The Peak Hotel

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The Peak Hotel, was a hotel built after the opening in 1888 of the Peak Tram. Prominent hotelier Dorabjee Nowrojee, who was already ferrying his hotel guests across the Victoria Harbour via his partner Hing Kee and opened the Hotel - 1,250 feet above sea-level. As a result of the Peak's inclement weather, much of the promised views were shrouded in mist for months, the hotel gradually lost its appeal and in 1922 it was bought by the owners of the rival Hong Kong Hotel^[1] for Hong Kong Dollars 600,000. The hotel's poor construction led to further deterioration. It closed in 1936^[2] and in 1938 its fate was finally sealed by a fire.