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LANGHAM CROSSES ATLANTIC WITH FIRST BRANDED PROPERTY IN NORTH AMERICA
Le Meridien Boston to become the Langham, Boston from January 1st 2004.
Hong Kong, 8th September 2003 – Great Eagle Holdings Limited announces that the management agreement with the Meridien Group in relation to its wholly owned Le Meridien Boston Hotel will expire as scheduled on 31 December, 2003.
Langham Hotels International Limited - formerly known as Great Eagle Hotels International Limited and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Great Eagle, will take over the management of the Hotel, continuing to operate it as the Langham Hotel, Boston together with Great Eagle's other equally deluxe properties, the Langham, London and the Langham Hotel, Hong Kong.
The Boston hotel opened as Le Meridien Boston in 1981 within the building that originally housed the former Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and has been successfully operated by Meridien as one of the City's top hotels located in the Financial District. It is a luxury 326 room property located close also to the heart of Boston's downtown historic districts, all within easy walking distance such as City Hall, Boston Common, the Freedom Trail, Faneuil Hall and the popular Quincy Market.
The Langham, Boston will continue as a member of The Leading Hotels of the World, providing its customers with the additional advantage of links to those associated and exclusively deluxe properties throughout the world, in addition to those of Langham Hotels International.
Editor's Note:
Great Eagle is one of Hong Kong's leading property and hotel companies. Headquartered in Hong Kong, Great Eagle develops, invests in and manages high quality office, retail, residential and hotel properties in Hong Kong, North America and Europe.
Great Eagle was founded in 1963 and was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 1972.
Langham Hotels International takes its name from The Langham, London that Great Eagle purchased in 1996, and upgraded and extended in 2000. The Langham London, originally built in 1865 as Europe's first Grand Hotel, was reopened in 1991 as the present luxury hotel after it had been substantially reconstructed and refurbished. It continues to attract many discerning North American visitors to London with its superior luxury service and Victorian charm, as it did with its former famous clients like Mark Twain, Wallis Simpson and many others.
Langham Hotels International management consists of senior hotel personnel, with international experience who have been responsible for the growth and asset management of Great Eagle's expanding international hotel portfolio since 1995 and the management of Great Eagle's properties in Hong Kong, a city renowned for its highest standards in luxury hotels. The taking over of the management of the Boston hotel reflects the move of Langham Hotels International into direct management in North America where the Group has further interest to expand. Langham Hotels International is currently preparing for the opening in July 2004 of Langham Place Hotel, its second five star property in Hong Kong.
The latest move to convert Le Meridien Boston to a Langham branded property comes shortly after an earlier announcement that Langham Hotels International would also assume management of the Langham, London Hilton when the current contract with Hilton expires there in May 2004.
For enquiries, please contact:
Langham Hotels International
Mr. Kevin B. Murphy
Vice President - Marketing & Development
Tel: (852) 2710 1888 Fax: (852) 2736 1331
Email: kevin.murphy@langhamhotels.com
Website: www.langhamhotels.com
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