Four of The Peninsula Hotels' Properties Receive Top Honors from Readers of Conde Nast Traveler

Four of The Peninsula Hotels' luxury properties - The Peninsula Bangkok, The Peninsula Hong Kong, The Peninsula Chicago and The Peninsula Beverly Hills - have been awarded top honors from the readers of Condé Nast Traveler in its 16th Annual Readers' Choice Awards appearing in the November 2003 issue.

The Peninsula Bangkok, located on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River, was chosen as the number one hotel in all of Asia by the readers of Condé Nast Traveler. The Peninsula Hong Kong, The Peninsula Hotels' flagship property and known worldwide for its timeless elegance, was voted number two in the Top Five Asian Hotels, tied for this honor with the Four Seasons, Singapore.

The Peninsula Hotels' newest property, The Peninsula Chicago, ranked third in the Top Fifteen North American Hotels by the magazine's readers, and The Peninsula Beverly Hills ranked fifth in the same category.

Also, in the October 2003 issue of Condé Nast Traveler, The Peninsula Hotels was voted number one by readers in both the North American and International categories of the magazine's Business Travel Awards, with the three U.S. Peninsula properties taking the number three slot in the domestic "Value for Cost" survey, and the Asian hotels coming at number four in the international rankings for value.

"We value very highly the opinions of our guests and appreciate their continued support and honors that they have been bestowed upon us," said Clement Kwok, Chief Executive Officer of The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited, owner of The Peninsula Hotels. "The readers of Condé Nast Traveler have chosen our hotels as among the very best in the world and each staff member of The Peninsula Hotels deserves the credit for these awards, as they each strive every day to surpass the expectations of our guests."

Regarding Peninsula Hotels' top distinctions in the Business Travel Awards, the magazine wrote, "At the end of the day, business travelers want comfort - and no other hotel group on the planet provides it as well, apparently, as the seven urban Peninsula properties. Check-in is done in your room. Buttons on bedside panels let you draw the curtains, adjust the room temperature and flip on the DO NOT DISTURB sign. Bathrooms have both a speakerphone and a steam-free TV screen above the bathtub. And soon every room will come with high-speed wireless Internet access. The international properties - located in Bangkok, Hong Kong, Manila and Beijing - have the added distinction of achieving a near-perfect dining score (97.8)."