Honiara Hotel

The Honiara Hotel is located in Chinatown in Honiara, Solomon Islands. It is a 56-room establishment which has different grades of rooms catering to the affordable levels of its customers. There are 13 non air-conditioned rooms which are double bedded rooms with shared bathrooms, 26 "standard" air-conditioned rooms with facilities of an attached bath and a refrigerator.[1]

Honiara hotel, Solomon Islands

A funicular elevator is provided to reach the terrace where there are 12 deluxe rooms and five executive rooms. A swimming pool, bar and restaurant are part of the hotel.[1]

The hotel serves continental breakfast as a buffet, which is included in the room fare.[1]

Events

On Sunday 1 June 1969 the hotel was opened with an event held between 17:30 and 19:30. It was attended by around 400 guests, including Tommy Chan's father Chan Wing.

During the April/May 2006 riots in Honiara, Sir Tommy Chan (owner of the Honiara Hotel and a naturalized Chinese of the Solomon islands) the hotel and his son's shop were targeted for attack. However, they escaped due to support from some islanders, Christian brotherhood and the police.[2]

References
  1. Stanley 2004, p. 994.
  2. Dinnen & Firth 2008, pp. 81–82.

Bibliography
  • Stanley, David (2004). South Pacific. David Stanley. p. 999. ISBN 978-1-56691-411-6.
  • Sinclair Dinnen; Stewart Firth (May 2008). Politics and State Building in Solomon Islands. ANU E Press. ISBN 978-1-921313-66-0.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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