when completed in 2009, you would find the world's tallest hotel in tokyo.
when completed in 2009 in which city would you find the world's tallest hotel?
tokyo
the gevora hotel consists of a main hotel building and a parking garage building. the main building has an architectural height of , making it the tallest hotel building according to "guinness world records". it beat the previous record holder, the jw marriott marquis dubai, which is located around to the southwest, by about . the third tallest hotel, the tall rose rayhaan by rotana, is situated in close proximity as well. the record of tallest hotel only considers buildings that are exclusively used as a hotel; the highest hotel room can be found at the ritz-carlton, hong kong, which occupies the top floors of the tall international commerce centre. besides being the tallest hotel, gevora hotel is also the eighth-tallest completed building in dubai, the ninth-tallest in the united arab emirates, and among the 50 tallest buildings in the world.
gevora hotel
upon its completion, the 250-room mobile marriott stood as the tallest hotel in the city and the state. after the 277-unit adam's mark hotel (now the renaissance riverview plaza hotel) was completed in 1984, the marriott fell to second place in hotel size, but remained the tallest hotel in the state and the second-tallest building in the city, after the rsa–banktrust building. the building later fell to second-tallest hotel when, in 2008, a large spire was constructed over the newly renamed renaissance riverview plaza hotel. the spire was designed to complement the spire of the rsa battle house tower. with the addition of the spire, the renaissance riverview plaza hotel reached a new height of , allowing it to surpass the mobile marriott to become the third-tallest building in the city and the tallest hotel in the state. the marriott retains the title of tallest hotel in alabama when measuring to the highest occupied floor level.
mobile marriott