246:. Their design of the hotel was to make the passengers think they had never gone ashore, with rooms designed like first-class staterooms, complete with saltwater bathrooms and plumbing fixtures identical to those on an ocean liner. All rooms were on the second floor, and guests could step outside on a 15-foot (4.6 m)-wide veranda overlooking the harbour and walk completely around the building — as if walking on the deck. The style was colonial in emphasis, with high ceilings, louvred French doors and the wrap-around verandah that were all designed to maximise cool comfort in the tropical climate. Construction of the hotel in reinforced ferro-concrete was undertaken by Hall Hogg & Company of Dunedin, and the Hotel opened on 23 May 1914.
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termed, is a little world in itself, the like of which cannot, perhaps, be seen anywhere else. Tourists from all countries, and speaking all languages, assemble in the great public hall, and there are dancing and feasting, music and chatter. Natives dressed in fantastic garbs come to sell curios, beads, and mats. There is a continuous stream of motor-cars coming and going, and their tooting is deafening. The whole scene is one of the gayest and most animated imaginable, and there is little wonder that Suva is fast becoming one of the most attractive places for the globe-trotter and tourist.
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landed his plane into Albert Park near the hotel, having flown from
California, en route to Australia to complete the first trans-Pacific flight from the United States to Australia. Before his departure, a ball was held in his and his crew's honour at the Grand Pacific Hotel on 6 June 1928. In July
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One thing Suva can boast of is the possession of the most palatial hotel in the
Southern Hemisphere. It was here that the Prince of Wales was entertained. On steamer days — that is, when steamers are in from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and America — the 'G.P.H.', as this comfortable hotel is
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However, with a gradual return to stability the Fijian
Government restarted attempts to reopen the hotel, with the government-run Fijian Investment Corporation Ltd (FICL) assisting a joint venture between Papua New Guinea's Superannuation Fund (NASFUND), Fiji National Provident Fund (FNPF), and
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British royal family visited Fiji, they stood atop the wrought-iron portico, the "bow" of the Grand Pacific, and addressed their subjects massed across Victoria Parade in Albert Park. The first Royal visit occurred in April 1920, with the reception of
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February 1915, former Australian Prime Minister
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was a guest at the hotel and provided a characteristically acerbic description of his stay there, noting: "It is cool and empty ... The servants are Hindus, silent and vaguely hostile ... the food is very bad but the rooms are pleasant, fresh and cool."
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expropriated the property with the intention of restoring and reopening the hotel. However, financial constraints and a decline in tourism as a result of political instability in the country, with coups occurring in
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attended a state dinner at the hotel to celebrate Fiji’s
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on 8 August 2011. NASFUND has a 50% stake, while FNPF and Lamana have 25% stakes each. It was restored to a
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returned to Suva again en-route to Australia in February 1927, this time with
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