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Upper House Hong Kong

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Upper House Hong Kong

Chinese: 奕居

Exterior of Upper House Hong Kong. It occupies the upper floors of the JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong building.

Location within Hong Kong

Hotel chainUpper House
General information
Location Hong Kong, Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Admiralty, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°16′38.98″N 114°9′59.01″E / 22.2774944°N 114.1663917°E
Opening2 October 2009; 16 years ago
ManagementSwire Hotels
Technical details
Floor count11
Other information
Number of rooms117
Number of restaurants2
Website
www.upperhouse.com/en/hongkong/
Upper House Hong Kong
Traditional Chinese奕居
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationYihk gēui
JyutpingJik6 geoi1

Upper House Hong Kong is a five-star luxury hotel located at the Pacific Place complex in Admiralty, Hong Kong. It occupies the upper floors (38 to 49) in the JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong building. It is managed by Swire Hotels, a division of Swire Properties which is a subsidiary of Swire.[1]

From 2023 to 2025, the hotel placed top ten each year in World's 50 Best Hotels list published by William Reed Ltd.[2][3][4]

Upper House Hong Kong opened in October 2009. André Fu is the designer of the hotel who has stated he wanted to create a small luxury hotel reminiscent of a private residence.[1][2][5] The hotel was opened as the sister property to Swire Hotels’ Opposite House in Beijing.[1] Swire Hotels also renamed its multiple other hotel properties in Chengdu and Shanghai to Upper House, as part of a global rebranding and international expansion strategy.[6]

Upper House Hong Kong is noted to have hosted multiple high-profile individuals that include David Beckham, Daniel Kearns,[7] Victoria Beckham, Tom Dixon and Christian Louboutin.[8] It has become the hotel choice for those in the creative and design industries.[8]

  • Hotel Interior

  1. ^ a b c Tsui, Bonnie (29 April 2011). "Hotel Review: Upper House, in Hong Kong". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
  2. ^ a b Catarinella, Alex (10 October 2023). "There's No Topping Hong Kong's The Upper House". InsideHook. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
  3. ^ Richardson, Betty (5 November 2024). "How a former bellhop went on to run the renowned Upper House hotel in Hong Kong". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
  4. ^ Hardingham-Gill, Tamara (31 October 2025). "The world's best hotel for 2025 is a waterfront skyscraper". CNN. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
  5. ^ Voyatzis, Costas (29 October 2013). "The Upper House: An Upward Journey Above Hong Kong". Yatzer. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
  6. ^ Zhong, Helen (15 October 2025). "Swire Hotels unveils new global brand Upper House, with upcoming debut of Bangkok project". The Standard. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  7. ^ "How David Beckham and Daniel Kearns hope to improve Hong Kong men's wardrobes". South China Morning Post. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
  8. ^ a b Ooi, Joanne (15 September 2017). "Rewriting the Rules of Hospitality". Euronews. Retrieved 5 November 2025.

22°16′38.98″N 114°9′59.01″E / 22.2774944°N 114.1663917°E