The Mira Hong Kong
22°18′1″N114°10′20″E/ 22.30028°N 114.17222°E
| The Mira Hong Kong | |
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 The Mira Hong Kong | |
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| General information | |
| Location | 118Nathan Road,Tsim Sha Tsui,Hong Kong[1] |
| Opening | 1948 |
| Management | Miramar Hotel and Investment |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Edmond Wong |
The Mira Hong Kongis a hotel inTsim Sha Tsui,Hong Kong.It has 492 rooms and suites, six restaurants and bars, and a spa centre. It was renovated in 2009 and became smoke-free in 2011.
The hotel is owned byMiramar Hotel and Investment.It was designed by architect Edmond Wong. Interiors were designed by "lifestyle guru"Colin Cowie.[2][3][4]
History
[edit]From after 1911 until 1925, the site was occupied by theClub de Recreio(Tây dương ba hội). The Club then moved to its present location atKing's ParkalongGascoigne Road.[5]
The hotel was formerly namedHotel Miramar.It opened in 1948, with 32 rooms, as Hong Kong's first post-war hotel. A major expansion in 1953 added 160 new rooms.[6]It was purchased in 1957 from a Spanish mission by the founders of Miramar Hotel and Investment Company, Limited.[7]A new wing was built in two phases, increasing the number of rooms to 380 by 1973.[6]
The grand opening of the rebranded and redesigned hotel took place on 17 September 2009.[8]
In 2013, after fleeing fromHawaii,Edward Snowdenstayed in The Mira for a total of 20 days[9]wherein he leaked thousands of classifiedNational Security Agency(NSA) documents regardingglobal surveillanceto journalists.[10][11]His presence at the hotel was a global spectacle with a media frenzy surrounding it.Laura Poitrascreated a documentary regarding these revelations namedCitizenfour(which won theAcademy Award for Best Documentary Feature Filmin 2015[12]). It was completely shot inside the hotel.
Theshort filmVerax,regarding the 2013 global surveillance disclosures by Edward Snowden features the hotel.[13]The film's budget included a one night stay at The Mira, the most expensive item on the budget.[14]
On 21 January 2019, a window fell from the hotel and killed a passerby walking on Nathan Road.[15]
See also
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- Mira Place– the connected shopping mall
- Citizenfour
References
[edit]- ^[1]ArchivedJanuary 31, 2010, at theWayback Machine
- ^"Hotel Wedding Venue & Meeting Facilities".themirahotel.com.Archived fromthe originalon 17 July 2011.
- ^"The Mira Hotel photos:: Hotel Design".hoteldesign.nu.18 December 2009. Archived fromthe originalon 20 March 2012.Retrieved28 February2015.
- ^"The Mira Hotel, Hong Kong | We Heart; Lifestyle & Design Magazine".Weheart.co.uk. 27 October 2010.Retrieved28 February2015.
- ^"Historic Building Appraisal: Cheung Chan theatre"(PDF).Lcsd.gov.hk. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 22 September 2013.Retrieved28 February2015.
- ^ab"Miramar still a firm favourite".South China Morning Post.25 May 1986.
- ^"Miramar Milestones".miramar-group.com.Archived fromthe originalon 17 December 2010.
- ^"Grand Opening of The Mira Hong Kong".Archived fromthe originalon 10 April 2011.Retrieved20 April2011.
- ^Kao, Ernest (12 June 2013)."Whistle-blower Edward Snowden splurges on high-priced hideout".South China Morning Post.
- ^Taylor, Adam (10 June 2013)."Edward Snowden Reportedly 'Checked Out' Of Hong Kong Hotel Mira".Business Insider.
- ^Greenwald, Glenn; MacAskill, Ewen; Poitras, Laura (11 June 2013)."Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations".The Guardian.
- ^"The 87th Academy Awards, 2015".oscars.org.Archived fromthe originalon 5 May 2023.
- ^"Hong Kong directors make first Snowden film | South China Morning Post".Scmp.com.Retrieved28 February2015.
- ^Patrick Frater (1 July 2013)."Edward Snowden Short Film Team Delivers Digital Snap Shot".Variety.Retrieved28 February2015.
- ^Cheng, Kris (21 January 2019)."Police arrest hotel cleaner after tourist killed by falling window in Tsim Sha Tsui".Hong Kong Free Press.
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