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#20 highest hotel rooms in the world · Shangri-La
China World Summit Wing, Beijing (China World Tower)
Beijing, China · in China World Tower · completed 2010
Highest room
1,030 ft
about 314 m above the street
Top room floor
77th
hotel floors 64–80
Building height
1,083 ft
330 m · 81 floors
Typical rate
$300
per night, standard room
Mixed-use tower: hotel plus offices · #24 by building height · #14 by top floor
How high is China World Summit Wing, Beijing?
China World Summit Wing, Beijing (China World Tower) is a Shangri-La hotel in Beijing, China. Its highest guest rooms are on the 77th floor, roughly 1,030 ft (314 m) above the street: about 425 ft higher than the top of Seattle's Space Needle.
The hotel occupies floors 64–80 of China World Tower, an 81-floor tower that rises 1,083 ft (330 m) and was completed in 2010; the rest of the building holds offices. Its lowest guest floors start around 860 ft up. Guest rooms stop at floor 77, although the hotel's floors run up to 80.
By highest room it ranks #20 of the 176 hotels in our world index, #24 by building height and #14 by top room floor. It has the highest hotel rooms in Beijing on our list, 285 ft above Park Hyatt Beijing. It's the highest Shangri-La hotel in our index.
A standard room typically costs around $300 a night, above the $250 median across the tall hotels we track. Rates swing a lot by season, so check live prices before you book.
About the hotel
China World Summit Wing, Beijing is a Shangri-La hotel in the upper floors of China World Trade Center Tower III, the Skidmore, Owings & Merrill-designed tower completed in 2010 at the junction of the East Third Ring Road and Jianguomen Outer Street in the Chaoyang central business district. Offices fill the floors below, with shops at the base, and the tower is part of the wider China World complex. The hotel has 278 rooms and suites, the Chairman Rooms and Jinyue restaurants, the Atmosphere bar and Chi, The Spa.
How it compares
Drawn to scale: China World Summit Wing, Beijing and its neighbours in the world ranking by highest room.
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Questions about China World Summit Wing, Beijing
What floor are the highest rooms at China World Summit Wing, Beijing?
The highest guest rooms at China World Summit Wing, Beijing are on the 77th floor. The hotel occupies floors 64–80 of the 81-floor building.
How high up are the rooms at China World Summit Wing, Beijing?
Its top-floor rooms sit roughly 1,030 ft (314 m) above street level, about 425 ft higher than the top of Seattle's Space Needle. The figure is an estimate based on the floor number and the building's average floor height.
How tall is China World Tower?
China World Tower is 1,083 ft (330 m) tall, with 81 floors, and was completed in 2010.
Is China World Summit Wing, Beijing the tallest hotel in Beijing?
By highest room, yes: it has the highest hotel rooms of the 2 Beijing hotels on our list, ahead of Park Hyatt Beijing (745 ft).
What else is in China World Tower?
Besides the hotel, China World Tower holds offices.
How much does a night at China World Summit Wing, Beijing cost?
Standard rooms typically run around $300 per night, though rates vary a lot by date and season.
Heights come from CTBUH, Wikipedia and the hotels themselves. The highest-room figure is the top room floor multiplied by the building's average floor height, so treat it as accurate to within a few floors. How we measure.