The Peninsula Hong Kong Celebrates 82nd Birthday with Launch of Our Hong Kong

The Peninsula Hong KongIn a 1920s some architects drew up skeleton for a finest road house east of Suez as well as when The Peninsula Hong Kong opened a doors in 1928, a road house remade Kowloon from a sleepy backwater to a focal indicate of a vibrant social life. Home to visiting tycoons as well as movie stars, a illustrious road house has been witness to a dramatic history of Hong Kong, weathering fight as well as troops occupation. The Pen as this Grande Dame is affectionately known has seen a lot, as well as has thousands of stories to tell. So a usually wise that to applaud a 82nd anniversary this past December, The Peninsula launched Our Hong Kong, a beautiful book filled with 50 personal stories from a hotels staff, revealing their passion as well as believe for a city.

The Peninsula Hong KongThe book reveals Hong Kong by a eyes of insiders similar to Johnny Chung, Senior Bartender, who is a longest portion staff part of with more than 53 years of service. Available in all bedrooms as well as suites, a beautifully with pictures book is chock full of anecdotes illustrating a obtuse known aspects of Hong Kong, such as 500-year-old villages, a little island where prawn pulp is still made by hand, as well as singular festivities such as a annual Fire Dragon Dance.

The Peninsula Hong KongVisitors to The Pen in 2011 can participate in a Our Hong Kong program, that will include excursions to unique areas as well as activities introduced by staff as part of The Peninsula Academy, a hotels award-winni! ng Chine se Cultural Experience guidance eighth month program, as well as special menus in a hotels Chinese restaurant, Spring Moon, featuring home-grown dishes that paint a culinary birthright of Hong Kong.


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