DOMINATING the city skyline at 490 meters high, a new and luxurious landmark known as The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong has emerged as the world’s tallest hotel. Soaring from the 102nd floor to the 118th floor of the International Commerce Centre, the hotel offers upscale residential and retail space with unparalleled views of the surrounding city.
The Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong, owned by Sun Hung Kai Properties, occupies 16 floors of the 490-meter International Commerce Centre in Central. Facilities include the highest bar in the world, and a top-floor pool that will feature a 19m LCD screen mounted on the ceiling.
The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong boasts 312 guest rooms and six dining venues, including Chinese and Italian restaurants, a lobby lounge, tea lounge and an alfresco rooftop bar. Located on the 116th floor, the Ritz-Carlton Spa by ESPA redefines the Hong Kong spa experience with floor-to-ceiling windows, panoramic views, and soothing therapies. The exceptional space is the perfect place to leave the world behind.
The swanky place to spend a night is located at the very top of the International Commerce Centre building in Hong Kong and offers some spectacular views over the city (though the picture looks suspiciously smog-free).
If you conquer your vertigo long enough to make it to the 312 rooms located on floors 102 -118 you will be greeted with some dizzying views of Hong Kong as well as everything you could want from a hotel room. Rooms range in size from 530sqft to 3,920sqft and feature Wi-Fi, iPod docking stations, blu-ray DVD players and flat-screen TVs.
Peckish guests won’t have to travel far to find something to eat as there are six venues to dine in the hotel including three restaurants, a patisserie, a lounge and bar and a chocolate themed lounge called the ‘Chocolate Library’.
There’s also a 10,000sqft ballroom, the largest in Hong Kong, which is decorated with a “sea of crystal chandeliers” and can be hired for weddings, meetings and other events.
It offers a bird’s eye view of one of the most spectacular skylines in the world.