The 5-star Ritz-Carlton hotel was once used by the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia to imprison princes and billionaires.

Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman (MbS), shocked the world media for nearly two years before arresting a series of Saudi princes and billionaires on allegations of corruption. They were locked up in the Ritz-Carlton hotel, which stopped accepting new guests immediately, and asked old guests to check out.

The Ritz-Carlton presents itself as one of the most spectacular 5-star hotels in Saudi Arabia. With an area of more than 21 hectares, the hotel has 492 rooms on 9 floors, including high-class royal rooms.

This property has 48 deluxe rooms and 48 royal suites (pictured), where guests pay close to $9,000 per night, depending on the time of booking.

A royal room of 400 square meters, can accommodate up to 6 guests. The luxurious interior of the room also has crystal chandeliers, marble, gold details, and luxurious carpeting.

The royal suite has up to 4 bathrooms, a large living room, a quiet study, and a kitchen and dining area.

Guests staying here can bring their own maid or use the hotel’s butler service.

Guests can have fun in the ballroom or bowling alley, dine in the fine-dining restaurant, or sip a cigarette in the cigar lounge.

In addition, the hotel also has a heated indoor swimming pool…

The hotel’s banquet hall can accommodate up to 2,000 guests.

According to a hotel guide, even though the place was taken over for weeks and turned into a temporary prison for the Saudi elite in 2017, all staff remained calm and worked as usual.

Most princes and billionaires are released after a few weeks, having paid billions of dollars in exchange for their freedom. The 5-star hotel in the capital Riyadh reopened in February 2018.