Parkroyal
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[edit] History
The first Parkroyal hotel opened in Melbourne, Australia in 1962.
In 1986, the world's first Parkroyal Saigon Floating Hotel with 186 rooms was built by Bethlehem Shipyard in Singapore and anchored in Queensland, Australia in 1987. The hotel was later towed across the Great Barrier Reef to the Saigon River in Vietnam and operated there till 1997.
In 1999, Parkroyal was the first Asia Pacific hotel chain to use the SAP R3 as its ERP accounting system.
On Jan, 18, 2000, Bass Hotels & Resorts purchased the Southern Pacific Hotels Corporation (SPHC) from the Pritzker family. SPHC managed or franchised 59 hotels throughout the Asia pacific. These included 24 hotels in Australia, 13 hotels in New Zealand, 8 in the Southern Pacific Islands and 14 in the rest of Asia. SPHC owned, leased, managed or franchised hotels under the name Parkroyal and Centra.
In 2002, UOL Group subsidiary Hotel Plaza Limited purchased the naming right of Parkroyal from Six Continents.
Parkroyal Hotels & Resorts Pte Ltd became the wholly owned subsidiary and hotel management arm of Hotel Plaza Limited
[edit] Location
Parkroyal hotels can be found in Asia Pacific and can be identified with its distinct Vanda orchid logo. The hotels include Parkroyal on Beach Road, Singapore, Parkroyal on Kitchener Road, Parkroyal Kuala Lumpur, Parkroyal Penang, Parkroyal Yangon and Parkroyal Saigon.
[edit] List of Hotels
| Name of Property | No. of Rooms | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Parkroyal on Beach Road | 350 rooms | Singapore |
| Parkroyal on Kitchener Road | 531 rooms | Singapore |
| Parkroyal Kuala Lumpur | 348 rooms | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Parkroyal Penang | 330 rooms | Penang, Malaysia |
| Parkroyal Saigon | 146 rooms | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
| Parkroyal Yangon | 359 rooms | Yangon, Myanmar |
