article_snippet: Built in 1887 it had the lethal combination of elegance, style and sophistication as well as knowing how to throw a rip roaring party.
article_snippet: Facade of Hotel taken in 1921.
article_snippet: Hotel opened in 1887 and became known for Hotel glamorous guests .
article_snippet: When Hotel opened on 1 December 1887 Hotel had just 10 rooms and was a bungalow-style building overlooking the beach and the South China Sea.
article_snippet: In 1890 a pair of two storey wings with 22 new suites were added.
article_snippet: The hotelier family enlisted the help of R. A. J Bidwell from the architecture firm Swan & Maclaren to build the main building in 1899.
article_snippet: A picture of Hotel in 1887, the year it opened, when there were only ten rooms for guests to stay in .
highlights_snippet: Hotel opened in 1887 and  became a much loved British colonial bolt-hole .
  