The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong
The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong | |
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The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong is on the top 16 floors of the International Commerce Centre. | |
General information | |
Location |
International Commerce Centre, West Kowloon Hong Kong |
Opening | 29 March 2011 |
Owner | Sun Hung Kai Properties |
Management | Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 17 |
Design and construction | |
Developer | Sun Hung Kai Properties |
Other information | |
Number of rooms | 312 |
Number of restaurants | 3 |
Website | |
The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong official website |
The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港麗思卡爾頓酒店) is a Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company five-star hotel, located in the International Commerce Centre, West Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Offering 312 rooms, it occupies the 102nd to 118th floors of the Sun Hung Kai Properties-owned International Commerce Centre, making it the world's-highest hotel. The hotel features both a bar and a pool located on the 118th floor, which are the highest bar and swimming pool in the world, at 484 metres (1,588 ft) above ground level.[1]
It is not to be confused with the former Ritz-Carlton Hotel Hong Kong, which was located in the Central district, and operated from 1993 to 2008.[2]
History
The hotel opened for business on 29 March 2011.[3]
Features
The 2,800 m2 or 30,000 sq ft Presidential Suite is on the 117th floor. The hotel's arrival lobby is on the 9th floor where guests are greeted by receptionists and taken to express elevators. The express elevators take guests 425 m (1,394 ft) above the ground in 50 seconds to the main lobby on the 103rd floor. Guest keycards are required to use the hotel elevators to access the hotel rooms on floors 104–117 and the swimming pool and gym on floor 118. An exclusive club lounge for guests staying in club rooms and suites is located on floor 116 along with the spa.
Restaurants
Tosca | |
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Tosca at the Ritz Carlton, Hong Kong | |
Restaurant information | |
Established | March 29, 2011 |
Head chef | Pino Lavarra |
Food type | Italian |
Dress code | No beach sandals, open toe shoes, sleeveless shirts and shorts for gentlemen. |
Rating | Michelin star |
Street address | 102F, International Commerce Centre, West Kowloon, Hong Kong. |
City | Hong Kong |
Country | China |
Seating capacity | 120, including 40 in the private dining rooms |
Reservations | (852) 2263 2270 |
Website | [http://www.ritzcarlton.com/en/Properties/HongKong/Dining/tosca/Default.htm |
Three restaurants, Tosca (an Italian restaurant), Chinese restaurant Tin Lung Heen are located one floor below reception on floor 102, while CAFÉ 103 is on floor 103.
Tin Lung Heen has been honoured with two michelin stars.[4]
Tosca is presided by two star Michelin chef Pino Lavarra. Tosca was honoured with one Michelin star only eight months after Chef Pino took over as director.[5]
Occupancy
The hotel is targeting a 60% occupancy rate.[6]
Gallery
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Level 7 open area
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Outside parking area
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Lobby on 103rd floor
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The Lounge & Bar
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Tin Lung Heen Chinese Restaurant
See also
- Architecture of Hong Kong
- List of hotels in Hong Kong
- List of tallest hotels in the world
- Sky100, a 360-degree indoor observation deck on the 100th floor of the International Commerce Centre
References
- ↑ "The Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong: The world's highest hotel opens". cnngo.com. 29 March 2011.
- ↑ Press release (undated). "The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong Will Cease Operations January 1, 2008, Future Properties Now Under Development in Macau and Kowloon" (archive). The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
- ↑ Li, Zoe (29 March 2011). "The Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong: The World's Highest Hotel Opens – Almost 500 Meters Above Ground and Offering a Very Cozy Lap of Luxury, the Newest Ritz-Carlton Certainly Impresses". CNN. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
- ↑ Maggie Hiufu Wong (3 November 2014). "Michelin: Hong Kong 'undisputed leader' in international cuisine". CNN.
- ↑ "Chef Pino Sees Red at Tosca The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong". Yahoo. 5 August 2014.
- ↑ "Hotel Information". The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong, Kowloon. |
- ritzcarlton
.com , the hotel's official website/en /Properties /HongKong - Li, Zoe (11 August 2010). "High at the Ritz: Unrivalled Views at the World's Tallest Hotel – We Managed to Survive the Incredible Vertigo Inspired by the Sky-High, Panoramic Vistas at the Yet-to-Open Ritz Carlton Hong Kong – Just". CNN. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
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Coordinates: 22°18′12″N 114°09′37″E / 22.3034°N 114.1602°E