{"id":116774,"date":"2020-05-30T13:15:14","date_gmt":"2020-05-30T06:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/spooked-by-coronavirus-political-tension-seven-hotels-in-shanghai-and-hong-kong-likely-to-delay-scheduled-opening-dates\/"},"modified":"2020-05-30T14:08:52","modified_gmt":"2020-05-30T07:08:52","slug":"spooked-by-coronavirus-political-tension-seven-hotels-in-shanghai-and-hong-kong-likely-to-delay-scheduled-opening-dates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/spooked-by-coronavirus-political-tension-seven-hotels-in-shanghai-and-hong-kong-likely-to-delay-scheduled-opening-dates\/","title":{"rendered":"Spooked by coronavirus, political tension, seven hotels in Shanghai, and Hong Kong likely to delay scheduled opening dates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nAt least seven hotels in Shanghai and Hong Kong are expected to delay their scheduled opening dates this year due to the collapse in tourism amid the coronavirus pandemic. And the casualty list could grow even longer.A new report by property consultancy Knight Frank said five Shanghai hotels are likely to delay opening, including the Westbund Hotel Shanghai, with 219 rooms, the Xuhui Binjiang, the J Hotel, with 258 rooms, and the Ritz-Carlton Hongqiao, with 282 rooms.That\u2019s on top of two hotels\u2026&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : South China Morning Post&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/property\/hong-kong-china\/article\/3086653\/spooked-coronavirus-political-tension-seven-hotels\" target=\"_blank\">Spooked by coronavirus, political tension, seven hotels in Shanghai, and Hong Kong likely to delay scheduled opening dates<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; At least seven hotels in Shanghai and Hong Kong are expected to delay their scheduled&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-uns","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":158789,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kongs-peninsula-hotels-sees-surge-in-bleisure-travellers\/","url_meta":{"origin":116774,"position":0},"title":"Hong Kong\u2019s Peninsula Hotels sees surge in \u2018bleisure\u2019 travellers","date":"August 6, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Hong Kong has welcomed a new wave of travellers combining business and leisure, who have revitalised the city\u2019s luxury hotel sector, according to Benjamin Vuchot, the executive director and CEO of Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels (HSH), operator of The Peninsula Hotels. \u201cThe opportunity is primarily driven by business\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":115983,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kong-misery-forces-luxury-hoteliers-to-delay-1000-odd-new-rooms-with-market-at-disastrous-levels-due-to-coronavirus-and-anti-government-protests\/","url_meta":{"origin":116774,"position":1},"title":"Hong Kong misery forces luxury hoteliers to delay 1,000-odd new rooms with market at disastrous levels due to coronavirus and anti-government protests","date":"May 1, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Hong Kong\u2019s luxury hotel owners have postponed plans to add more than 1,000 new rooms to a \u201cdisastrous\u201d market still reeling from an economic slump caused by months of social unrest and the coronavirus outbreak.CK Asset Holdings has deferred the opening of its 840-room Hotel Alexandra in Fortress Hill\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":172322,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/peninsula-group-to-renovate-hong-kong-flagship-tokyo-hotel-in-us268m-project\/","url_meta":{"origin":116774,"position":2},"title":"Peninsula group to renovate Hong Kong flagship, Tokyo hotel in US$268m project","date":"August 5, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The owner of Hong Kong\u2019s iconic Peninsula hotel plans to invest HK$2.1 billion (US$268 million) to renovate its flagship hotel in the city and its Tokyo property, betting on the long-term strength of the luxury travel market despite geopolitical uncertainty and volatile consumer demand. 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