By B. Debusmann www.khaleejtimes.com
A Dubai expat’s ambitious plan to introduce a brand of Burj Khalifa-themed luxury water bottles to the UAE in the lead up to Expo 2020 will also see the creation of the world’s most expensive – fully platinum and diamond encrusted – water bottle and the world’s tallest crystal bottle.
According to Danish inventor Tayseer Hadi, the water bottles will be approximately half a metre tall; the 750ml ‘Burj Khalifa Water’ bottle will be made of K9 crystal, and will include LED lights in a removable base to give the water – which will probably be imported from Iceland – a blue glow.
Hadi told Khaleej Times he came up with the idea in 2013 to represent Dubai’s creativity and constant quest to be innovative, and hopes that the bottles – which he estimates will sell for approximately Dh700 – will one day become an iconic Dubai souvenir.
“When I first came to Dubai I wanted to create something that was different. I’ve always been interested in the water business, and I saw it as something that would bloom,” he said.
“Then one day I was in The Dubai Mall, and I was sitting in a res-taurant wondering why we’re drinking Voss water, Evian water. Why doesn’t Dubai have a water that represents Dubai? “It suddenly hit me that I’d make a water in the shape of the Burj Khalifa,” he said. More info
