| Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong | |
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  Location on Hong Kong Island | |
| General information | |
| Location | 5Connaught Road Central,Central,Hong Kong |
| Coordinates | 22°16′53″N114°9′27″E / 22.28139°N 114.15750°E /22.28139; 114.15750 |
| Opening | 24 October 1963; 62 years ago (1963-10-24), reopened in 2006 after a complete renovation |
| Owner | Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group |
| Management | Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 25 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architects | John Howarth,Leigh & Orange[1] |
| Developer | City Hotels Limited[2] |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 447 |
| Number of suites | 67 |
| Number of restaurants | 10 |
| Website | |
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| Traditional Chinese | 香港文華東方酒店 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 香港文华东方酒店 | ||||||||||||
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TheMandarin Oriental, Hong Kong is afive-star hotel onConnaught Road Central inCentral,Hong Kong, owned and managed byMandarin Oriental Hotel Group.
Construction of the hotel on the site of the colonialQueen's Building on the waterfront in Central Hong Kong[3] was announced on 9 July 1960, with the name Queen's Hotel.[4] On 24 August 1962, theSouth China Morning Post reported that the unfinished hotel's name had been changed toThe Mandarin, because "a nationwide survey of the United States seeking American reaction to the hotel name shows that the American public, who comprised the majority of this Colony’s tourists, preferred the exotic-sounding Mandarin."[4] The topping off ceremony was held on 28 March 1963. The cost of construction wasHK$42 million, andHK$66 million was spent on interior decoration. John Howarth,[5] of theLeigh & Orange architectural firm, designed the building, while the interior was designed byDon Ashton.[6]
The Mandarin opened to the public on 1 September 1963 and celebrated its grand opening on 24 October 1963.[4] The hotel was managed byIntercontinental Hotels[7] from its opening until 1974. At 26 storeys, it was thetallest building in Hong Kong. It was the first hotel in Hong Kong to havedirect dial phones and the first in Asia to include a bath in every guestroom.[8] The Mandarin was originally adjacent to Victoria Harbour, but as a result of extensiveland reclamation in the waterfront area, the harbour is now several blocks away. In 1988, it was renamed theMandarin Oriental.[4] In 2003, the hotel was the site of the suicide of singerLeslie Cheung, who jumped from the 24th storey of the building. In 2005, the hotel underwent a US$150 million renovation.[8]
The hotel contains 501 guestrooms, 67 of which are suites, overlookingVictoria Harbour. There are ten restaurants and bars. TheMichelin-starredPierre, ChefPierre Gagnaire's first restaurant in Hong Kong, closed in 2020.[9][10] An event space can accommodate up to 600 people.[3]
22°16′55″N114°09′33″E / 22.282075°N 114.159284°E /22.282075; 114.159284
