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#151 highest hotel rooms in the world · Ritz-Carlton
The Portman Ritz-Carlton, Shanghai
Shanghai, China · in Shanghai Centre · completed 1998
Highest room
520 ft
about 158 m above the street
Top room floor
46th
hotel floors 1–48
Building height
541 ft
165 m · 48 floors
Typical rate
$300
per night, standard room
Dedicated hotel tower · #155 by building height · #109 by top floor
How high is The Portman Ritz-Carlton, Shanghai?
The Portman Ritz-Carlton, Shanghai is a Ritz-Carlton hotel in Shanghai, China. Its highest guest rooms are on the 46th floor, roughly 520 ft (158 m) above the street: about 65 ft higher than the top of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
The hotel fills Shanghai Centre, a 48-floor tower that rises 541 ft (165 m) and was completed in 1998. Guest rooms stop at floor 46, 2 floors below the top of the building.
By highest room it ranks #151 of the 176 hotels in our world index, #155 by building height and #109 by top room floor. In Shanghai it ranks #9 of 9; J Hotel Shanghai Tower has the highest rooms there, at 1,485 ft. Among the 9 Ritz-Carlton hotels we track, it ranks #7.
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
The hotel occupies the main tower of the Shanghai Centre, a hotel, apartment, office and retail complex on Nanjing West Road in Jing'an designed by architect John Portman, after whom it is named. It opened in 1990 as the Shangri-La-managed Portman Shangri-La and became The Portman Ritz-Carlton on 1 January 1998, the brand's first hotel in mainland China. Its 593 rooms and suites are complemented by indoor and outdoor pools, Portman's Restaurant and the Art Deco-inspired Ritz Bar & Lounge.
How it compares
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Other Shanghai hotels on our list, by highest room.
J Hotel Shanghai Tower
🇨🇳 Shanghai · rooms to 1,485 ft
Floor 98 · 2,073 ft tower
Park Hyatt Shanghai (Shanghai World Financial Center)
🇨🇳 Shanghai · rooms to 1,385 ft
Floor 90 · 1,614 ft tower
Grand Hyatt Shanghai (Jin Mao Tower)
🇨🇳 Shanghai · rooms to 1,185 ft
Floor 86 · 1,380 ft tower
Le Royal Méridien Shanghai (Shimao International Plaza)
🇨🇳 Shanghai · rooms to 880 ft
Floor 57 · 1,093 ft tower
JW Marriott Hotel Shanghai at Tomorrow Square
🇨🇳 Shanghai · rooms to 775 ft
Floor 58 · 935 ft tower
The Ritz-Carlton Shanghai, Pudong (Shanghai IFC)
🇨🇳 Shanghai · rooms to 765 ft
Floor 52 · 853 ft tower
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Questions about The Portman Ritz-Carlton, Shanghai
What floor are the highest rooms at The Portman Ritz-Carlton, Shanghai?
The highest guest rooms at The Portman Ritz-Carlton, Shanghai are on the 46th floor. The hotel occupies floors 1–48 of the 48-floor building.
How high up are the rooms at The Portman Ritz-Carlton, Shanghai?
Its top-floor rooms sit roughly 520 ft (158 m) above street level, about 65 ft higher than the top of the Great Pyramid of Giza. The figure is an estimate based on the floor number and the building's average floor height.
How tall is Shanghai Centre?
Shanghai Centre is 541 ft (165 m) tall, with 48 floors, and was completed in 1998.
Is The Portman Ritz-Carlton, Shanghai the tallest hotel in Shanghai?
Not by highest room. J Hotel Shanghai Tower has higher rooms (1,485 ft vs 520 ft), and The Portman Ritz-Carlton, Shanghai ranks #9 of the 9 Shanghai hotels on our list.
How much does a night at The Portman Ritz-Carlton, Shanghai 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.