The Mira Hong Kong is a hotel in
Tsim Sha Tsui,
Hong Kong. It has 492 rooms and suites, six restaurants and bars, and a spa centre. It was renovated in 2009 and became smoke-free in 2011.
The hotel is owned by
Miramar Hotel and Investment. It was designed by architect Edmond Wong. Interiors were designed by "lifestyle guru"
Colin Cowie
Colin Andrew Wilkie Cowie (born 3 January 1962) is an African-born American lifestyle advisor, author, interior designer and party planner.
Biography
Colin Cowie was born in Kitwe, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (now Zambia), and educat ...
.
History
From after 1911 until 1925, the site was occupied by the ''Club de Recreio'' (). The Club then moved to its present location at
King's Park along
Gascoigne Road.
The hotel was formerly named Hotel Miramar. It opened in 1948, with 32 rooms, as Hong Kong's first post-war hotel. A major expansion in 1953 added 160 new rooms.
It was purchased in 1957 from a Spanish mission by the founders of Miramar Hotel and Investment Company, Limited. A new wing was built in two phases, increasing the number of rooms to 380 by 1973.
The grand opening of the rebranded and redesigned hotel took place on 17 September 2009.
In 2013, after fleeing from
Hawaii,
Edward Snowden
Edward Joseph Snowden (born June 21, 1983) is an American and naturalized Russian former computer intelligence consultant who leaked highly classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA) in 2013, when he was an employee and su ...
stayed in The Mira for a total of 20 days wherein he leaked thousands of classified
National Security Agency (NSA) documents regarding
Global surveillance to journalists. His presence at the hotel was a global spectacle with a media frenzy surrounding it.
Laura Poitras
Laura Poitras (; born February 2, 1964) is an American director and producer of documentary films.
Poitras has received numerous awards for her work, including the 2015 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for ''Citizenfour'', about Edwa ...
created a documentary regarding these revelations named
Citizenfour
''Citizenfour'' is a 2014 documentary film directed by Laura Poitras, concerning Edward Snowden and the NSA spying scandal. The film had its US premiere on October 10, 2014, at the New York Film Festival and its UK premiere on October 17, 2014, ...
(which won the oscar award for best documentary (feature)
in 2015). It was completely shot inside the hotel.
The
short film ''
Verax'', regarding the 2013 global surveillance disclosures by Edward Snowden features the hotel.
The film's budget included a one night stay at The Mira, the most expensive item on the budget.
On 21 January 2019, a window fell from the hotel and killed a passerby walking on Nathan Road.
See also
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Mira Place
Mira Place() is a shopping centre in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is located at 132-134 Nathan Road, at the corner with Kimberley Road. It has six retail floors, a seven-level annexed podium and of shopping space with over 100 stores ...
– the connected shopping mall
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Citizenfour
''Citizenfour'' is a 2014 documentary film directed by Laura Poitras, concerning Edward Snowden and the NSA spying scandal. The film had its US premiere on October 10, 2014, at the New York Film Festival and its UK premiere on October 17, 2014, ...
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References
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Hotels in Hong Kong
Tsim Sha Tsui
Hotels established in 1948
Hotel buildings completed in 1948
1948 establishments in Hong Kong