InterContinental Hong Kong

InterContinental Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港洲際酒店) was an InterContinental hotel in Hong Kong. Opened as a Regent hotel in 1980, it is located on 18 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, on the former site of Holt's Wharf. InterContinental Hong Kong is close to many tourist attractions like Hong Kong Avenue of Stars, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Hong Kong Space Museum and Star Ferry Pier.

InterContinental Hong Kong
InterContinental Hong Kong in 2011
General information
Location18 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
Hong Kong
Opening1980 (1980)
OwnerSupreme Key
ManagementInterContinental Hotels Group
Design and construction
DeveloperNew World Development
Other information
Number of rooms503[1]
Number of suites87[1]
Website
InterContinental Hong Kong official website
InterContinental Hong Kong
Traditional Chinese香港洲際酒店
Simplified Chinese香港洲际酒店
The Regent Hong Kong
Traditional Chinese麗晶酒店
Simplified Chinese丽晶酒店

The hotel closed on April 20, 2020 to undergo a two-year renovation program, and will reopen in 2022 as The Regent Hong Kong.[2]

History
InterContinental Hong Kong Front Door
Lobby of the hotel in 2009
Night exterior of InterContinental Hong Kong in 2007

The hotel was opened in 1980[3][1] as The Regent Hong Kong[4] (Chinese: 麗晶酒店)[3] and it was originally owned by New World Development and managed by Regent International Hotels. It sits on Kowloon's waterfront with views of the skyline of Hong Kong island.[4]

On May 21, 2001, New World sold the hotel to Bass Hotels and Resorts for US$346 million and it was rebranded as the InterContinental Hong Kong on June 1, 2001.[5] Four Seasons Hotels, which owned Regent Hotels at the time, controlled 25% of the property's management contract, causing them to enter rent arbitration with New World, which was resolved in August 2001, when New World agreed to pay Four Seasons an unspecified amount.[6]

In July 2015, InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), the successor company to Bass Hotels and Resorts, agreed to sell the InterContinental Hong Kong to Supreme Key, a consortium of investors, for US$938 million. It was reported that IHG will retain a 37-year management contract, with three 10-year extension rights.[1]

In March 2018, it was announced that the hotel would close for renovations in 2020 before reopening in 2021. Subject to InterContinental Hotels' majority-stake acquisition of Regent Hotels, the hotel will reopen as a Regent once more in 2022.[7] InterContinental Hong Kong officially ceased operations on April 20, 2020, in order for the two-year renovation and conversion program to Regent Hong Kong to commence.

Facilities

The Presidential Suite, billed at US$13,715 per night, is listed at number 15 on World's 15 most expensive hotel suites compiled by CNN Travel in 2012.[8]

Japanese restaurant 'Nobu', part of the restaurant concept by chef Nobuyuki "Nobu" Matsuhisa was based at the hotel, since December 2006.[9][10] The restaurant was listed at no. 15 on Asia's Top 20 Restaurants of the Miele Guide in the 2009/2010 edition.[11] It was also listed at no. 16 for the 2008/2009[12] and 2010/2011 editions.[13]

See also

References
  1. Sito, Peggy (10 July 2015). "InterContinental Hong Kong sells for US$938 million in one of region's biggest hotel deals". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  2. https://www.hospitalitynet.org/announcement/41004704/the-regent-hong-kong.html
  3. 位於尖沙咀海旁　麗晶酒店十月開幕. The Kung Sheung Daily News (in Chinese). Hong Kong: Industrial and Commercial Daily Press. 24 August 1980. p. 6.
  4. Balfour, Frederik; Liu, Alfred (10 July 2015). "InterContinental Sells Hong Kong Hotel for $938 Million". Bloomberg. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  5. https://www.cnn.com/2001/BUSINESS/asia/05/22/hongkong.hotel/
  6. https://www.hotelbusiness.com/four-seasons-sells-regent-hong-kong-stake/
  7. "IHG acquires 51% stake in Regent Hotels in a JV agreement with FIH - WIT". WIT. 2018-03-14. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  8. Arnold, Helen (25 March 2012). "World's 15 most expensive hotel suites". CNN Travel. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
  9. "NOBU InterContinental Hong Kong: New-style Japanese". CNN Travel. 12 November 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  10. Lam, Tiffany (12 November 2009). "Nobu comes to Hong Kong for his birthday party". CNN Travel. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  11. Li, Zoe (1 October 2009). "Hong Kong restaurants top the Miele Guide". CNN Travel. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  12. "Asia's Top 20 for 2008/2009". Miele Guide. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  13. "Asia's Top 20 for 2010/2011". Miele Guide. Archived from the original on 27 November 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.

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