LOOK: The most expensive Christmas tree in the world

A $15 million (R210m) jewel-bedecked Christmas tree at the Kempinski Hotel Bahia in Estepona has taken the title of the world’s most expensive tree. Image: www.kempinski.com
JOHANNESBURG – A $15 million (R210 million) jewel-bedecked Christmas tree at the Kempinski Hotel Bahia in Estepona, near Marbella on the Spanish Costa del Sol, has taken the title of the world’s most expensive tree from the current Guinness World Record holder for the world’s most expensive Christmas tree, which is at the Emirates Palace hotel in Abu Dhabi and was valued at $11 million. 
The Kempinski tree is the product of a partnership between the hotel and celebrity designer Debbie Wingham, who holds a string of “most expensive” titles, including the most expensive wedding cake in the world and the most expensive shoes in the world, which were a pair of sandals made with gold, pink and blue diamonds.  
Amongst the jewellery and pink, red, white and black diamonds, the Kempinski tree also has edible treats, some of which were printed by a 3D printer, as well as traditional decorations as the hotel embraces the Fourth Industrial Revolution and traditions from past decades.  

Source: iol.co.za