Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group – A Global Luxury Brand - Jardines

Innovative Dining Brings Acclaim
Mandarin Oriental hotels have long
been renowned for their excellence
and innovation in food and beverage
and for creating memorable dining
experiences. This is reflected in the
2011 Michelin Guide where no fewer
than nine diverse MOHG restaurants
around the world are honoured with a
total of 11 Michelin stars.
Increasingly, the Group is also being
acknowledged for its partnerships with
world-renowned chefs. These include
Chef Heston Blumenthal, who has won
international acclaim for his unique and
multi-sensory approach to cooking.
Blumenthal opened his first restaurant
Dinner outside of the village of Bray, at
Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London in
January 2011. Prior to this, in Spring 2010
Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park introduced
the award-winning cuisine of Lyon-born
chef Daniel Boulud in the French-inspired
bistro and wine bar, Bar Boulud, London.
Other talented members of the Mandarin
Oriental culinary team include Pierre
Guest-Centred Technology Enhances Stay
Guest-centred technology has always
been a prime feature of Mandarin
Oriental hotels and the group
MOHG continues to invest in the most advanced
technology.
Gagnaire who opened his first US
restaurant at Mandarin Oriental, Las
Vegas at the end of 2009 following his
successful debut at Mandarin Oriental,
Hong Kong and, in Barcelona, Chef
Carme Ruscalleda who is the Director
of the hotel’s signature restaurant,
Moments, and currently one of only a
few women in the world to be awarded
a total of five Michelin stars.
In Hong Kong, The Landmark
Mandarin Oriental’s two-star
Michelin restaurant, Amber, which
features the creative talent of Chef
Richard Ekkebus, was voted one of
the top 50 restaurants in the world, in
the prestigious San Pellegrino 2011
annual listing.
“With the opening of each new hotel
we have the opportunity to offer
guests the finest and most exciting
dining experiences available in the
hotel industry today,” said MOHG
Corporate Director of Food & Beverage
David Nicholls. “The latest chapter
continues to lead the hospitality
industry’s digital revolution.
Recent technological advances
include the launch of ‘MO Hotels’,
a travel application available in
the iTunes App Store, which offers
travellers the ability to make or
modify ‘real-time’ reservations,
review detailed hotel information,
explore destination guides
and more.
Both in-room and throughout its
hotels, MOHG has invested in the
most advanced technology available
to give guests connectivity, while
at the same time making it highly
personalized and easy to use.
is at Mandarin Oriental, Paris where
distinguished chef Thierry Marx has
been appointed Executive Chef and
Director of Food & Beverage and
oversees the hotel’s gastronomic
restaurant, Sur Mesure par
Thierry Marx.”
The interior of Dinner by Heston Blumenthal at
Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London.
One of the best examples can
be found at Mandarin Oriental,
New York, which offers a host of
guest personalized features such
as interconnected messaging
services, Cisco VOIP phones with
enhanced capabilities and in-room
conference call capabilities. The
rooms also include home theatrestyle
entertainment units with
surround sound speakers and an
extensive digital library of film and
TV programmes.
“We aim to provide technology that
is both efficient and seamless, and
which serves to enhance a guest’s
stay,” said MOHG Chief Information
Officer Monika Nerger.
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