{"id":105601,"date":"2019-03-30T08:30:09","date_gmt":"2019-03-30T01:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-excelsior-goes-out-with-a-bang-as-iconic-waterfront-hotel-bows-to-commercial-pressure-and-makes-way-for-an-office-tower\/"},"modified":"2019-03-30T11:06:12","modified_gmt":"2019-03-30T04:06:12","slug":"the-excelsior-goes-out-with-a-bang-as-iconic-waterfront-hotel-bows-to-commercial-pressure-and-makes-way-for-an-office-tower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-excelsior-goes-out-with-a-bang-as-iconic-waterfront-hotel-bows-to-commercial-pressure-and-makes-way-for-an-office-tower\/","title":{"rendered":"The Excelsior goes out with a bang as iconic waterfront hotel bows to commercial pressure and makes way for an office tower"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nSeven hundred guests will bid farewell tonight to The Excelsior, as the iconic waterfront hotel prepares to close its doors on 46 years of Hong Kong history on Sunday to make way for an office tower.The lobby of the 869-room, four-star hotel will use original props and music to re-enact Revenge of the Pink Panther, the 1978 Peter Sellers comedy that was filmed in the same venue. Guests will fly in from as far away as London and Australia for a HK$4,844 Fond Farewell Package \u2013 inclusive of a\u2026
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
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