Kylie Minogue, for 60min set at Dubai hotel Atlantis' opening party
£2m
Estimated cost of bailed-out bank RBS's Christmas parties, 2008 £1m
Corporate party-planner, salary £30,000
Fee Patrizia D'Addorio was offered to attend a Berlusconi party £1,700
Anne Summers party-planner, per night £50
Nightclub doorman, per hour £10
Santa Claus at TJ Hughes' department store, Sheffield, per hr £5.80
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