Boac Hotel To Open Soon

BO AC's interest in Hong Kong is not confined to the festival; through BOAC associated companies it is also involved in the building of the new Hong Kong Excelsior Hotel, which will open later this year. It is a first-class hotel, 32 stories high, with just over 1,000 rooms, located on the Victoria end of the under harbour tunnel. The Excelsior will have 400-600 rooms available for occupancy by November 1, together with all public facilities, and the entire hotel will be open before the end of 1972. Altogether the hotel will have 56 single bedrooms, 775 twin bedrooms, 156 double bedrooms and eight suites equivalent to two twin bedrooms each. It has a main restaurant seating 300 people, a Japanese restaurant, a coffee shop and four bars, including a rooftop bar with a magnificent view of Hong Kong harbour. The hotel's other facilities include 11 shops, four boutiques, four private dining/reception rooms, conference facilities for up to 400 people and a bridge that connects the Excelsior to a large shopping arcade in an adjacent building.