HOWELL: Welcome back to CNN NEWSROOM. So there's a powerful late winter storm that's moving across Europe and our meteorologist, Pedram Javaheri, is here to tell us more about it.</s>HOWELL: The view isn't much and there's no gym. But Israelis and Palestinians are allowed to visit and that's a big deal on the West Bank. Well, graffiti artist Banksy has opened his first hotel. Jonathan Mann tells us about it.</s>JONATHAN MANN, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: It is all about location and that's definitely the selling point of Bethlehem's newest hotel, which opened under the concrete shadow of Israel's security wall.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It has the -- probably the worst view ever that you can get</s>MANN (voice-over): It is called the Walled Off Hotel. And there are no rooms with what you would traditionally call a view. All look out on the graffiti-scrawled barrier, long seen as the symbol of oppression by Palestinians. It is an unusual venture, developed over the past year by the hotel's unusual owner, British street artist Banksy.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Banksy chose the location for the hotel and he developed the whole hotel as a concept. He chose to put it next to the wall, perhaps not for the great views but for other reasons, more artistic.</s>MANN (voice-over): And Banksy's artistic touch is unmistakable throughout the venue, which is decorated with an eclectic mix of his murals and gentleman's club kitsch. A statement from Banksy says it's a place for people from all sides of the conflict, an artist who's famous for never being seen, a hotel with no view. Would you call it visionary? -- Jonathan Mann, CNN.</s>HOWELL: Thank you for being with us for CNN NEWSROOM. "LIVING GOLF" is up next but first your world headlines -- after the break.
Banksy Opens Art Hotel in West Bank.