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| Cordis, Hong Kong | |
|---|---|
 Cordis, Hong Kong at Langham Place | |
  Location within Hong Kong urban core | |
| General information | |
| Location | 555Shanghai Street,Mong Kok, Hong Kong |
| Coordinates | 22°19′5″N114°10′4″E / 22.31806°N 114.16778°E /22.31806; 114.16778 |
| Opened | 4 August 2004; 20 years ago (2004-08-04) |
| Owner | Great Eagle Holdings |
| Management | Langham Hotels International |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 42 |
| Design and construction | |
| Developer | Great Eagle Group Urban Renewal Authority |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 664 |
| Number of suites | 101 |
| Number of restaurants | 4 |
| Website | |
| cordishotels.com/hongkong | |
Cordis, Hong Kong (Chinese:香港康得思酒店), formerly theLangham Place Hotel (朗豪酒店), is a five star hotel located at 555Shanghai Street,Mong Kok, Hong Kong. It is operated byLangham Hotels International.
The hotel was built as part of an urban renewal project with three main elements:Langham Place shopping centre, hotel, and Langham Place Hotel. It was a joint venture development by theGreat Eagle Group and theUrban Renewal Authority (URA).
Started in 1988, the project costHK$10 billion and was completed in 2004. Several city blocks were demolished to make way for the project, including the old "Bird Street" at Hong Lok Street (雀仔街), home to many grassroots birdsellers.
On 26 August 2015, the Langham Place Hotel was rebranded as the Cordis, Hong Kong.[1]
The hotel has 664 guest rooms and four restaurants, including the two-Michelin-starred Chinese restaurant, Ming Court, awarded in the 2009 Hong Kong and Macau edition of theMichelin Guide.[2]
The hotel has a collection of more than 1,500 pieces of contemporary Chinese art, which includes pieces byWang Guangyi,Yue Minjun andJiang Shuo.[3]
It was also recognised as a "Best Five Star Hotel" byTravel Weekly Asia Magazine in 2007.[4]
In 2010, Ming Court was listed with the 'Best seafood' and their garoupa and rice in lotus leaf dish as the 'Best Rice' on theHong Kong Best Eats 2010 list compiled by CNN Travel.[5]
In order to promote its hotels, the management hired Prosperity Research to produce a series ofvirals for an Internet social network campaign entitled 'Big Deal'.[6] The videos were criticised for being poorly executed, and for making humour at the expense of local culture. The hotel management in response terminated its relationship with the company after its third video was published, removed the videos and apologised following negative response on Twitter[7] LHI pulled the campaign due to "the potential to magnify the tone in a direction that was not intended." The group said the campaign was a "valuable lesson in communicating cultural differences in the social marketing environment and understanding the power social media holds."[8]
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