700 to 11,000 square feet with opulent decor details like intricate mosaics and ceilings of hand-applied gold leaf. The gold leaf alone took six months to apply. Service includes personal butlers trained by the International Guild of Professional Butlers.

If you book and stay by Nov. 30, 2007, you will earn 5,000 Hilton HHonors bonus points for your stay. A minimum two-night stay is required; book using plan code PR48HH.