Rooms with a View

One of the nice things about staying in a tall hotel is enjoying the view out of the windows. Here is a tall hotel in Australia and some in China.

AUSTRALIA

Perched on “The Rocks”, Shangri-La Hotel, Sydney, the second tallest hotel in Sydney, is 36 stories or 118 metres (387 feet) tall. From its elevated position, the property has an unobstructed view of the landscape with Darling Harbour as a backdrop. The arched Harbour Bridge, iconic opera house, Circular Quay, Luna Park and Fort Denison are a few of the sceneries visible from the hotel.Perched on “The Rocks”, Shangri-La Hotel, Sydney, the second tallest hotel in Sydney, is 36 stories or 118 metres (387 feet) tall. From its elevated position, the property has an unobstructed view of the landscape with Darling Harbour as a backdrop. The arched Harbour Bridge, iconic opera house, Circular Quay, Luna Park and Fort Denison are a few of the sceneries visible from the hotel.

MAINLAND CHINA

Imagine looking out from the 80th floor of Beijing’s tallest hotel. Aside from a view that extends three kilometres in all directions with the Central China Television Headquarters and the rooftops of the Forbidden City in sight, the 330-metre (1,082-foot) China World Summit Wing, Beijing can also lay claim to having the highest spa, on the 77th floor, and bar, on the 79th floor, in the capital city. It is the tallest hotel in Shangri-La’s portfolio and architect Brian Lee designed this structure to be impressive and inspiring.


In a city that is over 2,000 years old and where tea trading and tea drinking began, Shangri-La Hotel, Chengdu opened in 2007 by the historic Lang Bridge and Hejiang Pavilion - built during the Tang dynasty (618 to 907 A.D.). At 155 metres (509 feet) high, the hotel is the second tallest hotel in the capital of Sichuan with 36 stories and views of the peaceful Jinjiang River. It also sits adjacent to a 30-storey Shangri-La Centre.

Just shy of 100 metres at 98.8 metres (324 feet) in height and having opened in 2005 Shangri-La Hotel, Fuzhou is a contrast of its nearby ancient sites. The cityscape from the 26-storey structure and the city’s tallest building includes Wuyi Square, Fujian Grand Theatre, Yu Hill and the White Pagoda with Sanfang-qixiang (meaning “three lanes and seven alleys”) – an area of Ming (1368 to 1644) and Qing (1644 to 1912) dynasty residential architecture – a short distance away.

Shangri-La unveiled its third luxury hotel in Shanghai – Jing An Jing An Shangri-La, West Shanghai – in June 2013 at the impressive 450,000-square-metre Jing An Kerry Centre designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates. Guestrooms occupy the top 29 floors of the 60-storey tower measuring 260 metres (853 feet) and feature a bird’s eye view of the city, Jing An Temple, Shanghai Exhibition Centre and the Pearl TV Tower in Pudong in the distance.

Known as “Venice of the East”, Suzhou is where lanes of canals and cobbled streets weave history with high-rises. The 232-metre (761 feet) and 54-storey Shangri-La Hotel, Suzhou in the Metropolitan Tower is the tallest building in the city and has been recognised by the Suzhou Government as a landmark building. Beneath the hotel lies the great canal that stretches from Hangzhou to Beijing and the iconic 1,000-year-old Tiger Hill Pagoda.

Since its origin over 40 years ago, Hong Kong-based Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts has developed its portfolio of luxury hotels and resorts across Asia Pacific and in the Middle East, North America and Europe. Today, the group has over 80 properties and more planned projects in mainland China, India, Malaysia, Mongolia, the Philippines, Qatar, Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom.