Hotel Majapahit
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The Hotel Majapahit is a historic luxury hotel in Surabaya, Indonesia. The hotel is located at 65 Jalan Tunjungan. The hotel was founded in 1910 as Hotel Oranje by Martin Sarkies member of the famous Sarkies Brothers who constructed luxurious hotels across South East Asia. It was named after the historic kingdom of Majapahit. It was formerly operated by the Mandarin Oriental group.
During the Japanese occupation of Indonesia the hotel name was changed to Yamato Hotel. The hotel was the site of the famous "Insiden Hotel Yamato" (in English "Hotel Yamato incident") in which Indonesian youth revolutionaries tore the blue part of the Dutch flag flown in the hotel to change it to the Indonesian flag in the lead up to the Battle of Surabaya.
[edit] Literature
- William Warren, Jill Gocher (2007). Asia's legendary hotels: the romance of travel. Singapore: Periplus Editions. ISBN 978-0-7946-0174-4.
[edit] External links
- Mandarin Oriental Homepage
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