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China Opens One of World's Tallest Hotels in Shanghai
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2:18Now PlayingChina has opened one of world's highest hotels. J Hotel opened on June 19 atop Shanghai Tower, China's tallest skyscraper and the second tallest building in the world at 632 meters - 196 meters short of record holder, Dubai's 828-meter Burj Khalifa.
It has 165 rooms from floors 86 to 98. The hotel lobby is on the 101st floor.
There are also seven restaurants, one of which, named Heaenly Jin, is on the 120th floor and is one of the highest restaurants in the world.
The hotel is believed to be the highest of its kind above ground, but as it sits upon a mixed-use tower, it's unlikely to take the title of world's tallest hotel from Dubai's dedicated Gevora Hotel, which stands at 356 meters.
J Hotel offers a bird's eye view across all of Shanghai.
Beginning at the meandering Huangpu River and cutting through the heart of the city below, guests can glimpse Shanghai's diverse urban scenery, from The Bund waterfront area and Oriental Pearl Tower, to the districts of Puxi and Pudong.
"We offer a bird's eye view of Shanghai and the expanse across the skyline of Shanghai, not only in one direction, but also in 360-degrees view of the entire Shanghai," says the hotel's general manager Richard Yap.
"So, rarely you have such a place that offers such an impressive and stunning view of Shanghai."
Having lived in the tower for four years, Yap says he has viewed countless spectacular sights:
"I have seen the whole of Shanghai is clear sky, but there are sections of Shanghai raining. I have seen the sun ray shining to one spot of Shanghai, the rest is gloomy, it's in dark," he says.
The Jin Yan restaurant on the 103rd floor features classic shades of Chinese red.
The entrance corridor is made from red glaze and takes inspiration from traditional Chinese architecture.
Inside, a crystal art installation displays a dragon playing with a pearl, an auspicious symbol in China.
It also boasts special private rooms, featuring bespoke artworks in glaze and enamel.
"It gives me a very strong patriotic feeling, the sense of belonging is there, very powerful Chinese culture," says Yap.
The hotel, which opened on June 19, is run by Jin Jiang International Hotels, China's largest and the world's second-largest hotel group.
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