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Marco Polo hotels
Gateway-city hotels extend work trips into local dining, cultural discovery and time spent together.
Marco Polo Hotels is Wharf's original hotel brand. Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel opened in 1969 on the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront and is still tied to Harbour City. The atlas also files the Gateway, dated 1982 with 400 rooms, the Prince Hotel, dated 1984 with 394 rooms, and Marco Polo Ortigas Manila, dated 2014 with 316 rooms. In September 2024 the brand announced a rebrand and a new colour.
4 Marco Polo hotels in 2 countries on the Luxury Hotels Atlas, each placed on the six LHA Tiers.
- Owned by Wharf Hotels
- Worldwide: Marco Polo's own FAQ says the brand now has nine properties, in Hong Kong, Beijing, Jinjiang, Wuhan, Xiamen, Manila, and Cebu. The story starts in 1969 with Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel. The atlas files four: the Hongkong Hotel, the Gateway, the Prince Hotel in Hong Kong, and Ortigas in Manila.
- On the atlas: 1 Core Luxury, 3 Near Luxury
History
Marco Polo Hotels is Wharf's original hotel brand. Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel opened in 1969 on the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront and is still tied to Harbour City. The atlas also files the Gateway, dated 1982 with 400 rooms, the Prince Hotel, dated 1984 with 394 rooms, and Marco Polo Ortigas Manila, dated 2014 with 316 rooms. In September 2024 the brand announced a rebrand and a new colour.
Timeline
- 1969 — Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel opens on the redeveloped Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront. The atlas dates the house to 1969.
- 1982 — The Gateway Hotel, Hong Kong, is dated 1982 in the atlas, 400 rooms.
- 1984 — The Prince Hotel, Hong Kong, is dated 1984 in the atlas, 394 rooms.
- 2014 — Marco Polo Ortigas Manila is dated 2014 in the atlas, 316 rooms.
- 2024 — The brand says it entered a new chapter in September with a new visual language. Wharf says a third hotel at Changsha IFS opened in June under a Park Hyatt flag.
The houses to know
- Marco Polo Ortigas Manila, Pasig City, Philippines — President Benigno Aquino III opened Marco Polo Ortigas Manila in July 2014, a 316-room tower that Tokyo's MOHRI Architect & Associates raised over Pasig's Ortigas business district after a 3-billion-peso build.
- Gateway Hotel, Marco Polo, Hong Kong, Hong Kong — You can leave your room at the Gateway and stay indoors all the way into Harbour City.
- Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel, Hong Kong, Hong Kong — In July 1969 the Hongkong Hotel opened the first 250 of a planned 800 rooms on Wharf's old godown shore on Canton Road, and the Peninsula company, which then managed it, lent the name of its vanished hotel in Central.
- Prince Hotel, Marco Polo, Hong Kong, Hong Kong — Prince Hotel opened in 1984 on Canton Road, the northern door of Wharf's three Harbour City hotels, and took its name from an older Prince Hotel at Argyle Street that has nothing to do with this building.
Newest openings
- None of the open houses filed in the atlas carry a 2024 or later date.
Opening next
- No named unopened Marco Polo hotel was verified.
Every Marco Polo hotel on the atlas
Hong Kong
- Gateway Hotel, Marco Polo — Hong Kong · Near Luxury
- Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel — Hong Kong · Near Luxury
- Prince Hotel, Marco Polo — Hong Kong · Near Luxury
Philippines
- Marco Polo Ortigas Manila — Pasig City · Core Luxury
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