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Mandarin Oriental hotels

Hong Kong and Bangkok roots shape grand hotels, pairing personal service with Chinese spa rituals.

Mandarin Oriental brings attentive Asian-inspired service to a collection of city hotels, historic palaces, and beach resorts. Its identity grew from two substantial addresses, Hong Kong’s Mandarin and Bangkok’s Oriental, and the wider portfolio keeps architecture, dining, and the personality of each destination close to the center of the stay.

59 Mandarin Oriental hotels in 33 countries on the Luxury Hotels Atlas (11 not open yet), each placed on the six LHA Tiers.

Owned by Jardine Matheson Holdings
On the atlas: 8 Apex Luxury, 38 Grand Luxury, 2 High Luxury, 11 Core Luxury

History

The Mandarin’s 1963 opening became part of Hong Kong’s changing skyline, while Bangkok’s Oriental carried a much older riverfront hospitality tradition. The Authors’ Wing records the Bangkok hotel’s connection to writers and the city’s international community. Together, the two houses gave Mandarin Oriental an identity shaped by architecture, local history, and attentive Asian hosting.

Timeline

1863 — Americans Captain Atkins Dyer and William West open the Oriental Hotel in Bangkok; the original structure burns down on 11 July 1865.
1866 — German C. Falck operates Falck's Hotel on the Bangkok site.
1876 — Danish sea captains H. Jarck and C. Salje officially open a rebuilt Oriental Hotel on the Chao Phraya River, the founding date adopted by the group.
1881 — 29-year-old Danish businessman Hans Niels Andersen buys the Bangkok property and begins transforming it into a grand hotel.
1887 — Italian architects Cardu & Rossi complete the new Oriental building, the Authors' Wing, which opens on 14 May 1887 as the first luxury hotel in the Kingdom of Siam: the first hotel in Thailand with a second floor, carpeted hallways, electric chandeliers, Parisian wallpaper, and a bar seating 50.
1888 — Joseph Conrad, the first of many literary guests, stays at The Oriental; later guests include W. Somerset Maugham, Graham Greene, Noël Coward, James Michener, and John le Carré, each memorialised in the named suites of the Authors' Wing.
1891 — Crown Prince Nicholas of Russia (later Tsar Nicholas II) stays at The Oriental, inaugurating the hotel's tradition of royal patronage.
1958 — The 10-storey Garden Wing, with Bangkok's first elevator, opens; Le Normandie opens on the top floor as the first fine-dining French restaurant in Thailand.
1960 — Hugh Barton, Chairman of Hongkong Land, conceives of building a luxury hotel on the site of the colonial Queen's Building in Central Hong Kong.
1963 — The Mandarin opens on 1 September 1963 as Hong Kong Island's tallest building (26 storeys), designed by John Howarth of Leigh & Orange. First hotel in Hong Kong with direct-dial phones; first in Asia to put a bathtub in every room. Construction cost: HK$42 million; interiors HK$66 million additional.
1973 — The Excelsior, Hong Kong opens in Causeway Bay, 869 rooms on Plot 1, the first piece of land auctioned in British colonial Hong Kong (1841).
1974 — Mandarin International Hotels Limited formed; acquires 49% of The Oriental, Bangkok, giving the group its two founding flagships on two sides of Asia.
1976–77 — The 350-room River Wing at The Oriental opens on 12 April 1977, inaugurated by HM Queen Sirikit exactly 100 years after the hotel's founding date.
1985 — The Mandarin and The Oriental formally united under one brand name, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, with the fan logo adopted as the house symbol.
1989 — Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London acquired; the hotel had operated since 1902 on the site of the 1889 Hyde Park Court apartment building.
1996 — Mandarin Oriental formally acquires the Hyde Park Hotel, London, renaming it Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park.
2000 — Mandarin Oriental, Geneva acquired, a hotel that had opened in 1950 as Hôtel du Rhône, the first luxury hotel built in Europe after World War II, designed by Swiss modernist Marc J. Saugey.
2003 — Mandarin Oriental, New York opens in December inside the Time Warner Center (Deutsche Bank Center) at Columbus Circle, the group's first New York property.
2005–06 — US$150 million renovation of the Hong Kong flagship; The Landmark Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong opens in 2005 as an intimate 111-room urban property in Edinburgh Tower, Central.
2008 — The Oriental, Bangkok renamed Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok, formally uniting both founding properties under the same brand name.
2009 — Mandarin Oriental, Sanya opens as the group's first mainland China property.
2015 — Mandarin Oriental acquires a 50% stake in The Ritz, Madrid (from Belmond/The Olayan Group) for US$148 million; Mandarin Oriental, Marrakech opens in October as the group's first Africa property.
2019 — The Excelsior, Hong Kong closes on 31 March 2019, a deliberate commercial exit: Mandarin Oriental opts for a US$650 million redevelopment into office/commercial use (One Causeway Bay), rather than investing in hotel renovation. MO Hyde Park, London relaunched after extensive restoration.
2021 — Mandarin Oriental Ritz, Madrid reopens on 16 April 2021 after €103 million restoration.
2022 — Mandarin Oriental Palace, Luzern opens in September 2022 after restoring a Swiss national landmark (Palace Hotel Luzern, 1904–06).
2023 — Mandarin Oriental Savoy, Zurich relaunches under MO management after restoration; Mandarin Oriental, Costa Navarino opens as the group's first Greece property.
2024 — Mandarin Oriental Mayfair, London opens (the first new-build luxury hotel in Mayfair in over a decade); Mandarin Oriental, Muscat debuts as the group's Oman debut; Mandarin Oriental Qianmen, Beijing opens in September; Mandarin Oriental Al Faisaliah, Riyadh rebrands from Al Faisaliah Hotel.
2025 — Mandarin Oriental, Vienna opens in a Secessionist former courthouse (1908). Mandarin Oriental, Miami closes permanently on 31 May 2025 for demolition and replacement by a 2030 two-tower development. Jardine Matheson announces US$4.2 billion full acquisition. Hôtel Lutetia, Paris and Conservatorium Hotel, Amsterdam rebranded into the group.
2025 — Anne-Sophie Pic, the world's most MICHELIN-starred female chef, opens Anne-Sophie Pic at Le Normandie at Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok in Q3 2025, earning Two Michelin Stars.
2025 — Amber at The Landmark Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong awarded three Michelin Stars (March 2025) after 16 consecutive years at two stars, the first restaurant in the group to achieve three.
2026 — Mandarin Oriental Punta Negra, Mallorca opens in spring 2026, the group's first Balearic Islands resort. Jardine Matheson's full acquisition of Mandarin Oriental completed; the group moves into sole Jardine ownership.

The houses to know

Mandarin Oriental Qianmen, Beijing, Beijing, China — Forty-two individually addressed siheyuan courtyard residences woven through Beijing's 600-year-old Caochang Hutong, 600 metres from the Forbidden City.
Mandarin Oriental Ritz, Madrid, Madrid, Spain — Spain's first luxury hotel, a Belle Époque palace commissioned at the personal instigation of a king, and now carrying the highest MICHELIN Keys rating in Spain.
Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand — The oldest surviving grand hotel in Thailand, its 150th anniversary in 2026 marks the longest continuous luxury hotel legacy in Asia.
Old Cataract, Aswan, Aswan, Egypt — Architect Henri Favarger led the 1902 expansion of the building, which Accor later restored as a historic palace-hotel.
Mandarin Oriental Lutetia, Paris, Paris, France — The hotel is in Paris, France.
Mandarin Oriental, Milan, Milan, Italy — Four 18th-century palazzos come together as a hotel close to La Scala.
Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London, London, United Kingdom — The Knightsbridge grande dame, anchoring the southern boundary of Hyde Park since 1902.
Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong — The founding flagship, the hotel that gave the brand its name, its ethos, and its first half-century of service history.
Mandarin Oriental, Bodrum, Bodrum, Turkey — A 60-hectare Aegean waterfront estate at Cennet Koyu, Turkish for "heavenly cove", with Hakkasan and ROKA among its 11 dining concepts.
The Landmark Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong — The Hong Kong hotel brings several Michelin-starred restaurants together on one floor.

Newest openings

Mandarin Oriental, Vienna — Vienna, Austria — opened spring 2025 — Occupies a Secessionist former commercial law court completed by Alfred Keller in 1908, with 138 rooms (later quoted as 151 keys in early press), interiors by Goddard Littlefair, and a subterranean hotel pool measuring 43 feet in length. Dining: Le Sept (Thomas Seifried, fine-dining seafood) and Atelier 7 Brasserie. Awards: MICHELIN One Key (2026); Falstaff Austria's Best Opening 2025/26. MO Vienna
Mandarin Oriental Downtown, Dubai — Dubai, United Arab Emirates — opened October 2025 — Occupies Al Wasl Tower, a 303-metre skyscraper with the region's tallest ceramic façade in Dubai's City Walk district. 259 rooms and suites, two-level spa, 10 dining concepts. Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star (2026). MO Downtown Dubai
Mandarin Oriental Punta Negra, Mallorca — Calvià, Mallorca, Spain — opened spring 2026 — The group's first Balearic Islands resort and its third Spain property. 131 rooms and suites across five buildings set on a clifftop peninsula at Costa d'en Blanes near Puerto Portals, with access to two secluded coves and panoramic Mediterranean views. Dining: Matsuhisa by Nobu Matsuhisa and Leña by Dani García. Mallorca debut press release
Mandarin Oriental Conservatorium, Amsterdam — Amsterdam, Netherlands — rebranded January 2026 — Formerly the Conservatorium Hotel (The Set Collection), now the group's Amsterdam flagship. 129 rooms in a neo-Gothic 1897 Rijkspostspaarbank building reimagined by Piero Lissoni. Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star (2026). Hospitalitynet announcement

Opening next

Mandarin Oriental Cristallo, Cortina — Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy — expected late 2026 — The Hotel Cristallo, established in 1901, is being renovated for its move to Mandarin Oriental. Plans call for 84 rooms with Dolomite views and the group’s first alpine resort.
Mandarin Oriental, Makati — Makati, Philippines — expected November 2026 — 275 rooms in the Ayala Triangle, Manila's central business district. Under construction. Operating summary July 2025
Mandarin Oriental, Bali — Bukit Peninsula, Bali, Indonesia — expected 2026/2027 — 110 suites and villas plus 63 branded residences on the Bukit Peninsula; beachfront resort. Confirmed.
Mandarin Oriental, Rome — Rome, Italy — expected 2026 — Ten interconnected historic 19th-century villas in central Rome converted into a 108-room hotel and surrounding landscaped gardens. Confirmed.

Every Mandarin Oriental hotel on the atlas

China

Mandarin Oriental Qianmen, Beijing — Beijing · Apex Luxury
Mandarin Oriental Pudong, Shanghai — Shanghai · Grand Luxury
Mandarin Oriental Wangfujing, Beijing — Beijing · Grand Luxury
Mandarin Oriental, Guangzhou — Guangzhou · Grand Luxury
Mandarin Oriental, Sanya — Sanya · Grand Luxury
Mandarin Oriental, Shenzhen — Shenzhen · Grand Luxury
Mandarin Oriental Hangzhou — Hangzhou · Core Luxury · Opening soon
Mandarin Oriental Suzhou — Suzhou · Core Luxury · Opening soon
Mandarin Oriental Tianfu, Chengdu — Chengdu · Core Luxury · Opening soon

Italy

Mandarin Oriental, Milan — Milan · Apex Luxury
Mandarin Oriental, Lago di Como — Blevio · Grand Luxury
Mandarin Oriental, Venice — Venice · Grand Luxury
Mandarin Oriental Cristallo, Cortina — Cortina d'Ampezzo · Core Luxury · Opening soon

United States

Mandarin Oriental, Boston — Boston · Grand Luxury
Mandarin Oriental, New York — New York City · Grand Luxury
Mandarin Oriental, Miami — Miami · Core Luxury · Opening soon

Egypt

Old Cataract, Aswan — Aswan · Grand Luxury
Mandarin Oriental Shepheard, Cairo — Cairo · High Luxury · Opening soon

France

Mandarin Oriental Lutetia, Paris — Paris · Apex Luxury
Mandarin Oriental, Paris — Paris · Apex Luxury

Hong Kong

Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong — Hong Kong · Grand Luxury
The Landmark Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong — Hong Kong · Grand Luxury

Japan

Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo — Tokyo · Grand Luxury
Mandarin Oriental, Setouchi — Setoda · Core Luxury · Opening soon

Malaysia

Mandarin Oriental, Desaru Coast — Desaru Coast · Grand Luxury
Mandarin Oriental, Kuala Lumpur — Kuala Lumpur · Grand Luxury

Turkey

Mandarin Oriental Bosphorus, Istanbul — Istanbul · Apex Luxury
Mandarin Oriental, Bodrum — Bodrum · Apex Luxury

United Kingdom

Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London — London · Grand Luxury
Mandarin Oriental Mayfair, London — London · Grand Luxury

Austria

Mandarin Oriental, Vienna — Vienna · High Luxury

Cayman Islands

Mandarin Oriental, Grand Cayman — Grand Cayman · Core Luxury · Opening soon

Chile

Mandarin Oriental, Santiago — Santiago · Core Luxury

Czech Republic

Mandarin Oriental, Prague — Prague · Grand Luxury

Germany

Mandarin Oriental, Munich — Munich · Grand Luxury

Greece

Mandarin Oriental, Costa Navarino — Costa Navarino · Grand Luxury

Hungary

Mandarin Oriental Gellert, Budapest — Budapest · Core Luxury · Opening soon

Indonesia

Mandarin Oriental, Jakarta — Jakarta · Grand Luxury

Macau

Mandarin Oriental, Macau — Macau · Grand Luxury

Maldives

Mandarin Oriental Maldives — Bolidhuffaru Reef · Core Luxury · Opening soon

Morocco

Mandarin Oriental, Marrakech — Marrakech · Grand Luxury

Netherlands

Mandarin Oriental Conservatorium, Amsterdam — Amsterdam · Apex Luxury

Oman

Mandarin Oriental, Muscat — Muscat · Grand Luxury

Philippines

Mandarin Oriental Makati, Manila — Makati · Core Luxury · Opening soon

Qatar

Mandarin Oriental, Doha — Doha · Grand Luxury

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Mandarin Oriental, Canouan — Canouan Island · Grand Luxury

Saudi Arabia

Mandarin Oriental Al Faisaliah, Riyadh — Riyadh · Grand Luxury

Singapore

Mandarin Oriental, Singapore — Singapore · Grand Luxury

Taiwan

Mandarin Oriental, Taipei — Taipei · Grand Luxury

Thailand

Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok — Bangkok · Grand Luxury

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