Raffles Hotel Le Royal

Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Located in the Daun Penh district, between Monivong Boulevard and Rukhak Vithei Daun Penh, the former Avenue du Maréchal Joffre.

Raffles Hotel Le RoyalPhnom Penh, Cambodia

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Opened: 1929
Rooms: 208rooms and suites
City: Phnom PenhCambodia
Setting: CityAsia

Practical information

Address: Raffles Hotel Le Royal
92 Rukhak Vithei Daun Penh
Sangkat Wat Phnom, Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Telephone: +855 23 981 888
Official website: www.raffles.com
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At a glance

208 rooms, among them individually named suites blending Khmer design and Art Deco touches.
Restaurant Le Royal (royal Khmer cuisine), the French brasserie Le Phnom 1929 and the Elephant Bar, known for its cocktails, gins and afternoon tea.
Raffles Spa with traditional Khmer treatments, plus a pool with its poolside terrace.
Located in the Daun Penh district, between Monivong Boulevard and Rukhak Vithei Daun Penh, the former Avenue du Maréchal Joffre.

History

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

1923 – 1924
A 55-room hotel for Phnom Penh is proposed, designed by Ernest Hébrard with Jean Desbois, as part of Hébrard’s plan to reshape the colonial city.
20 Nov. 1929
The Hotel Le Royal is inaugurated in the presence of King Sisowath Monivong, with a lavish buffet, dancing and an orchestra brought from Saigon.
22 Dec. 1931
L’Écho du Cambodge reports that M.L.F. de la Pousardière, director since the opening, is leaving and will be succeeded by Jean Baluteig.
1970 – 1975
Renamed Hotel Le Phnom under the Khmer Republic, it becomes a favourite refuge for journalists covering the Cambodian Civil War.
17 April 1975
After a Red Cross attempt to turn it into a neutral zone, the Khmer Rouge empty the hotel and its grounds as Phnom Penh falls.
1979
After the fall of the Khmer Rouge, the hotel reopens as the Hotel Samakki, or Solidarity Hotel.
1993
With the return of King Norodom Sihanouk, the hotel takes back the name Hotel Le Royal.
1997
Fully restored, it reopens as Raffles Hotel Le Royal.
2018
The hotel and its sister property in Siem Reap are sold to the Singapore-based Lodgis Hospitality Holdings.