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Taiwan Review

New Rooms for Tourists

January 01, 1965
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Only a decade ago, Taiwan had two hotels of international standard and about 100 rooms. Today's hostelries add up to more than a score and the room count is nearing 3,000. Most are in Taipei, but several have been newly opened close to some of the scenic wonders of the "island beau­tiful." All of Taiwan's tourist ho­tels offer Western comfort and air-conditioning. Most have both Western and excellent Chinese food. Many have attractive Chinese decor. Still the grand dame of the Taipei inns is the colorful Grand Hotel. The ground floor lobby of its new Chilin Pavilion is shown below. Other top hotels are the President and Ambassador, both opened in 1964. The Mandarin near the airport will be opened this year.

 

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Ambassador Hotel of 300 rooms opened in December and immediately became a favored headquarters for international conferences. Its banquet hall can accom­modate 1,000 persons and is ideal setting for large meetings. Foods of several lands are offered, and there is sky lounge and sup­per club. Only the Ambassador and Grand have swimming pools. Ground floor lobby of Ambassador (top) has floor of Taiwan marble. Comfortable cocktail lounge (bottom) is swank rendezvous.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Smaller hostelries are good and give fine service and outstanding food at reason­able prices. Among them is the Oriental, which offers comparative times in the world's leading cities at its main desk (top). One feature of the Grand Hotel is its hand-carved, Taiwan-made furniture, which lends ornate attractiveness to one of its cocktail areas (bottom).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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In beauty, food, and entertain­ment, the hotels of Taipei com­pare favorably with any in the world. Graceful staircase at Pres­ident rises beside an indoor waterfall (left, top). Ambassador's banquet and confer­ence room (left, bottom) has stage, projection room, and sound equipment permitting simul­taneous translation of four languages. Champagne Room at Pres­ident (right, top) is intimate night club with music, dancing, and romantic view of Taipei. The First Hotel has several restaurants and night spots, among them the very popular Hsi-lin-men (right, bottom).

 

 

 

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Guest rooms of Taiwan's hotels are modern and comfortable. The price range at the smaller inns is from US$3 up — with a luxurious suite for only $25. One of the Grand Hotel suites is shown on this page — attractive sitting room (left, top) and twin bed chamber (left, bottom). Ambassador has rooms opening on outdoor pool and orchid garden on the fourth floor (right, top). The suites at President are decorated artistically (right, bottom).

 

 

 

 

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Chinese palace-style decoration adds color and grace to both interiors and exteriors of many island hostelries. The Grand Hotel is noted for graceful roof lines and for fine artistry of the interior decoration. Examples are the gold-etched carving of lion in balustrade (top) and the mythical Chilin monster of an intricate screen. Ambassador lends a modern touch to Chinese innkeeping with its outdoor swimming pool. Panoramic view of Taipei is afforded from patio observation deck.


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