A vital addition to the portfolio of any self-respecting hotel designer, the three must-appears - Four Seasons Regent, The Mandarin Oriental, The Peninsula
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Citation
Hinge, v.28, 1996, pp. 8-22
Abstract
In a fit of pique following a lost bid for a job, an interior designer once said to me, "if you've got a Pen, a Mandarin Oriental or a Regent in your portfolio, you're made. But if you've not got one; you're not likely to." At the time I just nodded sympathetically, but later I thought back to what he might have meant by this dramatic declaration.
Did he mean that doing a job for one of these hotels was some kind of measure of achievement, like gaining an Olympic Gold? … That in the eyes of prospective clients the exceptional standards of quality associated with these hotels are somehow conferred to the designer by working for them? … Or that work for hotel groups is something of a 'closed shop' in that it is very difficult to gain a commission for one of them unless you have a proven track record in this kind of top class hotel work?
(1) Four Season Regent
(a) The Regent Jakarta: opened June, 1995
(i) Location
(ii) Background
(iii) Description
(iv) Accommodation
(v) Dining and Entertainment
(vi) Business / meeting facilities
(vii) Health club
(b) The Regent Resort Chiang Mai: opened April, 1995
(i) Location
(ii) Background
(iii) Description
(iv) Accommodation
(v) Dining and Entertainment
(vi) Business / meeting facilities
(vii) Health club
(c) Four Seasons Hotel Milano: opened April 1993
(i) Location
(ii) Background
(iii) Description
(iv) Accommodation
(v) Dining and Entertainment
(vi) Business / meeting facilities
(2) HongKong and Shanghai Hotels
(a) The Peninsula Bangkok: scheduled to open in 1997
(i) Location
(ii) Background
(iii) Description
(iv) Accommodation
(v) Dining and Entertainment
(vi) Business / meeting facilities
(vii) Health club
(b) The Peninsula Manila: built 1976, recently underwent extensive renovation which was completed earlier this year
(i) Location
(ii) Background
(iii) Description
(iv) Accommodation
(v) Dining and Entertainment
(vi) Business / meeting facilities
(vii) Health club
(b) The Regent Resort Chiang Mai: opened April, 1995
(i) Location
(ii) Background
(iii) Description
(iv) Accommodation
(v) Dining and Entertainment
(vi) Business / meeting facilities
(vii) Health club and spa
(3) Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
(a) Kahala Mandarin Oriental Hawaii: re-opened March 1996 under the Mandarin Oriental banner after extensive restorations
(b) Mandarin Oriental, Kuala Lumpur: ground breaking took place on the 27 July 1995 and opening is projected for December 1997
(i) Location
(ii) Background
(iii) Description
(iv) Accommodation
(v) Dining and Entertainment
(vi) Business / meeting facilities
(vii) Health club
(b) The Regent Resort Chiang Mai: opened April, 1995
(i) Location
(ii) Background
(iii) Description
(iv) Accommodation
(v) Dining and Entertainment
(vi) Business / meeting facilities
(vii) Health club
(c) Hotel Majapahit, Surabaya: opened in January 1996 following an extensive restoration programme
(i) Location
(ii) Background
(iii) Description
(iv) Accommodation
(v) Dining and Entertainment
(vi) Business / meeting facilities
(vii) Health club
(b) The Regent Resort Chiang Mai: opened April, 1995
(i) Location
(ii) Background
(iii) Description
(iv) Accommodation
(v) Dining and Entertainment
(vi) Business / meeting facilities
(vii) Health club
Description
Building Name: Four Seasons Regent
The Mandarin Oriental
The Peninsula
Building Type(s): Hotels
Subject
Type
Article
Format
Date
1996
Language
en