Parkroyal

The first Parkroyal hotel opened in Melbourne, Australia in 1962.
In 1986, the world's first Parkroyal Saigon Floating Hotel with 186 rooms was built by Bethlehem Shipyard in Singapore and anchored in Queensland, Australia in 1987. The hotel was later towed across the Great Barrier Reef to the Saigon River in Vietnam and operated there till 1997. Parkroyal Saigon returned to Vietnam in January 2008 and this time as the first atrium style hotel .
Parkroyal is one of the hotel chains that uses forefront information technology. In 1999, Parkroyal is one of the first hotel chain in the world to use the SAP R3 ERP and FCS Winsuite software for its hotels. In 2002, Parkroyal is the first hotel chain in Malaysia to use the Micros Fidelio Opera Property Management System and Material Control system.
On January 18, 2000, Bass Hotels & Resorts purchased the Southern Pacific Hotels Corporation (SPHC) from the Pritzker family. SPHC managed or franchised 59 hotels throughout the Asia pacific. These included 24 hotels in Australia, 13 hotels in New Zealand, 8 in the Southern Pacific Islands and 14 in the rest of Asia. SPHC owned, leased, managed or franchised hotels under the name Parkroyal and Centra. 
 
In 2002, UOL Group subsidiary Hotel Plaza Limited purchased the naming right of Parkroyal from Six Continents.
Parkroyal Hotels & Resorts Pte Ltd became the wholly owned subsidiary and hotel management arm of Hotel Plaza Limited
In 2011, the Parkroyal brand marked its return to its birth city of Melbourne where it was founded in 1962 when it took over Hilton Melbourne Airport's premises.
==Location==
Parkroyal can be found in key cities or major gateways in Asia Pacific and can be identified with its distinct Vanda orchid logo. The hotels include Parkroyal on Beach Road, Singapore, Parkroyal on Kitchener Road, Parkroyal Darling Harbour Sydney, Parkroyal Parramatta Sydney, Parkroyal Melbourne Airport Tullamarine, Parkroyal Kuala Lumpur, Parkroyal Penang, Parkroyal Yangon and Parkroyal Saigon.
==List of Hotels==
Name of Property 	No. of Rooms	Location
Parkroyal on Beach Road 	350 rooms 	Singapore
Parkroyal on Kitchener Road 	531 rooms 	Singapore
Parkroyal Serviced Suites 	90 rooms 	Singapore
Parkroyal Melbourne Airport 	276 rooms 	Australia
Parkroyal Darling Harbour Sydney	345 rooms 	Australia
Parkroyal Parramatta 	531 rooms 	Australia
Parkroyal Kuala Lumpur 	348 rooms 	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Parkroyal Serviced Residences 	288 rooms 	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Parkroyal Penang 	330 rooms 	Penang, Malaysia
Parkroyal Saigon 	146 rooms 	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Parkroyal Yangon 	359 rooms 	Yangon, Myanmar
 	 	
==External links==
*Official site
*New Melbourne Airport site
Category:Hotel chains