The Peninsula Hong Kong is the flagship hotel of H...

The Peninsula Hong Kong is the flagship hotel of Hong Kong Shanghai Hotel Limited (HKEx: 0045). It is also the first hotel in the group to be named "The Peninsula". It is located in Salisbury, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon. Road 22 is Hong Kong's oldest and most famous Grade A high-priced hotel and one of the most famous and luxurious hotels in the world. Based on its extremely precious history and architectural value, the hotel building has been judged by the Antiquities and Monuments Office as a first-class historic building.

The Peninsula Hotel faces Victoria Harbour and enjoys sea views from the middle and upper levels. The hotel has 300 rooms, which are larger than the average hotel in Hong Kong. Facilities include a Roman court-style pool and fitness club, and underground malls are mostly designer stores. The hotel purchased the Rolls-Royce luxury sedan as a team in 1970. The 14 Rolls-Royce Phantom Cars currently used are the world's largest Rolls-Royce team and set the record for Rolls-Royce's most expensive order.

The hotel is owned and operated by the British Jewish Kadoorie family and is owned by the Hong Kong listed company Hong Kong Shanghai Hotel Co., Ltd.

The Peninsula Hotel has been selected as one of the world's top ten hotels. The celebrities who have stayed include former US President Richard Mirhouse Nixon, movie star Clark Gable, NBA star Michael Jordan, and Queen Elizabeth II. Designated to stay. Other celebrities who have stayed at the hotel include Elizabeth Burley and Yang Hucheng.

The Peninsula Hotel is one of the buildings participating in the Symphony of Lights.

The Peninsula Hotel was built in 1924 and was completed between 1926 and 1927 and officially opened on December 11, 1928. In February 1927, before the opening of the business, the British army sent troops to the Shanghai British Concession. It was once stationed as a temporary military camp.



On December 6, 1941, the Peninsula Hotel held a charity ball to raise funds for the Chinese Anti-Japanese War. However, the defending battle in Hong Kong broke out two days later. The Japanese army entered the Kowloon Peninsula on December 12, and the Peninsula Hotel raised the Japanese flag and became its temporary headquarters. On the evening of December 25, 1941, Hong Kong Governor Yang Muqi and the British army general in Hong Kong, Mo Debo, signed the surrender book with the Japanese army by the Star Ferry to the Peninsula Hotel Room 336 [2]. In the early days of the Japanese occupation period and February 20, 1942, the Peninsula Hotel was requisitioned by the Japanese Army as the administrative headquarters of the War Command and the Military and Political Department, and the first day of the Japanese occupation, the Governor of the Valley, was also briefly occupied at the Peninsula Hotel. Only moved to the Governor s Office in the month. On April 23, 1942, the name of the hotel was changed to the East Asia Hotel by the Japanese side, until Hong Kong's heavy light. At the beginning of the re-lighting, the government used the hotel to accommodate the homeless and returned to the original owner in 1946.

Since the 1950s, the Peninsula Hotel has been known as the "Shadow Cafe", as many movie stars love to have afternoon tea at the Peninsula Hotel. In 1960, the hotel was extensively refurbished and air-conditioned. In the 1980s, artists such as Leslie Cheung, Chung Chu Hung, and Maggie Cheung were frequent visitors to the hotel. Hollywood movie star Chess, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Japanese artist Sakai had also stayed.

The hotel was later re-maintained in 1988 and expanded in 1991. A 30-story new wing was added to the north and was completed in 1994. The north side of the new wing is an office building with an independent lobby in the middle road and a heliport on the top floor to facilitate important VIPs to use the helicopter directly to or from Hong Kong International Airport or to travel around Hong Kong.