Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港四季酒店) is a five-star hotel located in the International Finance Centre complex in Central, Hong Kong near Hong Kong station.[1] It was completed and opened in September 2005. It is a 45-storey building with 399 rooms, of which 54 are suites, and also contains 519 residential units, as part of the Four Seasons Place serviced apartments[2] (Chinese: 四季匯). It is operated by Canadian-based hotel chain, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts.[3]
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  Location on Hong Kong Island | |
| General information | |
| Location | 8 Finance Street, Central, Hong Kong |
| Coordinates | 22°17′13″N 114°9′22″E / 22.28694°N 114.15611°E |
| Opening | September 2005 |
| Management | Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 45 |
| Floor area | 52,051 square metres/560,272 square feet |
| Design and construction | |
| Developer | Sun Hung Kai Properties, Henderson Land and Towngas |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 399 |
| Number of suites | 54 |
| Website | |
| Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong official website | |
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| Chinese | 香港四季酒店 | ||||||||||
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Rooms and facilities
editThe hotel has 399 guest rooms and suites including studio, 1-bedroom, 2-bedroom and 3-bedroom from 547 sf gross to 1,867 sf gross.[citation needed] There are two styles of guest room - Western contemporary, with silk-paneled walls and marble-floored entry foyers, and rooms with a traditional Chinese influence, featuring sculpted furnishings and gold leaf. The hotel does not have floors numbered 13, 14, 24, 34 or 44.[citation needed]
Fine dining facilities include Cantonese restaurant Lung King Heen and the French restaurant Caprice. Both received three Michelin stars in 2009.[4][5] Lung King Heen retained the accolade for 7 years. In 2019, both restaurants were again awarded three Michelin stars.[6]
History
editIn 2009, Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong became the first hotel in the world to hold two restaurants, Lung King Heen and Caprice, with three Michelin stars, the maximum rating.[4][5]
On 11 February 2015, Forbes Travel Guide awarded the hotel a five-star rating.[7]
In 2017, billionaire Xiao Jianhua was taken to the mainland reportedly by Chinese public security officers. Five or six plain-clothed agents accosted Xiao at his hotel apartment and, after a meeting inside, escorted him and his two bodyguards across the border.[8][9]
See also
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References
edit- ^ "Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong info". International Finance Centre (IFC). Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
- ^ "Four Seasons Place Serviced Apartments". Service Apartment Hong Kong (SA / HK).
- ^ "Hotel Facts". Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
- ^ a b Kühn, Kerstin (26 November 2009). "Four Seasons hotel sets world record in new Michelin Hong Kong guide". CatererSearch. Reed Business Information. Archived from the original on 25 January 2010. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
- ^ a b Lam, Tiffany (1 December 2009). "Hong Kong restaurants to avoid right now: Michelin guide's newest stars, the complete list". CNN Travel. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
- ^ "Lung King Heen – a MICHELIN Guide Restaurant in Hong Kong". MICHELIN Guide. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
- ^ "Forbes Travel Guide Announces Its 2015 Star Ratings". 11 February 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- ^ Forsythe, Michael (31 January 2017). "Billionaire Is Reported Seized From Hong Kong Hotel and Taken Into China". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ Bland, Ben; Hornby, Lucy; Anderlini, Jamil; Cheung, Gloria (1 February 2017). "Chinese billionaire abducted from Hong Kong". Financial Times. Retrieved 20 September 2023.