Regent Taipei

Regent Taipei
晶華酒店
Former names The Grand Formosa Regent
General information
Address No 3, Lane 39, Section 2, ZhongShan N, Rd. Taipei 104, Taiwan ROC
Opened 1990
Other information
Number of rooms 538

Regent Taipei (Chinese: 晶華酒店; pinyin: Jīng Huá Jiǔdiàn) is a luxury hotel located in Taipei, Taiwan. It opened in 1990 as The Regent Taipei, and later became The Grand Formosa Regent before reverting to its current name.[1] It is owned and operated by Taiwan-based FIH Regent Group.

History

Regent Taipei was conceptualised in 1973 by Formosa International Hotels founder, S.R. Pan, upon the need for a luxury hotel in Taipei. This was later realised in 1984 when Y.H. Chen of Tuntex Group cooperated with Pan to build this hotel. An agreement with Regent International Hotels was signed the same year to manage the hotel. The hotel opened in 1990 as The Regent Taipei. In 2011, the hotel name was reverted to Regent Taipei after being titled Grand Formosa Regent for 17 years.[1]

In 2013, the hotel was selected by director Luc Besson, to be one of the shooting location for his film, and subsequently appeared in 2014-film Lucy.[2]

Notable Guests

Since its opening, Regent Taipei has hosted many famous guests including Michael Jackson, Beyoncé, Girls’ Generation, Maroon 5, Mariah Carey, Super Junior, CNBLUE, Diana Ross, Lady Gaga, Tom Cruise, Norman Reedus, Keanu Reeves, Sophie Marceau, model Cindy Crawford, designer Vivienne Westwood, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, and Lakers player Jeremy Lin.

Restaurants and Shops

The hotel is home to Azie Grand Cafe, one of the eight restaurants housed within Regent Taipei. The restaurant's signature beef noodles was named a multiple-award winner at the Taipei Beef Noodle Festival. In 2015, its beef noodles was named to be one of the best in Taipei by CNN Travel.[3]

In addition to the eight restaurants, Regent Taipei also houses Regent Galleria, a luxury shopping mall which is home to numerous international brands like Goyard, Chanel, Louis Vuitton and Bang & Olufsen. Also located within Regent Galleria is one of the seven international branches of Paris-based, Japanese patisserie, Sadaharu Aoki.[4]

The hotel's lobby and entrance was featured in 2014 film Lucy by Luc Besson.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Regent Taipei" (PDF). Regent Hotels. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  2. 1 2 "'Lucy' shooting ends with praise - Taipei Times". www.taipeitimes.com. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  3. ↑ CNN, Dave Tacon, for. "Taipei's best beef noodles". CNN. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  4. ↑ "shops in Taipei : pâtisserie Sadaharu AOKI paris". www.sadaharuaoki.com. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
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Coordinates: 25°03′15″N 121°31′27″E / 25.0541°N 121.5242°E / 25.0541; 121.5242

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