Royal Plaza Hotel (Hong Kong)

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Royal Plaza Hotel
Entrance of Royal Plaza Hotel at Grand Century Place (before remodeling)

Royal Plaza Hotel (Chinese: 帝京酒店) is a luxury hotel on Prince Edward Road West, Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong that opened in 1997. In 2018, the hotel celebrated its 20th anniversary.

Owned by Sun Hung Kai Properties, it is located next to Grand Century Place and above the Mong Kok East station of the MTR.[1][2][3]

History[edit]

At the end of 1990, the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation entered a joint venture with Sun Hung Kai Properties to develop the site. A land premium of around HK$2.5 billion was accordingly paid to the government in 1993.[4]

The development, called Grand Century Place, was designed by Hong Kong architecture firm Wong & Ouyang.[5] The hotel component, named Royal Plaza Hotel, opened in 1997.[6]

Features[edit]

The hotel has two restaurants, a bar that hosts musicians, hot tubs, an outside pool, a gym, a health club, hot tubs, and a sauna.[7] It also has a ballroom and meeting rooms.

Connecting to the hotel is a shopping mall named MOKO at Grand Century Place[8] with clothing stores (including a Calvin Klein), restaurants (including an Outback Steakhouse), a food court, and a movie theater. Connecting to MOKO and the hotel is the Mong Kok East station of the MTR.

Reviews[edit]

The hotel was recommended by the Michelin Guide's "Michelin Guide Hong Kong Macau" as a "high-grade cozy" hotel five consecutive times between 2009 and 2013.[9][8] It received Wedding Magazine's "best venue (hotel) for star wedding banquet" listing for five consecutive years.[9] In his 2013 book The Book of Perfect Wedding Preparation, wedding planner Tim Lau said Royal Plaza Hotel would be a good choice for a wedding venue. He observed that the staff were very attentive, the venue offered different food options for Chinese-style and Western-style weddings, and it was conveniently located near the MTR station.[9] The Times of India reviewer Resham Sengar called the hotel "a cosy place in the heart of the city" that "has a reputation for rendering satisfactory service to its visitors".[7]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Royal Plaza Hotel
  2. ^ Royal Plaza
  3. ^ 黃雅盈; 張美華 (2019-01-20). "【旺角東站臭味之謎】帝京酒店否認爆污水渠 豬屎味來源仍未明" [[The mystery of the smell of Mong Kok East Station] Royal Plaza Hotel denies that the sewers are exploded] (in Chinese). HK01. Archived from the original on 2021-04-17. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
  4. ^ Ko, Kenneth (13 November 1996). "SHKP seeks station buy-out". South China Morning Post. p. 1 of Property Post.
  5. ^ "Grand Century Place, Hong Kong". Wong & Ouyang (HK) Limited. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Sun Hung Kai Properties Annual Report 2001/02" (PDF). Sun Hung Kai Properties. 2002. p. 5.
  7. ^ a b Sengar, Resham (2016-12-08). "Royal Plaza Hotel". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2021-04-18. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
  8. ^ a b 黃浩雲; 吳家輝 (2018). 香港澳門攻略完全制霸2019 (in Chinese). Taipei: 墨刻. p. 119. ISBN 9789862894323. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
  9. ^ a b c Lau, Tim (2013). 完美婚禮籌備天書 [The Book of Perfect Wedding Preparation] (in Chinese). Hong Kong: Enrich Professional Publishing. pp. 127131. ISBN 9789881680792. Retrieved 2021-04-17.

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