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South China Morning Post · · 284 words · By SCMP
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The International Commerce Centre (Chinese: 環球貿易廣場; Jyutping: waan4kau4 mau6jik6 gwong2coeng4) is a 108-storey, 484 m (1,588 ft) supertall skyscraper in West Kowloon, Hong Kong, resting atop the Eleme…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong is one of the highest hotels in the world and the highest five-star hotel in Hong Kong, located on the top floors of the International Commerce Centre which is the tallest …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, LLC is an American multinational company that operates the luxury hotel chain known as The Ritz-Carlton. The company has 108 luxury hotels and resorts in 30 countries a…
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“Taking up floors 102 to 118 of the International Commerce Centre (ICC), the five-star, 312-room Ritz-Carlton Hotel Hong Kong, is certainly high-class.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China. Situated on China's southern coast just south of Shenzhen, it consists of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories. With 7.5 million re…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong is one of the highest hotels in the world and the highest five-star hotel in Hong Kong, located on the top floors of the International Commerce Centre which is the tallest …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, LLC is an American multinational company that operates the luxury hotel chain known as The Ritz-Carlton. The company has 108 luxury hotels and resorts in 30 countries a…
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“With views of Hong Kong Island and Victoria Harbour, the hotel knocks the Park Hyatt Shanghai - on the 79th to 93rd floors of the Shanghai World Financial Centre - off its perch as the highest hotel.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China. Situated on China's southern coast just south of Shenzhen, it consists of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories. With 7.5 million re…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ritz-Carlton Hotel was a luxury hotel in New York City, owned by the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company. It was located at 46th Street and Madison Avenue in Midtown Manhattan until its demolition in 1951.…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, LLC is an American multinational company that operates the luxury hotel chain known as The Ritz-Carlton. The company has 108 luxury hotels and resorts in 30 countries a…
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“Naturally, it also boasts the highest bar in the world, Ozone, on the 118th floor.”
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“Owned by Sun Hung Kai Properties, the ICC is the tallest building in Hong Kong, at 484 metres.”
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“The building is called the Dragon’s Tail because of its shape and has scales on the outside to represent those of a dragon’s in a nod to popular Chinese culture.”
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“The ICC is still not the world’s highest building. That honour belongs to Dubai’s 828 metre Burj Khalifa.”
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“However, its signature hotel, the Armani Hotel, is no higher than its 39th floor.”
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“The ICC building in Hong Kong took nearly five years to build.”
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