7 hotels
The great hotels of China
7 luxury hotels in China are documented in this guide, ordered by international renown. The oldest, Beijing Hotel, opened in 1900; the most recent, Wynn Palace, in 2016. For large events, Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong receives up to 1000 guests. Each page gives the history, the key figures and a direct line to the events team.
MGM Macau
Opened on 18 December 2007 on the Macau peninsula, a facade of three undulating waves in gold, silver and rose around a glass-roofed Lisbon square.
The Peninsula Hong Kong
Hong Kong's oldest hotel still in business, open since December 1928, with a fleet of green Rolls-Royce cars and a rooftop helipad.
297 rooms
Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong
A 56-storey hotel above Pacific Place whose atrium holds a 16-storey Chinese silk painting, said to be the largest of its kind.
565 rooms · Events up to 1000
Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong
The first hotel in the world to hold two three-Michelin-star restaurants, Lung King Heen and Caprice, above the IFC on the Central waterfront.
399 rooms
Beijing Hotel
The hotel on Chang'an Avenue where the People's Republic held its first state banquet on 1 October 1949, with a 1917 French-designed wing still in use.
600 rooms
The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong
A hotel on floors 102 to 118 of the International Commerce Centre, the highest in the world when it opened in 2011, with a bar and a pool at the very top.
312 rooms
Wynn Palace
Guests reach Wynn Palace by cable-car gondola over an eight-acre lake whose fountains have performed to music since the resort opened in August 2016.
1706 rooms