The Peninsula Hong Kong

The Peninsula Hong Kong is a colonial-style luxury hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon. It opened on 11 December 1928 as the first hotel of The Peninsula brand and remains the flagship of The Peninsula Hotels, part of the Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels group.

Condé Nast Traveler's Readers' Choice Awards 2026 place it No. 1 among the best hotels in the world. The magazine lists it on its Gold List in 2018, 2021 and 2025 and among its Readers' Choice winners every year from 2017 to 2024 and again in 2026. It credits the hotel with "some of the most thoughtful staff in the business".

Founded by members of the Kadoorie family, the hotel was meant to be "the finest hotel east of Suez", and it is known for its fleet of Rolls-Royces in "Peninsula green"; Condé Nast Traveler counts 14 Rolls-Royce Phantoms. On 25 December 1941 the British governor surrendered Hong Kong to the Japanese on its third floor. A 30-storey tower with a helipad was added in 1994. Today the hotel has nine bars and restaurants, a spa, and rooms with harbour views, according to the magazine.

Sources of this text: Wikipedia · Condé Nast Traveler (US)