Grand Pacific Hotel

Suva, Fiji. Located on Victoria Parade, overlooking Suva Harbour and facing Albert Park.

Grand Pacific HotelSuva, Fiji

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Practical information

113 rooms and suites across the heritage building and two newer wings.
Prince Albert and Levuka restaurants, the oceanfront Na Toba pool bar, the Steamship Bar and a bakery.
Swimming pool, day spa, gym and sauna.
Located on Victoria Parade, overlooking Suva Harbour and facing Albert Park.

12 dates, written by Grand Hotels of the World from the sources below.

1910
Sir James Mills of the Union Steamship Company commissions a hotel for transpacific passengers, designed by Salmond & Vanes of Dunedin like an ocean liner.
23 May 1914
The hotel opens on reclaimed land, with liner-style rooms and a wrap-around veranda overlooking the harbour.
1916
Somerset Maugham stays and leaves a characteristically sharp account of the hotel.
April 1920
First royal visit: Edward, Prince of Wales, is received at the hotel during his tour aboard HMS Renown.
6 June 1928
Charles Kingsford Smith and his crew, on the first flight across the Pacific from the United States to Australia, are honoured with a ball.
1953
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip stay for the first time, returning in 1973, 1977 and 1982.
1960
Under Cathay Hotels, an air-conditioned wing of 45 rooms and a swimming pool are added; the façade is briefly painted pink.
1962
Noël Coward spends two weeks at the hotel.
1992
Sold in 1988 to the Nauru Phosphate Royalties Trust, the ageing hotel closes.
24 May 2014
Restored as a five-star hotel by a Fijian and Papua New Guinean joint venture, it reopens in time for its centenary.
2018
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex stay in the Royal Suite.
July 2020
InterContinental Hotels Group takes over management, with a rebranding planned after renovation.