Dining in the sky: World's highest hotel opened in Shanghai; Check out pics!

The world's highest luxury hotel, boasting a restaurant on the 120th floor and 24-hour personal butler service, has opened in Shanghai to guests with deep pockets and a head for heights. Take a look at the pictures...Credit: AFP Photo

Dining in the sky: World's highest hotel opened in Shanghai; Check out pics!

The world's highest luxury hotel, boasting a restaurant on the 120th floor and 24-hour personal butler service, has opened in Shanghai to guests with deep pockets and a head for heights.

The hotel is part of Jin Jiang International Hotels, a major Chinese state-owned group.

Its opening was delayed partly by the coronavirus pandemic but the hotel has now started receiving well-heeled guests who can call on the services of a dedicated butler at any hour, day or night.

Patrons can also enjoy one of the hotel's seven restaurants, bars, spa, 84th-floor swimming pool, and all the other usual trappings of a top-notch hotel.

View of a bathroom in a suite room of the J Hotel, the world's highest luxury hotel in Shanghai.

It does not come cheap. To celebrate its opening J Hotel is offering a

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The hotel was officially opened to public on June 19.

Employees stand in the bar of the J Hotel in Shanghai.

View of the pool in the J Hotel in Shanghai.

Guests are seen in the J Hotel, the world's highest luxury hotel, boasting a restaurant on the 120th floor and 24-hour personal butler service, located in the Shanghai Tower, in Shanghai.

Elevators whizz guests up the intimidating spiral-like skyscraper at ear-popping speeds of 18 metres per second to the J Hotel's 165 opulent rooms.

The hotel occupies the top floors of the 632-metre (more than 2,000 feet) Shanghai Tower in the city's financial district, the second-tallest building in the world after Dubai's Burj Khalifa.

On the day of the opening the web page was overloaded with so many visitors with strong interest,