14 Green Rolls Royce Phantoms Haunt Hong Kong’s Peninsula Hotel According to Luxury Car Portal Robb Report
A neat article in the Robb Report discusses the long association between Hong Kong’s Peninsula Hotel and elite luxury carmaker Rolls-Royce.
The relationship between Rolls Royce and the hotel even made it into a Bond film. The Rolls-Royces replaced Ford Fairlanes that the hotel was originally going to retire in favor of Lincoln sedans.
However, two things closed the deal for the formerly British elite car maker: some sneaky tax breaks for buying British products and the cost of converting the left hand drive Lincolns.
The Rolls Royces were only slightly more expensive than their American competitors from Ford once these factors were considered. The hotel decided that getting the prestige of Rolls-Royce was worth an extra 20%.
Although they described by the hotel as courtesy cars, the Rolls Royces are actually a service that the hotel charges guests for. Hong Kong Hotel guests can rent a Rolls-Royce in Hong Kong for about what the same Rolls Royce rental in Dallas costs. Rental of the hotels green Phantoms is $150 an hour, but they must be obliging to travelers who want daily Rolls Royce rental. In Dallas, fine hotels such as the W have great amenities but nothing like a fleet of Rolls Royces.
Check out some great writing by Gregory Anderson on what has to be one of the world’s finest hotels and its famous fleet of Green Phantom V Rolls Royces.
http://www.robbreport.com/Articles/Wheels/Late-Model-Luxury-Cars/Feature-Uncommon-Courtesy-2.asp
Eric on July 28th 2007 in Exotic Car Rental