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#76 highest hotel rooms in the world · Shangri-La
Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong (Pacific Place)
Hong Kong, Hong Kong · in Pacific Place · completed 1991
Highest room
685 ft
about 209 m above the street
Top room floor
55th
hotel floors 39–56
Building height
699 ft
213 m · 56 floors
Typical rate
$400
per night, standard room
Mixed-use tower: hotel plus offices · #87 by building height · #55 by top floor
How high is Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong?
Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong (Pacific Place) is a Shangri-La hotel in Hong Kong. Its highest guest rooms are on the 55th floor, roughly 685 ft (209 m) above the street: about 80 ft higher than the top of Seattle's Space Needle.
The hotel occupies floors 39–56 of Pacific Place, a 56-floor tower that rises 699 ft (213 m) and was completed in 1991; the rest of the building holds offices. Its lowest guest floors start around 490 ft up. Guest rooms stop at floor 55, although the hotel's floors run up to 56.
By highest room it ranks #76 of the 176 hotels in our world index, #87 by building height and #55 by top room floor. In Hong Kong it ranks #2 of 7; The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong has the highest rooms there, at 1,525 ft. Among the 8 Shangri-La hotels we track, it ranks #3.
A standard room typically costs around $400 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
Island Shangri-La opened in March 1991 in Two Pacific Place, a tower designed by Wong & Ouyang for Swire Properties' Pacific Place development in Admiralty, with offices on the lower floors and the hotel above. The 544-room hotel is known for a large Chinese silk painting, The Great Motherland of China, displayed in its atrium, and for restaurants including the French Restaurant Petrus and the Cantonese Summer Palace. A multi-year refurbishment completed in 2024 added a floor of family suites.
How it compares
Drawn to scale: Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong and its neighbours in the world ranking by highest room.
#73Furama Hotel DalianDalian
#74Courtyard / Residence Inn Central ParkNew York
#75Nagoya Marriott Associa HotelNagoya
#76Island Shangri-La, Hong KongHong Kong
#77Four Seasons Hotel New YorkNew York
#78Ocean Casino ResortAtlantic City
#79The Ritz-Carlton Jakarta, Mega KuninganJakartaMore tall hotels in Hong Kong
Other Hong Kong hotels on our list, by highest room.
The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong (ICC)
🇭🇰 Hong Kong · rooms to 1,525 ft
Floor 117 · 1,588 ft tower
Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong
🇭🇰 Hong Kong · rooms to 660 ft
Floor 44 · 676 ft tower
Conrad Hong Kong (Pacific Place)
🇭🇰 Hong Kong · rooms to 645 ft
Floor 60 · 656 ft tower
Rosewood Hong Kong (Victoria Dockside)
🇭🇰 Hong Kong · rooms to 570 ft
Floor 43 · 863 ft tower
Nina Hotel Tsuen Wan West (Nina Tower 2)
🇭🇰 Hong Kong · rooms to 540 ft
Floor 40 · 568 ft tower
Cordis, Hong Kong
🇭🇰 Hong Kong · rooms to 530 ft
Floor 40 · 558 ft tower
Other tall Shangri-La hotels
Questions about Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong
What floor are the highest rooms at Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong?
The highest guest rooms at Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong are on the 55th floor. The hotel occupies floors 39–56 of the 56-floor building.
How high up are the rooms at Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong?
Its top-floor rooms sit roughly 685 ft (209 m) above street level, about 80 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 Pacific Place?
Pacific Place is 699 ft (213 m) tall, with 56 floors, and was completed in 1991.
Is Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong the tallest hotel in Hong Kong?
Not by highest room. The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong has higher rooms (1,525 ft vs 685 ft), and Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong ranks #2 of the 7 Hong Kong hotels on our list.
What else is in Pacific Place?
Besides the hotel, Pacific Place holds offices.
How much does a night at Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong cost?
Standard rooms typically run around $400 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.