Honiara Hotel
The Honiara Hotel is located in Chinatown in Honiara, Solomon Islands. It is a 56-room establishment which has different grades of rooms catering to the affordable levels of its customers. There are 13 non-air-conditioned rooms which are double bedded rooms with shared bathrooms, 26 "standard" air-conditioned rooms with facilities of attached bath and a refrigerator.[1]
A funicular elevator is provided to reach the terrace where there are 12 deluxe rooms and five executive rooms. A swimming pool, bar and restaurant are part of the hotel.[1]
The hotel serves continental breakfast as buffet which is part of the room fare.[1]
Events
During the April/May 2006 riots in Honiara, Sir Tommy Chan, owner of the Honiara Hotel, a naturalised Chinese of the Islands, the hotel and his son's shop were targeted for attack but escaped due to support from some islanders, Christian brotherhood and the police.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 Stanley 2004, p. 994.
- ↑ Dinnen & Firth 2008, pp. 81–82.
Bibliography
- Stanley, David (2004). South Pacific. David Stanley. ISBN 978-1-56691-411-6.
- Sinclair Dinnen; Stewart Firth (May 2008). Politics and State Building in Solomon Islands. ANU E Press. ISBN 978-1-921313-66-0.