Video Tour: Ritz Carlton Hong Kong

A video tour of the "World's Highest Hotel" which opened to the public on March 29, 2011. The hotel occupies floors 102-118 of the International Commerce Centre in Kowloon, making it the highest hotel in the world.

Room With a View: World's Highest Hotel Opens

Daily Mail: It offers a bird's eye view of one of the most spectacular skylines in the world. And should the visitor get bored of staring at Hong Kong's glittering towers from the eyrie of their hotel room window, there are always other distractions.

These come in the form of six restaurants, a sky-high spa with floor-to-ceiling windows and an indoor infinity pool overlooking the iconic harbour.

Should those fail to amuse, there's always the 93,000 square metres shopping mall.

The Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong offiically became the world's tallest hotel - and the fourth highest building in the world - when it opened its doors to the public today. Located at the very top of the International Commerce Centre (ICC), it perches on floors 102 to 118 and has 312 rooms all with city and harbour views.

Herve Humler, president of luxury hotel chain said the building was a landmark hotel which was the culmination of many years of hard work. 'We have been able to create truly spectacular so we can welcome our guests not just to the tallest hotel in the world, but also to one of the very best hotels in the world,' he said. 'We are taking luxury to new heights in every sense.'

The hotel's facilities include state-of-the-art technology including WiFi, iPod docking stations, Blu-ray DVD players and flat screen TVs.

There are three restaurants on the 102nd floor, including Tin Lung Heen, which is a Chinese restaurant serving refined Cantonese cuisine; Tosca, an Italian restaurant which offers Southern Italian cuisine and the very stylish The Lounge & Bar with fire pits and open kitchens.

In addition, there is a chocolate-themed lounge named The Chocolate Library on 103rd floor and a stylish patisserie located on 9th floor. Managers say the jewel in the crown is Ozone, located on the hotel's 118th floor. It offers contemporary Asian tapas and signature cocktails to a backdrop of incredible views as well as the chance to drink on the world's highest al fresco terrace.

The hotel has an ESPA on site which is located on the 116th floor.

World's Tallest Hotel Set to Open

Business Traveler: Ritz-Carlton is gearing up to open its second property of the year, following the unveiling of the Ritz-Carlton Toronto last week.

Regular visitors to Hong Kong will know that this is in fact the second property by the brand in the city, the original Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong having been located in the city’s Central district on Hong Kong Island. This hotel closed in February 2008, and the building has now been demolished.

The new incarnation of Ritz-Carlton in Hong Kong  is located within the mammoth 118-storey ICC (International Commerce Centre) tower, the tallest building in Hong Kong since its completion last year.

It also boasts the third highest roof in the world (ie: not including spires or antennae on the top of buildings), after the Burj Khalifa and the Shanghai World Financial Centre.

The Ritz-Carlton hotel has been sometime in the waiting, with the original opening date of last September having been delayed. Indeed much of the ICC tower is now already occupied with offices of companies including Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse, and Elements shopping mall (which takes up the first couple of floors of the building) is full of upmarket boutiques and eateries.

But the hotel is now set to open on March 29, and with reservations being taken from this date and several events already in place for April, it looks like this opening date will be adhered to this time round. Ritz-Carlton also has an official grand opening event planned for May 3. Beware vertigo-sufferers though – the Ritz Carlton's location nearly 500m (1,640 feet) above sea level means the property is not for the faint hearted.

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