Baden-Powell International House

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Building Information
BP International
BPIH by night
Name	BP International
Location Town	Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon
Location Country	Hong Kong
Architect	{{{architect}}}
Client	The Scout Association of Hong Kong
Completion Date	2002?

The BP International, more formally known as Baden-Powell International House, is a large, 25-story three start hotel and conference centre in the touristically attractive Tsim Sha Tsui on the Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong. The formal address is 8 Austin Road.^[1]

1 Hotel
2 Scouting
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Hotel

BP International

BP International has 529 rooms and seven suites, accommodating over thousand guests. All rooms have quality modern amenities. For conferences and other large groups, the Gordon Wu Hall on the upper ground floor can hold up to 1000 people in various settings. The first five floors of the building provide a 500+ spaces parking area. The three restaurants are in the basement and on the ground floor.

Although the BP Intenational is connected to the Scout Association of Hong Kong, it is commercially autonomous, and does not present a Scout presence. Scouts may receive reduced rates at request.^[2]

[edit] Scouting

The BP International is the major part of the Hong Kong Scout Centre, run by the The Scout Association of Hong Kong. The association is housed on the 8th till the 11th floors.

For July 2005, the BP International was the proposed host for the 9th World Scout Youth Forum, and the 37th World Scout Conference, which was actually held in Hammamet, Tunisia^[3] It is now proposed for the 2011 versions of these two events.