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Peninsula hotels

Hong Kong grand-hotel service travels abroad, with flexible arrival and departure on eligible stays.

The Peninsula brings a long Hong Kong hospitality tradition to a small family of grand hotels around the world. The Kadoorie family’s Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels retains substantial ownership in the properties, giving the collection a close relationship with its buildings, renovations, and attentive service.

13 Peninsula hotels in 10 countries on the Luxury Hotels Atlas, each placed on the six LHA Tiers.

• Owned by The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels
• Worldwide: 12 Peninsula Hotels operating worldwide across Asia, Europe, the United States, and Southeast Asia as of 2025–2026, with the entire portfolio holding Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star status — the first and only hotel brand to achieve that distinction across every property
• On the atlas: 4 Apex Luxury, 8 Grand Luxury, 1 Core Luxury

History

The Kadoorie family’s substantial ownership in Peninsula’s buildings has supported a close involvement in their design and restoration. Hong Kong’s green Rolls-Royces became one of the most recognizable expressions of that attention to the whole stay. The approach gives the small collection continuity across projects that can take many years to complete.

Timeline

• 1866 — The Hongkong Hotel Company, Limited incorporated on 2 March 1866 in colonial Hong Kong by Douglas Lapraik, C. H. M. Bosman, and Baron Gustav van Overbeck, financed by the Hong Kong branch of the Bank of Paris, the corporate seed of what becomes HSH.
• 1890s — The Kadoorie family, Sephardic Jewish merchants from Baghdad via Shanghai, begins acquiring interests in the Hongkong Hotel Company and Shanghai Hotels Limited.
• 1908 — Hotel Majestic opens in Paris at 19 Avenue Kléber on the site of the former Palais de Castille (residence of exiled Queen Isabella II of Spain, who abdicated there on 20 June 1870); the property is today The Peninsula Paris.
• 1923 — Hongkong Hotel Company merges with Shanghai Hotels Limited in April to form The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited. Kadoorie family emerges as controlling shareholders.
• 1928 — The Peninsula Hong Kong opens on 11 December, positioned as "the finest hotel east of Suez." The ceremony is presided over by the Officer Administering the Government, Mr W. T. Southorn.
• 1941 — Japanese forces invade Hong Kong on 8 December. On Christmas Day, "Black Christmas", Governor Sir Mark Aitchison Young surrenders at The Peninsula's third-floor Room 336; the hotel is renamed the Tōa (East Asia) Hotel and serves as the Japanese military headquarters for the occupation.
• 1953 — Gaddi's opens at The Peninsula Hong Kong, Asia's first dedicated French fine-dining restaurant, named after general manager Leo Gaddi to secure his commitment to its success.
• 1970 — A fleet of eight Brewster Green Rolls-Royce Silver Shadows is acquired for The Peninsula Hong Kong, the largest single order Rolls-Royce had ever received at that time.
• 1976 — The Peninsula Manila opens on 14 September, the first Peninsula hotel outside Chinese territory, timed to host the IMF and World Bank annual conference.
• 1988 — HSH acquires Maxim's de Paris hotel in New York for US$127 million, renaming it The Peninsula New York, the brand's first U.S. entry in the 1905 Beaux-Arts Gotham Hotel building.
• 1989 — The Palace Hotel opens in Beijing, built by the People's Liberation Army General Staff Department; Peninsula Hotels assumes management in 1996, renaming it The Peninsula Beijing in 2006.
• 1991 — The Peninsula Beverly Hills opens as the first new luxury hotel in Beverly Hills in two decades.
• 1994 — The Peninsula Hong Kong completes a major tower expansion (designed by Rocco Design Partners), adding rooms to bring the total to 300 and installing twin rooftop helipads, making it the first Hong Kong hotel to offer private helicopter transfers.
• 1998 — The Peninsula Bangkok opens on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River in historic Thonburi, a joint venture with the Phataraprasit family (HSH acquires full ownership in 2020).
• 2001 — The Peninsula Chicago opens in a 39-storey tower on the Magnificent Mile, designed by Elkus/Manfredi Architects with interiors by Bill Rooney Studio; marble lions shipped from Hong Kong guard its sky lobby.
• 2006 — The Peninsula Hong Kong commissions 14 long-wheelbase Rolls-Royce Phantoms in "Peninsula Green", the largest single order in Rolls-Royce's corporate history at the time; it replaces the Silver Spur fleet and earns a Guinness World Record for the largest hotel Rolls-Royce fleet.
• 2007 — The Peninsula Tokyo opens as the first freestanding luxury hotel built in Tokyo in over a decade; the 24-storey lantern-shaped tower houses nearly 1,000 pieces of Japanese art.
• 2009 — The Peninsula Shanghai opens in October as the first new building on the historic Bund in over 60 years, a 15-storey Art Deco tower designed by HOK with interiors by Pierre-Yves Rochon.
• 2014 — The Peninsula Paris opens on 1 August in the restored Haussmannian building at 19 Avenue Kléber, after a four-year renovation, the brand's first European address and, subsequently, the first Peninsula to be awarded the French Palace designation (2016).
• 2019 — Peninsula becomes the first and only hotel brand in the world to achieve Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star status across every property in its portfolio
• 2022 — L'Oiseau Blanc at The Peninsula Paris achieves its second Michelin star, joining Jing at The Peninsula Beijing among the brand's multi-starred dining rooms.
• 2023 — The Peninsula Istanbul opens on 14 February within four restored Karaköy waterfront buildings including the 1937 Bauhaus-style Galataport cruise terminal. The Peninsula London opens on 12 September at 1 Grosvenor Place, Hyde Park Corner, the brand's first London address after more than 30 years of site search, costing over £1 billion
• 2024 — Philip Kadoorie appointed Non-Executive Deputy Chairman of HSH's board, deepening the fourth-generation Kadoorie family's formal governance role (Peninsula Hotels press release). Brooklands by Claude Bosi at The Peninsula London earns two Michelin stars in its debut year of service, one of the fastest star achievements by a hotel restaurant in modern London dining history.
• 2025 — The entire Peninsula portfolio of 12 hotels receives MICHELIN Key recognition in the 2025 MICHELIN Key Hotels global guide, with The Peninsula London earning the highest Three Keys distinction and The Peninsula Istanbul receiving Istanbul's only Two Keys rating (Peninsula Hotels MICHELIN Keys 2025). The Peninsula Hong Kong takes delivery of six new bespoke Rolls-Royce Phantom Extendeds in April 2025, continuing a six-decade tradition of bespoke automotive theatre

The houses to know

1. The Peninsula Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey — Four restored waterfront buildings form the Istanbul hotel, with a rooftop restaurant overlooking the Bosphorus.
2. The Peninsula Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong — The founding flagship, nearly a century old and still the standard by which Asian luxury hotels are measured.
3. The Peninsula Paris, Paris, France — A Haussmannian palace with a guest list that spans Queen Isabella II, George Gershwin, and the architects of the Vietnam peace accords, now carrying two Michelin stars on its rooftop.
4. The Peninsula London, London, United Kingdom — The London hotel brings Peninsula’s service traditions to a new building with Michelin-starred dining.
5. The Peninsula Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan — The 24-storey, lantern-shaped Tokyo tower includes a spa with sustained Forbes Five-Star recognition.
6. The Peninsula Chicago, Chicago, United States — The Chicago hotel has held Forbes Five-Star and AAA Five Diamond recognition since its 2001 opening.
7. The Peninsula New York, New York City, United States — A 1905 Beaux-Arts landmark on Fifth Avenue and 55th Street, one of Manhattan's oldest surviving skyscraper hotels, comprehensively renewed in 2024.
8. The Peninsula Shanghai, Shanghai, China — The first new building on the Bund in over 60 years, an Art Deco tower on land the Kadoorie family had worked a century earlier, before the Communist era ended their Shanghai presence.
9. The Peninsula Beijing, Beijing, China — The Beijing hotel was converted into an all-suite property and includes a Michelin-starred French restaurant.
10. The Peninsula Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand — A private rice-barge ferry brings guests to the west bank of the Chao Phraya, where all 370 rooms face the skyline across the river.

Newest openings

• The Peninsula London — London, United Kingdom — opened 12 September 2023 — The brand's £1 billion debut in the UK at 1 Grosvenor Place, Hyde Park Corner; 190 rooms and suites; designed by Hopkins Architects with interiors throughout by Peter Marino; houses Brooklands by Claude Bosi (two Michelin stars, 2024, earned in the restaurant's debut year of service) and Chinese restaurant Canton Blue; became the first Peninsula to earn MICHELIN Three Keys (highest distinction) in 2025; the most significant Western European hotel opening by the brand in its near-century of history
• The Peninsula Istanbul — Istanbul, Turkey — opened 14 February 2023 — 177 rooms within four restored early-20th-century Karaköy waterfront buildings, including the Bauhaus-inflected 1937 Galataport cruise terminal (architect Rebii Gorbon) and the 1912 Merkez Rihtim Han; interiors by Zeynep Fadıllıoğlu; rooftop restaurant Gallada led by Fatih Tutak (who holds two Michelin stars at his own restaurant TURK Fatih Tutak, the first Turkish restaurant to reach two Michelin stars); the only hotel in Istanbul to hold MICHELIN Two Keys in 2025

Opening next

• The Peninsula Doha — Al Wakrah (Al Loulou district), Qatar — expected mid-to-late 2020s — confirmed in the atlas fact base as an upcoming property on a private beachfront 25 kilometres south of central Doha; the brand's first Gulf address and first property in the Arab world; no final opening date confirmed as of mid-2026.
• The Peninsula Jeddah Corniche — Jeddah (Ash Shati, North Corniche), Saudi Arabia — expected 2027+ — announced; the brand's debut on the Red Sea and in Saudi Arabia.
• The Peninsula Yangon — Yangon, Myanmar — status: indefinitely on hold / effectively abandoned — the 88-room colonial-era project at the Myanmar Railway headquarters was under construction from 2017 but halted four months after the February 2021 military coup; HSH wrote off the entire US$20.51 million remaining book value in February 2025, calling the outlook "bleak," though the PR director stated the "long-term view" on the project "remains unchanged"

Every Peninsula hotel on the atlas

United States

• The Peninsula Beverly Hills — Beverly Hills · Grand Luxury
• The Peninsula Chicago — Chicago · Grand Luxury
• The Peninsula New York — New York City · Grand Luxury

China

• The Peninsula Beijing — Beijing · Grand Luxury
• The Peninsula Shanghai — Shanghai · Grand Luxury

France

• The Peninsula Paris — Paris · Apex Luxury

Hong Kong

• The Peninsula Hong Kong — Hong Kong · Grand Luxury

Japan

• The Peninsula Tokyo — Tokyo · Apex Luxury

Philippines

• The Peninsula Manila — Makati · Grand Luxury

Saudi Arabia

• The Peninsula Jeddah Corniche — Jeddah · Core Luxury

Thailand

• The Peninsula Bangkok — Bangkok · Grand Luxury

Turkey

• The Peninsula Istanbul — Istanbul · Apex Luxury

United Kingdom

• The Peninsula London — London · Apex Luxury

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