Caught between inside and outside, the 40-year-old Ambassador Hotel in Kaohsiung will be closed

Located in Kaohsiung City, the well-known five-star hotel Ambassador Hotel, which has a history of 40 years, will close its business, and the original site will be rebuilt into a mansion building as soon as 2 to 3 years. This is the first five-star hotel in Kaohsiung to close under the impact of the new crown epidemic, and the industry is filled with a sad atmosphere.

The original site of the Ambassador Hotel Kaohsiung will be converted into a mansion building. (Image source: Facebook)

According to the comprehensive Hong Kong China News Agency and the Central News Agency, the hotel director said that Kaohsiung's population has been losing, the tourism industry has been sluggish for a long time, and it has been operating very hard before the outbreak of the epidemic, and the epidemic is worse. On the other hand, there are new international hotel chains that continue to enter the market, and Kaohsiung's local five-star hotels have suffered internal and external attacks, so they decided to close their businesses. There may be other hotels closing in the future.

The Ambassador Hotel said that in order to revitalize the company's assets and enhance the use value of assets, the board of directors has authorized the chairman to discuss the cooperation and development of The State Guest in Kaohsiung, and is currently negotiating with real estate developers. It is reported that the reconstruction was jointly developed by Continental Construction and the Ambassador Hotel and the Welfare Company, and the future will adopt a joint holding and sales model. The follow-up will apply for the reconstruction plan for the elderly, and it is estimated that the luxury house construction project will be launched in 2024.

The 40-year-old Ambassador Hotel Kaohsiung is located in the first row of the ai river bank and close to the new Bay Area of Asia, with a good location and excellent landscape view. Industry insiders estimate that the land and construction costs alone will exceed NT$10 billion, and future sales are bound to become a major kaohsiung mansion case.

Under the influence of the epidemic, Taiwan's tourism industry can be described as a dismal operation, before the Announcement of the Closure of the Ambassador Hotel, the Hua Guo Hotel in Taipei, which has a history of more than 50 years, was also unable to withstand the impact of the epidemic, and it was previously rumored that the lights would be turned off as soon as October 31 this year.

Wu Yunjia, director of the marketing planning department of Huaguo, confirmed that there was originally a plan to turn off the lights, the main reason is that the building has a history of more than 50 years, the landlord Taiwan Life Insurance has been doing the reconstruction of the old and the more planned, originally hoped to directly connect the "MRT Shilin Station TOD Transfer Facility Space Revitalization Case" is expected to open at the end of 2023, but due to the impact of the epidemic, the next year may not see the dawn, before deciding to terminate the contract in advance.

Wu Yunjia said that October 31 is not the final lights out day, it may be one to two months, and the employees will transfer to the new hotel or the new restaurant according to their wishes. (End)