Ritz-Carlton Jakarta

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The Ritz-Carlton Jakarta
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Ritz-Carlton Jakarta at night, 2019
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Location in Jakarta
General information
Location Mega Kuningan, South Jakarta, Indonesia
AddressLingkar Mega Kuningan Street, Kav. E 1.1 No. 1, Jakarta
Coordinates 6°13′43″S106°49′37.7″E / 6.22861°S 106.827139°E / -6.22861; 106.827139
Opening2005
Owner Ritz-Carlton
Height212 m
Technical details
Floor count48
Floor area140,000 m2
Design and construction
DeveloperPT Mutiara Permata Mulia
Other information
Number of rooms278
Number of suites55

The Ritz-Carlton Jakarta is a hotel and skyscraper at Mega Kuningan in South Jakarta, Indonesia, operated by The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, and adjacent to the sister JW Marriott Hotel. The complex has two towers, the hotel and the Airlangga Apartment. The hotel was opened in 2005. [1]

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The building is 212 m (696 ft) tall and has 48 floors and 4 basement levels. Construction on the building started in April 2003 and ended in October 2004. The Hotel has 278 Club level rooms and 55 Suites. [2]

It was bombed on 17 July 2009. The facade of the Ritz-Carlton was blown away by the blast and windows had been blown out of the Airlangga Restaurant on the second storey.

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References

  1. "Maximum security, '6-star' Ritz-Carlton opens". The Jakarta Post . May 4, 2005. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011.
  2. "The Ritz-Carlton & Airlangga Apartment". Archived from the original on 2012-03-31. Retrieved 2011-08-27.