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#141 highest hotel rooms in the world · Lotte
Lotte Hotel Busan
Busan, South Korea · completed 1997
Highest room
540 ft
about 165 m above the street
Top room floor
39th
hotel floors 1–41
Building height
568 ft
173 m · 41 floors
Typical rate
$150
per night, standard room
Dedicated hotel tower · #143 by building height · #138 by top floor
How high is Lotte Hotel Busan?
Lotte Hotel Busan is a Lotte hotel in Busan, South Korea. Its highest guest rooms are on the 39th floor, roughly 540 ft (165 m) above the street: about level with the top of the Washington Monument.
The hotel fills a 41-floor tower that rises 568 ft (173 m) and was completed in 1997. Guest rooms stop at floor 39, 2 floors below the top of the building.
By highest room it ranks #141 of the 176 hotels in our world index, #143 by building height and #138 by top room floor. Among the 3 Lotte hotels we track, it ranks #3.
A standard room typically costs around $150 a night, below 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
Built by Lotte Construction and officially opened in January 1997, Lotte Hotel Busan stands in Bujeon-dong, in the Seomyeon area of Busanjin-gu, next to a Lotte Department Store. It was the official hotel of the 2002 Busan Asian Games. The hotel has about 730 rooms, including club floors and Premier rooms designed by Wilson & Associates, plus La Seine buffet, The Lounge, Delica-Hans bakery, a casino and Aqua Haven, an outdoor pool terrace with an all-season spa pool.
How it compares
Drawn to scale: Lotte Hotel Busan and its neighbours in the world ranking by highest room.
#138Lotte New York PalaceNew York
#139The New Yorker, A Wyndham HotelNew York
#140Nina Hotel Tsuen Wan WestHong Kong
#141Lotte Hotel BusanBusan
#142Burj Rafal Hotel RiyadhRiyadh
#143Cordis, Hong KongHong Kong
#144Grand Metropark Hotel NanjingNanjingOther tall Lotte hotels
Questions about Lotte Hotel Busan
What floor are the highest rooms at Lotte Hotel Busan?
The highest guest rooms at Lotte Hotel Busan are on the 39th floor. The hotel occupies floors 1–41 of the 41-floor building.
How high up are the rooms at Lotte Hotel Busan?
Its top-floor rooms sit roughly 540 ft (165 m) above street level, about level with the top of the Washington Monument. The figure is an estimate based on the floor number and the building's average floor height.
How tall is the Lotte Hotel Busan building?
The building is 568 ft (173 m) tall, with 41 floors, and was completed in 1997.
How much does a night at Lotte Hotel Busan cost?
Standard rooms typically run around $150 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.