Opened 1990 | Number of rooms 538 | |
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Former names The Grand Formosa Regent Similar Grand Hyatt Taipei, Grand Hotel, Zhongshan Station, W Hotel, Raohe Street Night Mar | ||
Regent Taipei (Chinese: 晶華酒店; pinyin: Jīnghuá Jiǔdiàn) is a luxury hotel in Taipei, Taiwan. It opened in 1990 as the Regent Taipei, and later became the Grand Formosa Regent before reverting to its current name. It is owned and operated by Taiwan-based FIH Regent Group.
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History
Regent Taipei was conceptualised in 1973 by Formosa International Hotels founder, S.R. Pan, upon the need for a luxury hotel in Taipei. This was later realised in 1984 when Y.H. Chen of Tuntex Group cooperated with Pan to build this hotel. An agreement with Regent International Hotels was signed the same year to manage the hotel. The hotel opened in 1990 as The Regent Taipei. In 2011, the hotel name was reverted to Regent Taipei after being titled Grand Formosa Regent for 17 years.
Restaurants and shops
The hotel is home to Azie Grand Cafe, one of the eight restaurants housed within Regent Taipei. The restaurant's signature beef noodles was named a multiple-award winner at the Taipei Beef Noodle Festival. In 2015, its beef noodles was named to be one of the best in Taipei by CNN Travel.
In addition to the eight restaurants, Regent Taipei also houses Regent Galleria, a luxury shopping mall which is home to numerous international brands like Goyard, Chanel, Louis Vuitton and Bang & Olufsen. Also located within Regent Galleria is one of the seven international branches of Paris-based, Japanese patisserie, Sadaharu Aoki.
In popular culture
The hotel's lobby and entrance was featured in 2014 film Lucy by Luc Besson.
