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==Records==

=== Largest ===
{{See also|List of largest hotels in the world}}
In 2006, ''[[Guinness World Records]]'' listed the [[First World Hotel]] in [[Genting Highlands]], [[Malaysia]], as the world's largest hotel with a total of 6,118 rooms (and which has now expanded to 7,351 rooms).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v3/news_lite.php?id=237233 |title=Genting's First World Recognized As World's Largest Hotel |work=Bernama.com |date=18 December 2006 |access-date=11 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110603234436/http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v3/news_lite.php?id=237233 |archive-date=3 June 2011}}</ref> The [[Izmailovo Hotel]] in [[Moscow]] has the most beds, with 7,500, followed by [[The Venetian Las Vegas|The Venetian]] and [[The Palazzo]] complex in Las Vegas (7,117 rooms) and [[MGM Grand Las Vegas]] complex (6,852 rooms).<ref>{{cite book |last=Esomba |first=Steve |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l4_FBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA41 |title=GLOBAL TOURISM & THE ENVIRONMENT: THE NECESSITIES FOR CLEAN ENERGY AND CLEAN TRANSPORTATION USAGES |chapter=1.4 |date=17 June 2012 |page=41 |access-date=22 October 2015 |isbn=9781471749681 |publisher=[[Lulu.com]]}}{{self-published source|date=February 2020}}</ref>{{self-published inline|date=February 2020}}

===Oldest===
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the oldest hotel in operation is the [[Nisiyama Onsen Keiunkan in Yamanashi]], Japan. The hotel, first opened in AD 707, has been operated by the same family for forty-six generations. The title was held until 2011 by the [[Hoshi Ryokan]], in the Awazu Onsen area of [[Komatsu, Ishikawa|Komatsu]], Japan, which opened in the year 718, as the history of the Nisiyama Onsen Keiunkan was virtually unknown.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ho-shi.co.jp/jiten/Houshi_E/home.htm |title=Hoshi Ryokan website |date=22 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529061345/http://www.ho-shi.co.jp/jiten/Houshi_E/home.htm |archive-date=29 May 2008 |work=Ho-shi.co.jp |access-date=12 June 2011}}</ref>

=== Highest ===
The [[Rosewood Hotels & Resorts|Rosewood Guangzhou]] located on the top floors of the 108-story [[Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre]] in [[Tianhe District]], [[Guangzhou]], China. Soaring to 530-meters at its highest point, earns the singular status as the world's highest hotel.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.get.com/new-rosewood-guangzhou-world-tallest-5-star-hotel/amp/ |title=Newly Opened Rosewood Guangzhou Is World's Tallest 5-Star Hotel |date=12 September 2019 |work=GET.com |access-date=13 September 2019 |archive-date=12 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190912234206/https://news.get.com/new-rosewood-guangzhou-world-tallest-5-star-hotel/amp/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rustourismnews.com/2019/09/11/rosewood-opens-tallest-5-star-hotel-in-the-world/ |title=Rosewood Opens Tallest 5-star Hotel in the World |date=11 September 2019 |work=RusTourismNews |access-date=14 September 2019 |archive-date=25 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225051105/https://www.rustourismnews.com/2019/09/11/rosewood-opens-tallest-5-star-hotel-in-the-world/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Most expensive purchase ===
In October 2014, the [[Anbang Insurance Group]], based in [[China]], purchased the [[Waldorf Astoria New York]] in [[Manhattan]] for US$1.95 billion, making it the world's most expensive hotel ever sold.<ref name=MostExpensiveHotelPurchase>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2014/10/06/waldorf-becomes-most-expensive-hotel-ever-sold-195-billion.html|title=Waldorf becomes most expensive hotel ever sold: $1.95 billion|author=Robert Frank|publisher=CNBC|date=6 October 2014|access-date=6 October 2014|archive-date=26 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626115740/http://www.cnbc.com/id/102062617#.|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Waldorf Astoria exterior.jpg|thumb|right|upright|The [[Waldorf Astoria New York]], the most expensive hotel ever sold, cost US$1.95 billion in 2014.<ref name=MostExpensiveHotelPurchase/>]]