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#53 highest hotel rooms in the world · Ritz-Carlton
The Ritz-Carlton Shanghai, Pudong (Shanghai IFC)
Shanghai, China · in Shanghai IFC · completed 2010
Highest room
765 ft
about 233 m above the street
Top room floor
52nd
hotel floors ~32–58
Building height
853 ft
260 m · 58 floors
Typical rate
$400
per night, standard room
Mixed-use tower: hotel plus offices and retail · #53 by building height · #63 by top floor
How high is The Ritz-Carlton Shanghai, Pudong?
The Ritz-Carlton Shanghai, Pudong (Shanghai IFC) is a Ritz-Carlton hotel in Shanghai, China. Its highest guest rooms are on the 52nd floor (an estimate), roughly 765 ft (233 m) above the street: about 160 ft higher than the top of Seattle's Space Needle.
The hotel occupies floors 32–58 (approximately) of Shanghai IFC, a 58-floor tower that rises 853 ft (260 m) and was completed in 2010; the rest of the building holds offices and retail. Its lowest guest floors start around 470 ft up. Guest rooms stop at floor 52, although the hotel's floors run up to 58.
By highest room it ranks #53 of the 176 hotels in our world index, #53 by building height and #63 by top room floor. In Shanghai it ranks #6 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 #4.
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
The Ritz-Carlton Shanghai, Pudong opened in June 2010 on the upper floors of one of the two towers of Shanghai IFC, on Century Avenue in Lujiazui next to Lujiazui Metro station. The complex was designed by César Pelli's firm for Hong Kong developer Sun Hung Kai Properties; offices fill the lower floors of the towers, which share a podium with the IFC mall, whose tenants include an Apple Store. Dining includes the Chinese restaurant Jin Xuan, the Italian Scena di Angelo and the Flair rooftop restaurant and bar.
How it compares
Drawn to scale: The Ritz-Carlton Shanghai, Pudong and its neighbours in the world ranking by highest room.
#50JW Marriott Hotel Shanghai at Tomorrow SquareShanghai
#51The Westin Chongqing Liberation SquareChongqing
#52Bulgari Hotel TokyoTokyo
#53The Ritz-Carlton Shanghai, PudongShanghai
#54EQ Kuala LumpurKuala Lumpur
#55Park Hyatt TokyoTokyo
#56Al Marwa Rayhaan by RotanaMakkahMore tall hotels in Shanghai
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
DoubleTree by Hilton Shanghai–Pudong
🇨🇳 Shanghai · rooms to 650 ft
Floor 45 · 679 ft tower
Other tall Ritz-Carlton hotels
Questions about The Ritz-Carlton Shanghai, Pudong
What floor are the highest rooms at The Ritz-Carlton Shanghai, Pudong?
The highest guest rooms at The Ritz-Carlton Shanghai, Pudong are on the 52nd floor. The hotel occupies floors ~32–58 of the 58-floor building.
How high up are the rooms at The Ritz-Carlton Shanghai, Pudong?
Its top-floor rooms sit roughly 765 ft (233 m) above street level, about 160 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 Shanghai IFC?
Shanghai IFC is 853 ft (260 m) tall, with 58 floors, and was completed in 2010.
Is The Ritz-Carlton Shanghai, Pudong the tallest hotel in Shanghai?
Not by highest room. J Hotel Shanghai Tower has higher rooms (1,485 ft vs 765 ft), and The Ritz-Carlton Shanghai, Pudong ranks #6 of the 9 Shanghai hotels on our list.
What else is in Shanghai IFC?
Besides the hotel, Shanghai IFC holds offices and retail.
How much does a night at The Ritz-Carlton Shanghai, Pudong 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.