# Revolving Hotels Hotel Marmara Antalya Rotates, Flotates and... Awesometates By Brian G Randles | Published 2009-09-20 | World Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/hotel-marmara-antalya References: [gizmag](http://www.gizmag.com/rotating-hotel-marmara-antalya-turkey/12875/) & [themarmarahotels](http://www.themarmarahotels.com/The-Marmara-Antalya/index.asp#) The “[revolving loft](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/audiotechnica-hotaru)” at the [Hotel Marmara Antalya](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/peninsula-hotel) is an amazing accomplishment of engineering. It only has 24 rooms, but the [amazing tower](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/hotel-volga) cost $12 million to build and is designed to gently rotate 360 degrees in anywhere from two hours to a day. The Hotel Marmara Antalya’s main building is unfortunately ordinary, but it does overlook one of Turkey’s most beautiful cities. The first and only of its kind, the hardest part of the tower must have been getting the plumbing right. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 4.3/10 - Popularity: 55% | Activity: 66% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [World](https://www.trendhunter.com/world) > [Travel](https://www.trendhunter.com/travel) ## Key Themes ### What Makes This Trend Stand Out - **Revolving Hotels:** The trend of creating revolving hotels, like the Hotel Marmara Antalya, offers an opportunity for entrepreneurs to design and construct innovative accommodations. - **Engineering Accommodations:** The engineering marvel of the revolving loft presents an opportunity for professionals in the engineering field to create new and unique accommodation options. - **360-degree Experiences:** Incorporating revolving or rotating features to hotels and other structures gives rise to opportunities for industries to create immersive and unique 360-degree experiences. ### Sectors Adopting This - **Hospitality:** The revolving hotel trend presents opportunities for the hospitality industry to create unique and innovative accommodation options that offer guests something different. - **Construction:** The unique requirements of a revolving hotel like the Hotel Marmara Antalya present opportunities for the construction industry to specialize in cutting-edge and highly-engineered buildings. - **Tourism:** Incorporating revolving or rotating features in hotels can provide new opportunities for tourism experiences, making them unique attractions for travelers looking for something different. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Sky-Based Hotel Aircrafts](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/nuclearpowered-sky-hotel.md) - [Mobile Otherworldly Hotel Vehicles](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/tesla-mobile-resort-hotel.md) - [Mansion-Topped Surreal Hotels](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/marison-heler.md) - [Captivating Stilt-House Hotels](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mast-1.md) - [Luxe Turkish Boutique Hotels](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-bodrum-edition.md) - [Sculptural Dynamic London Hotels](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/peninsula-hotel.md) - [Playful Rotating Cabinets](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/giralot-rotating-storage.md) - [Floating Eco-Tourist Hotels](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/turtle-bay.md) - [Reimagined Rotating Campers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/rotating-camper.md)