{"id":67634,"date":"2017-09-28T08:28:07","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T01:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/in-pictures-five-iconic-features-of-the-excelsior-hotel\/"},"modified":"2017-09-28T09:03:29","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T02:03:29","slug":"in-pictures-five-iconic-features-of-the-excelsior-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/in-pictures-five-iconic-features-of-the-excelsior-hotel\/","title":{"rendered":"In pictures: five iconic features of the Excelsior hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe Excelsior hotel in Hong Kong\u2019s Causeway Bay has been thrusted into the media spotlight again on Wednesday after its parent company, Mandarin Oriental International said it withdrew the sale of the property as it did not receive bids that met its expectations.
\nDespite its current plight, the Excelsior hotel is a significant landmark in Hong Kong. Once Hong Kong\u2019s largest hotel and the backdrop for the famous film, The Revenge of the Pink Panther, the Excelsior hotel has stood the…
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
\nRead more…In pictures: five iconic features of the Excelsior hotel<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Excelsior hotel in Hong Kong\u2019s Causeway Bay has been thrusted into the media spotlight...<\/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-67634","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-hAS","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":99400,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kongs-iconic-excelsior-hotel-to-shut-in-march-2019-for-redevelopment-into-offices\/","url_meta":{"origin":67634,"position":0},"title":"Hong Kong\u2019s iconic Excelsior hotel to shut in March 2019 for redevelopment into offices","date":"October 9, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The Excelsior, the iconic waterfront hotel built on the very first plot of land sold during the British colonial era, will shut at the end of March next year for redevelopment into an office tower, according to its owner. 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