The most expensive hotel in the world in 2026: the $114,767-a-night suite

A hundred thousand dollars for one night. At this level, a suite is no longer really selling a bed. It sells an entire floor, a terrace above Manhattan, contemporary artworks or a pool suspended over the Strip. For this ranking, we took every price from its source: the Guinness record entry, hotel press releases and the rates declared to tourist offices. Each time, we state whether it is a published rate or an estimate, along with its date.

The world ranking at a glance

The table ranks the suites by the most recent and most reliable figure available. Only two rates are published in black and white by an official source: The Mark’s, certified by Guinness, and the Four Seasons New York’s, given in its press release. The others come from statements by executives or press reports.

Prices checked on 11 October 2026. None of these suites can be booked online: all go through the hotel’s sales team, which confirms the rate depending on the dates.

Above $100,000 a night

The Mark Penthouse, New York: $114,767

It is the only officially certified record. On 22 April 2025, Guinness World Records certified The Mark Penthouse as the most expensive hotel room in the world, based on its published rate: $114,767 a night, or £74,717, taxes and breakfast included. The penthouse occupies the top two floors of the Madison Avenue hotel, covering more than 929 m², with around 232 m² of rooftop terrace. It has five bedrooms and six bathrooms, plus a living room with 7.9-metre ceilings that converts into a ballroom. Jacques Grange designed the interiors. A private gym and a library complete the space. The $75,000 figure, long quoted for this penthouse, predates 2024 and no longer applies.

Royal Mansion, Dubai: $100,000

When Atlantis The Royal opened in January 2023, the chief executive of Atlantis Resorts set the price of the Royal Mansion at $100,000 a night. The figure was announced publicly, but it does not appear on the hotel’s website, which offers the suite on request. According to the official fact sheet, the Mansion spans around 1,128 m² over two levels. It has four bedrooms, a private entrance and lift, a screening room with a 98-inch screen and a 476 m² terrace with an infinity pool. Beyoncé reportedly stayed there during the hotel’s opening weekend.

The second tier, from 60,000 to 80,000

Ty Warner Penthouse, New York: $80,000

The Four Seasons Hotel New York reopened on 15 November 2024 after four years of closure. Its press release gives an unambiguous price: the Ty Warner Penthouse costs $80,000 a night. The group’s earlier press releases listed it at $50,000. It occupies the 52nd floor, covering around 400 m², with a single bedroom and four glass balconies overlooking the city. It also features a canopy bed in silk woven with gold thread and an onyx bathroom. Architect Peter Marino fitted it out in the building designed by I. M. Pei.

The Penthouse at Claridge’s, London: about £60,000

Claridge’s opened this penthouse in November 2023, on the roof of its Mayfair building. It has four bedrooms, a private garden, a pool and 360-degree views over London. Damien Hirst created many of the artworks on display. The hotel does not publish a rate. The British press reported around £60,000 a night at opening, then “from £47,000” in 2025: the figure is therefore an estimate.

Empathy Suite, Las Vegas: $75,000 to $100,000

Designed in 2019 with Damien Hirst and the firm Bentel & Bentel, the Empathy Suite at the Palms Casino Resort launched at $100,000 a night, with a two-night minimum. It covers around 850 m² and has two bedrooms. Inside are the artist’s work “Winner/Loser” (two sharks in formaldehyde), a thirteen-seat bar, two massage rooms and a cantilevered pool above the Strip. The suite can still be booked by phone, but the hotel’s website no longer shows its price, and more recent press reports put it at around $75,000. Contrary to what is sometimes written, it has never held a Guinness record.

Royal Penthouse Suite, Geneva: CHF 60,000 to 80,000

The Royal Penthouse Suite at the Hotel President Wilson takes up the entire 8th floor, or 1,680 m² according to Marriott’s official fact sheet. It is the largest suite in this ranking. It has at least twelve bedrooms. The windows are bulletproof and a private lift serves it. Its terrace looks out over Lake Geneva and, on clear days, Mont Blanc. The hotel publishes no rate: the figures reported by the press range from 60,000 to 80,000 Swiss francs a night.

The most expensive suites in France

France has its own records, but French palace hotels rarely display the price of their top suite. The most reliable figures are the rate grids that hotels declare to tourist offices: they give the top of the range, not the price of a specific suite.

Paris: palace suites at confidential prices

At the Hôtel de Crillon, the Leonard Bernstein Suite on the 6th floor opens onto a 112 m² private terrace facing Place de la Concorde and the Eiffel Tower, according to the hotel’s website. When the palace reopened in 2017, a news agency dispatch estimated it at €20,000 to €25,000 a night, a level comparable to the Grands Appartements decorated by Karl Lagerfeld. The Penthouse at the Bulgari Hotel Paris, on Avenue George V, with its private rooftop garden, was announced at around €35,000 at opening. At the Plaza Athénée, the Suite Royale (450 m² and four bedrooms, according to the 2024 renovation press release) is available on request only.

Courchevel: the chalet palaces of 1850

At Le K2 Palace, suites are listed at €6,290 to €16,420 a night, tourist tax included, on the Courchevel tourist office listing (checked on 11 October 2026). The hotel’s six private chalets are available on request only. At Airelles Courchevel, L’Appartement takes up the entire top floor, covering 550 m², with four bedrooms, a private spa and a private cinema. It was estimated at around €35,000 a night in 2013, and the hotel has published no rate since. At L’Apogée Courchevel, the 2026-2027 rate grids circulated by tour operators show suites from €11,000 a night in high season. The 300 m² Penthouse is not included.

French Riviera: Saint-Tropez at the top

It was on the French Riviera that we found the highest public rate in France. The Château de la Messardière in Saint-Tropez declares to the tourist office a rate grid that rises to €30,500 a night in high season, breakfast included (listing updated on 8 May 2026). The top of the grid corresponds to the estate’s largest accommodation, including a four-bedroom villa. In Antibes, the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc lists suites from €3,920 to €18,300 a night for the season from 20 April to 19 October 2026; its villas remain on request. In Ramatuelle, the villas at La Réserve (three to seven bedrooms, with a pool) range from €3,250 to €18,000. In Cannes, the Martinez does not publish the price of its two 7th-floor penthouse apartments, dedicated to Isabelle Huppert and Thierry Frémaux, which total 1,250 m² and can be booked together.

Monaco: the Hôtel de Paris raises the stakes

Monaco is not France, but two suites at the Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo outstrip anything listed on the French Riviera. The prices come from press releases by the Monte-Carlo Société des Bains de Mer group. The Prince Rainier III suite was announced at €35,000 to €45,000 a night depending on the season when it was unveiled in January 2019. It has more than 500 m² of interior space, with a 135 m² terrace and a heated pool overlooking Place du Casino. The Princess Grace suite, unveiled at the end of 2017, covers 910 m² over two floors and has an infinity pool. It was announced at €30,000 to €40,000 a night. These rates date from the suites’ opening and are now granted on request.

What drops out of the ranking in 2026

Several names that are still widely quoted no longer hold up. Dubai’s Burj Al Arab has been closed since 15 April 2026 for a restoration of around eighteen months, entrusted to interior architect Tristan Auer. Its Royal Suite therefore cannot be booked before the end of 2027. The Hugh Hefner Sky Villa at the Palms no longer exists under that name: the Empathy Suite replaced it. The “underwater suite” Lover’s Deep, in St Lucia, is no longer offered. Tangier’s Villa Mabrouka is not in this league: the former home of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé, bought and restored by designer Jasper Conran, became a hotel with twelve rooms and suites in 2023, and its rates run to hundreds of euros, not tens of thousands. Finally, the Royal Villa at the Grand Resort Lagonissi in Greece, often quoted at $50,000, has no verifiable public price.

Who actually pays these prices?

The listed rate is above all a showcase, and the ranking should be read with that in mind. Guinness only counts the highest price published by a hotel: that is what allowed The Mark to dethrone suites that only give their price on request. In Las Vegas, the Empathy Suite was comped from its launch for gamblers with at least a million dollars of casino credit. Elsewhere, the price is negotiated according to the length of stay, the season and the number of adjoining rooms booked. The underlying trend is clear. At the Four Seasons New York, the same suite went from $50,000 to $80,000 a night between 2020 and 2024, and new penthouses are now built on rooftops, with a terrace, a pool and an art collection. Top-end luxury hospitality no longer sells a room: it sells a floor.

Updated on 11 October 2026.