About Us

The history of the company that became The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels stretches back almost as far as Hong Kong itself. With the majority shareholding in the company acquired by the Kadoorie family in the early 1920s, and still run by their descendants today, the original Peninsula was built in 1928 and the ‘Grande Dame’ is Hong Kong’s only surviving historic hotel. The Kadoorie family built up a first-class group by acquisition and development in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Peking, now Beijing. Today our world-famous Peninsula Hotels brand of deluxe-plus comfort with unmatched service is represented by nine properties in Asia and America, with a tenth opening in Paris in 2013.