InterContinental Hong Kong

InterContinental Hong Kong

InterContinental Hong Kong in 2011
General information
Location Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
Hong Kong
Opening June 2001
Website
InterContinental Hong Kong official website

InterContinental Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港洲際酒店) is an InterContinental hotel in Hong Kong. It is located on 18 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, on the former site of Holt's Wharf.

History

Night exterior of InterContinental Hong Kong in 2007

The hotel was opened as The Regent Hong Kong (Chinese: 麗晶酒店) and it was originally owned and managed by New World Development.

In June 2001, New World sold the hotel to Six Continents plc for £241 million. Six Continents (now InterContinental Hotels Group PLC) then rebranded the property as the InterContinental Hong Kong.

Facilities

The Presidential Suite, billed at US$13,715 per night, is listed at number 15 on World's 15 most expensive hotel suites complied by CNN Travel in 2012.[1]

Japanese restaurant 'Nobu', part of the restaurant concept by chef Nobuyuki "Nobu" Matsuhisa is based at the hotel, since December 2006.[2][3] The restaurant was listed at no. 15 on Asia's Top 20 Restaurants of the Miele Guide in the 2009/2010 edition.[4] It was also listed at no. 16 for the 2008/2009[5] and 2010/2011 editions.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Arnold, Helen (25 March 2012). "World's 15 most expensive hotel suites". CNN Travel. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
  2. ↑ "NOBU InterContinental Hong Kong: New-style Japanese". CNN Travel. 12 November 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  3. ↑ Lam, Tiffany (12 November 2009). "Nobu comes to Hong Kong for his birthday party". CNN Travel. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  4. ↑ Li, Zoe (1 October 2009). "Hong Kong restaurants top the Miele Guide". CNN Travel. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  5. ↑ "Asia's Top 20 for 2008/2009". Miele Guide. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  6. ↑ "Asia's Top 20 for 2010/2011". Miele Guide. Retrieved 6 December 2012.

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Coordinates: 22°17′36.5″N 114°10′26.2″E / 22.293472°N 114.173944°E