Regent Hong Kong

Regent Hong Kong is a five-star hotel located at 18 Salisbury Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The hotel is positioned directly on the waterfront, offering views of Victoria Harbour and is close to various tourist attractions. The hotel has 497 rooms and 129 suites, and is considered to be the flagship property of the group.

History
The hotel opened in 1980 as The Regent Hong Kong, owned by New World Development and managed by Regent International Hotels. It was built as the flagship property of RIH, founded by hotelier Robert H. Burns and Japan’s Tokyu Hotels Group in 1970. In 1992, the Regent Hotels group was acquired by Four Seasons Hotels.

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. 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.

In July 2015, InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), the successor company to Bass Hotels and Resorts, agreed to sell 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.

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 again in early 2023. InterContinental Hong Kong officially ceased operations on April 20, 2020, in order to commence the two-year renovation and conversion program to Regent Hong Kong.

On November 8, 2023, the relaunched Regent celebrated its official opening.

Facilities
The hotel has 497 rooms, designed by Hong Kong-born design visionary Chi Wing Lo.

The hotel has an outdoor pool and infinity-edge plunge pools which are noted for their views across Victoria Harbour. Additionally, there are several meeting rooms and the Regent Ballroom for events, which are connected to the lobby via an iconic grand staircase made from white marble. This was an original fixture from the 1980s-era Regent, and has been retained throughout the hotel's rebranding to InterContinental and restored for the transformation back to Regent.

Restaurants & Bars
The hotel has six restaurants and bars.

On 26 December 2022, Regent Hong Kong opened with three destination restaurants: The Steak House, the Lobby Lounge and Harbourside. These venues launched before the hotel rooms were completed.

Yan Toh Heen officially rebranded and returned to its original name, “Lai Ching Heen”, the name of the restaurant when it was previously the Regent Hong Kong.

In popular culture
The hotel has received many notable guests and been featured in various films, television shows, and travel programmes. The notable guests who stayed at the hotel include the prince and princess from Britain, US presidents including Jimmy Carter, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and George Bush, and celebrities such as Frank Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor, Catherine Deneuve, Sidney Poitier, Roger Moore, Robert DeNiro, Charles Bronson, Julio Iglesias, Tom Jones, Bo Derek, Meg Ryan, Barbara Walters, Calvin Klein, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.

The hotel has also been featured in various film scenes including the TV miniseries Noble House (1988) and TV movie Nightwatch (1995), both with Pierce Brosnan and US TV series Dynasty (1985). A list of television programmes filmed at the hotel includes Danish TV series Borgen (2012) and NBC’s Better Late Than Never (2016), while the feature film Lost in Hong Kong (2015) with Xu Zhen shot scenes in the hotel’s Presidential Suite.

The hotel has also been a location for shooting popular music videos including Japanese pop icon Ayumi’s “Distance Love” music video in 2007 and Jay Chou’s “Give Me the Time for One Song (Gei Wo Yi Shou Ge De Shi Jian)” in 2008).

Awards

 * First hotel in Hong Kong to receive EarthCheck Platinum Certification.
 * Hotel’s NOBU restaurant listed at no.15 on Asia's Top 20 Restaurants of the Miele Guide in the 2009/2010 edition
 * The Presidential Suite, listed at number 15 on World's 15 most expensive hotel suites compiled by CNN Travel in 2012.
 * 2024 Awards:
 * #1 Hong Kong City Hotel | Travel + Leisure World's Best Awards 2024
 * #2 among the 20 Favourite City Hotels in Asia | Travel + Leisure World's Best Awards 2024
 * #7 among the 100 Hotels Voted Best in the World | Travel + Leisure World's Best Awards 2024
 * #1 Best Hong Kong Hotel | Travel + Leisure Luxury Awards Asia Pacific 2024
 * Design Innovation Award | Future Tourism
 * Travellers' Choice Awards Winner 2024 | Tripadvisor
 * 2023 Specially Selected New Hotels | 2023 Travel + Leisure China
 * The Best New Hotels in the World | Condé Nast Traveler 2024 Hot List
 * The Best New City Hotels of 2023 | Travel + Leisure 2024 It List
 * Best	Business Hotel	in Hong Kong | TTG China Travel Awards 2024
 * Best Design Hotel | 2024 The Bund Design Hotel Awards
 * Best Restaurants | National Geographic Worth A Trip – Restaurants Best of The World 2024
 * Lai Ching Heen | MICHELIN Guide Hong Kong &amp;amp; Macau 2024: Two Stars
 * Lai Ching Heen | Two Diamonds | Black Pearl Restaurant Guide 2024
 * Lai Ching Heen | South China Morning Post 100 Top Tables 2024
 * The Steak House | MICHELIN Guide Hong Kong &amp;amp; Macau 2024 Selected Restaurants
 * The Steak House | South China Morning Post 100 Top Tables 2024
 * The Steak House | World's 101 Best Steak Restaurants 2024
 * The Steak House | Best Steakhouse | Foodie Forks 2024
 * Qura Bar | Best Restaurant Bar | Time Out Hong Kong Bar Awards 2024
 * Qura Bar | Best New Bar | Foodie Forks 2024
 * 2023 Awards:
 * Best of the Best | Robb Report Hong Kong
 * Lai Ching Heen | MICHELIN Guide Hong Kong &amp;amp; Macau 2023: Two Stars
 * Lai Ching Heen | Two Diamonds | Black Pearl Restaurant Guide 2023
 * Lai Ching Heen | South China Morning Post 100 Top Tables 2023
 * The Steak House | South China Morning Post 100 Top Tables 2023