chinmoylad

There is word going round that the rebrand of InterContinental HK won't be as big as one imagined (I assume Covid-19 had a part to play in that) - but it's just rumours at this stage.

If they really do revamp it to become a proper worldwide flagship hotel and bring it "back' to the Regent, but in the 2020s, then we're in for a treat. If it's just a few small fixes to the original building and interiors, then that will be hugely disappointing and will take away from the whole "The Regent is back"

I guess it remains to be seen and we'll only know once it's unveiled or more details are released - I really do hope they go full on here!

They also need to figure out what to do with some of their other hotels that you'd think aren't really in line with the "new" Regent (supposedly).

mecabq

The Four Seasons Provence was short-lived.

Kettering Northants QC

The Regent / FS / Anantara in Bangkok started life as The Peninsula many many years ago (1978) - The shopping centre next door is still called The Peninsula Plaza

Few other Mandarin Orientals
OK, not Luxury, but the Excelsior in HK, which I think was also their head office.and a big money earner for them by all accounts
The Bela Vista in Macau (now an embassy)
The Phuket Yacht Club became a MO for a few years before becoming a Royal Meridien and then the independent Nai Harn Hotel
MO Baan Taling Ngam in Ko Samui became the Intercontinental
I think they also ran, for a short while, one of the old Florida Beach hotels - was it The Breakers in Palm Beach

jbb

There have been a couple of de-flagged Fairmonts in Canada. The Fairmont Hotel Newfoundland in St. John's became a Sheraton and the Fairmont St. Andrews in New Brunswick became an Autograph Collection.

clubeurope

Some more in Bali (although admittedly not luxurious in the standard of FT):
The Grand Inna Bali Beach (apparently a terrible hotel nowadays) opened as the InterContinental Bali in the 60s. It was the first International chain hotel to open in Bali.

Both the Westin Nusa Dua Bali and the Laguna Luxury Collection Bali hotels opened as the Sheraton Nusa Indah and Sheraton Lagoon respectively. Interestingly back in the day, Sheraton (back then ITT Sheraton) operated some considerably luxurious properties, including the current St Regis New York. In fact, Luxury Collection was originally called Sheraton Luxury Collection.

The Hilton Bali - now Ayodya Resort Bali
Le Meridien Nirwana - later Pan Pacific Nirwana, now soon to be a TRUMP Resort
Grand Nikko Bali - now Hilton Bali
the other Chedi Ubud - now Alila Ubud

Furthermore, Raffles also had a few properties that has since been reflagged:
Raffles The Plaza Singapore - now Fairmont Singapore
Raffles Vier Jahreszeiten Hamburg - now Fairmont Vier Jahreszeiten
Raffles The Brown London - now a Rocco Forte Hotel
Raffles L'Ermitage Beverley Hills - now a Viceroy
Raffles Canouan (previously a Rosewood) - now Carnage Estate Resort
Raffles Tianjin - now Tangla Tianjin
Apparently they also four different plans for a Raffles in Bali... the first a 210 villa (?!) property in Jimbaran, then a 90 villa property in Dreamland Beach Jimbaran (opening this year as a Jumeirah), then another in Bukit Peninsula (now destined to be a Waldorf Astoria), and finally the current Raffles Bali coincidentally in... Jimbaran (opened last year).

Then there's also, the Patina (Capella's less luxurious but still luxurious brand which was meant to make its debut years ago) in Singapore opened as a Kempinski.

Alila
Alila Cha Am - now Hotel Cha Am
3 Nagas by Alila Luang Prabang - now 3 Nagas by MGallery
Alila Jakarta - now "Sparkluxe Hotel Jakarta" (yikes)
Alila Villas Hadahaa - now Park Hyatt Maldives
Alila Villas Lonudhua - never seemed to open? the island (Lonudhoo Hutta) seems abandoned on maps.

offerendum

I remember these days. Sheraton was quite different from today. My first Luxury Collection hotel was the Sheraton Munich (Arabella Sheraton, The Westin Grand).

stimpy

I stayed in those places in the 90's. But the most impressive ITT Sheraton hotels were the CIGA properties. Compagnia Italiana Grandi Alberghi. A few of which are still with Marriott to this day.

https://www.marriott.com/hotels/trav...-hotel-venice/

jja34-1

The CIGA properties were amazing. I still have a CIGA hanger or two in my closet. They haven't quite been the same since they became Starwood/Dorchester properties.

WheelsFirst

St. Regis Monarch Beach in Orange County, went independent for a while, is now a Waldorf-Astoria.

vuittonsofstyle

Rafael Hotels were extraordinary - allied to Amanresorts back in the day. Georg Rafael sold to Mandarin Oriental, so we lost a few, and those that remain are not what they were. The Mark in NYC was superb, as was Hôtel du Rhône in Geneva (now a MO business hotel). Pity.

BA_Jfan

The Trump Panama City is now a JW Marriott.

The Trump SoHo in New York is now independent and known as The Dominick.

The Jumeirah Essex House in NYC is now JW Marriott.

The former Rome Cavalieri Hilton is now Waldorf Astoria.

The Ritz Carlton Battery Park in New York became an independent hotel, The Wagner, which appears to be closed now. Ritz Carlton does still appear to manage the residences at the former hotel.

The Thompson New York was previously Starwood and LHW affiliated.

The Waldorf Chicago began it's life as the independent Elysian Hotel.

The forthcoming St Regis Chicago was supposed to be Wanda Vista, the first US property for the Asian brand.

The Ritz Carlton Al Wadi in Ras Al Khaima opened as a Banyan Tree.

The Gwen, a Marriott Luxury Collection in Chicago, was previously a Conrad.

The former Intercontinental Playa Bonita in Panama is now a Dreams, which recently joined Hyatt.

The Fairmont Copley Plaza in Boston was previously a Fairmont and Wyndham.

The David Citadel, an independent luxury hotel in Jerusalem, was previously with Hilton.

The Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi is now a Mandarin Oriental and was previously Kempinski.

Alila Napa Valley was previously Las Alcobas of the Marriott Luxury Collection.

Miami Beach's Eden Roc was previously part of Marriott's Renaissance brand.

The Ritz Carlton in Bal Harbour, FL used to be the independent One Bal Harbour.

The St Regis Washington DC was previously the independent Carlton Hotel and was also previously a Sheraton.

The former Capella Georgetown in Washington DC is now the Rosewood Washington DC.

jp-mco

St Regis Mauritius was recently rebranded as a JW Marriott. The new promotional video for the resort as a JW Marriott still contained a lot of the original St Regis branding. We stayed there back in 2013 not long after it opened and it was ok but the resort doesn't seem to have had much success since Bernard de Villele left and regularly gets poor reviews.

stimpy

?

It won't be the first Asian brand in the US. Ever heard of Prince?

BA_Jfan

It was supposed to be the first US property for Vista, a luxury brand by Wanda, an Asian company. Not the first Asian luxury brand in the US.

Apologies for the typo.

A number of Asian luxury brands have US properties. Aman, Peninsula, Mandarin Oriental etc.

offerendum

Not really a deflag in this case, as it's still a Hilton. They only changed the brand inside the group. It's like a RC getting a JW or a Crown Plata an Intercontinental.

Another example I didn't see so far is Grand Hotel Stockholm. Was an Intercontinental for a short time during the financial crisis. Bow independent again.