The Ritz-Carlton Melbourne opens its doors after eight years

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The Ritz-Carlton Melbourne opens its doors after eight years

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Melbourne has welcomed its first Ritz-Carlton property eight years after being announced, featuring a sky-high pool, as well as one of the city’s largest suites and highest restaurants.

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Melbourne has welcomed its first Ritz-Carlton property eight years after being announced, featuring a sky-high pool, as well as one of the city’s largest suites and highest restaurants.Credit:Eamon Gallagher

Glass exterior of soaring Ritz-Carlton Melbourne skyscraper

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The luxury stay occupies the top 17 floors of an 80-storey complex.Credit:Eamon Gallagher

The Ritz-Carlton Melbourne's grand entrance manned with smartly-dressed staff

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The grand entrance with custom chandelier sets the tone. BAR Studio is behind the hotel’s interiors, which take inspiration from Indigenous culture, Victoria's gold rush era, Melbourne's European heritage and iconic laneways.Credit:Paul Jeffers

The Ritz-Carlton entrance and stairway featuring a luxurious giant chandelier

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BAR Studio use scale to create some impressive feature lighting.Credit:Paul Jeffers

Ritz-Carlton Melbourne giant chandelier
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The Grand Ballroom features stately seven-metre-high ceilings and a vast floorplan that can seat up to 550 guests.Credit:Paul Jeffers

The Ritz-Carlton Grand Ballroom

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The hotel's first guests attend an event in the ballroom, to mark it's official launch after four years of construction setbacks and delays.Credit:Paul Jeffers

Guests attend The Ritz-Carlton Melbourne's launch event in the Grand Ballroom, with many chandeliers hanging from the seven-metre-high ceilings

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The hotel promises to have some major culinary chops, led by former Marque chef Mark Best, who has signed on as culinary advisor for the hotel’s three dining offerings. Signature restaurant Atria displays its best decanters for the hotel's first guests.Credit:Paul Jeffers

Glass decanters displayed in front the Ritz-Carlton Melbourne's wine cabinets

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One of the property's aesthetic highlights is the sky-high infinity pool.Credit:Christopher Cypert

The Ritz-Carlton Melbourne's sky-high infinity pool, with views of Melbourne framed by honeycomb-like floor to ceiling windows

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Guests check in at the property's impressive reception located at the top of the complex, with views soaring 80 floors over the CBD.Credit:Christopher Cypert

Hotel lobby with soaring ceilings

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The restaurant's design is understated, with gold details and custom lighting.Credit:Christopher Cypert

Ritz-Carlton restaurant with neutral tones and floor to ceiling windows on level 80 of the skyscraper

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Michael Greenlaw (Vue de Monde, Bibendum in London) helms the signature restaurant, which he says is driven by a quest for the unusual, the hard to find, and the hyper-seasonal.Credit:Christopher Cypert

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The hospitality offerings also feature a sky-high cocktail bar Cameo, and Lobby Lounge, where guests can indulge in high tea and more casual lunch offerings.Credit:Christopher Cypert

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The luxury hotel occupies the tallest of the four glass towers in the $2.4 billion West Side Place high-rise precinct, built on the former home of The Age's Spencer Street office and financed by Hong Kong developer Far East Consortium (FEC). Credit:Paul Jeffers

Melbourne's West Side Place precinct consisting of four glass skyscrapers