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#3 highest hotel rooms in the world · Ritz-Carlton
The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong (ICC)
Hong Kong, Hong Kong · in ICC · completed 2011
Highest room
1,525 ft
about 465 m above the street
Top room floor
117th
hotel floors 102–118
Building height
1,588 ft
484 m · 118 floors
Typical rate
$600
per night, standard room
Mixed-use tower: hotel plus offices · #7 by building height · #1 by top floor
How high is The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong?
The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong (ICC) is a Ritz-Carlton hotel in Hong Kong. Its highest guest rooms are on the 117th floor, roughly 1,525 ft (465 m) above the street: about 275 ft higher than the roof of the Empire State Building.
The hotel occupies floors 102–118 of ICC, a 118-floor tower that rises 1,588 ft (484 m) and was completed in 2011; the rest of the building holds offices. Its lowest guest floors start around 1,330 ft up. Guest rooms stop at floor 117, although the hotel's floors run up to 118.
By highest room it ranks #3 of the 176 hotels in our world index, #7 by building height and #1 by top room floor. It has the highest hotel rooms in Hong Kong on our list, 840 ft above Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong. It's the highest Ritz-Carlton hotel in our index.
A standard room typically costs around $600 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 Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong opened in March 2011 in the top floors of the International Commerce Centre, the Kohn Pedersen Fox-designed tower developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties above the Elements mall and Kowloon station in West Kowloon. The rest of the tower is offices, with the sky100 observation deck below the hotel. The hotel opened with 312 rooms and suites; its restaurants include the Michelin-starred Cantonese Tin Lung Heen and the Italian Tosca di Angelo, and the Ozone rooftop bar looks out over Victoria Harbour.
How it compares
Drawn to scale: The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong and its neighbours in the world ranking by highest room.
#1Rosewood GuangzhouGuangzhou
#2Park Hyatt Kuala LumpurKuala Lumpur
#3The Ritz-Carlton, Hong KongHong Kong
#4J Hotel Shanghai TowerShanghai
#5Niccolo ChangshaChangsha
#6Park Hyatt ShanghaiShanghai
#7Niccolo SuzhouSuzhouMore tall hotels in Hong Kong
Other Hong Kong hotels on our list, by highest room.
Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong (Pacific Place)
🇭🇰 Hong Kong · rooms to 685 ft
Floor 55 · 699 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
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Questions about The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong
What floor are the highest rooms at The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong?
The highest guest rooms at The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong are on the 117th floor. The hotel occupies floors 102–118 of the 118-floor building.
How high up are the rooms at The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong?
Its top-floor rooms sit roughly 1,525 ft (465 m) above street level, about 275 ft higher than the roof of the Empire State Building. The figure is an estimate based on the floor number and the building's average floor height.
How tall is ICC?
ICC is 1,588 ft (484 m) tall, with 118 floors, and was completed in 2011.
Is The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong the tallest hotel in Hong Kong?
By highest room, yes: it has the highest hotel rooms of the 7 Hong Kong hotels on our list, ahead of Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong (685 ft).
What else is in ICC?
Besides the hotel, ICC holds offices.
How much does a night at The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong cost?
Standard rooms typically run around $600 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.