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<\/a>Aside from the marine theme of the hotel\u2019s exterior and interior designs, Kensington Jeju Hotel\u2019s concept is inspired by various artists with the lobby gallery having elements of sky, wind, mountains, and sea.<\/p>\n
A 24-meter wall in the central lobby is also where you will find the porcelain mural of Zhu, Le Geng, the leading porcelain artist of China, named Life in Bloom. In another wall, you can see an ink painting of Jia, Hao Yi, also a Chinese artist.<\/p>\n
Kensington Jeju Hotel has 221 rooms, at least three of which are presidential suite rooms.<\/p>\n
During a tour, Stella Park, the hotel\u2019s concierge, showed us around the top of one of the presidential suite rooms, which is 176 square meters in size. It has one bedroom, two bathrooms, a study, a living room, and a veranda that has its own Jacuzzi.<\/p>\n
The presidential suites have their own themes such as golf, marina, and traditional Korean.<\/p>\n
Park says most of their guests here are VIPs and a night would cost more than $5,000.<\/p>\n
A notch lower, Park also showed us around their 82-square-meter suite room, which has a kitchenette and a living room complete with complementary items as well as a veranda overlooking the hotel property and Jeju Island\u2019s scenic ranges. A night here would cost no less than a $1,000.<\/p>\n
Though their rooms are really luxurious, not only is Kensington Jeju Hotel the best of the E Land brands because of that but also because of their amenities.<\/p>\n
The hotel has three swimming pools, one partly indoor and outdoor, and another one, which is an infinity pool at the top of its six-floor facility. The infinity pool, called \u201cSkyfinity\u201d is accessible only for adults. Warm water is used for all their pools.<\/p>\n
It also has three restaurants, an Italian, a Korean, and a buffet restaurant.<\/p>\n
Another E Land property in Jeju is the Kensington Resort where 250,000 people a year stays, half of the total of the visitor arrivals in the CNMI.<\/p>\n
It is a quiet resort that is frequented by Korean guests and is catered to families and couples. It is closer to nature with its wide garden lined on both sides by two river, which flows from Jeju\u2019s highest peak down to the ocean.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe main purpose why we\u2019re here is we want to show what the value, what kind of items, what kind of condition of the hotel that we\u2019re going to open for Kensington Saipan,\u201d Ted Jung said.<\/p>\n
For Marianas Visitors Authority managing director Perry Tenorio, it is an opportunity for the Saipan community to see what Kensington has in store for the CNMI.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think us being here is a very positive sign that Kensington is moving forward with the opening of their property,\u201d Tenorio said.<\/p>\n
Aside from hotels and resorts, E Land Group also has industries in fashion and retail, restaurants, interior design, construction, and furniture.<\/p>\n
Last year, their total revenue reached up to $10 billion.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt just goes to show how diverse and big E Land is. And for them to choose the CNMI is really a complement,\u201d Tenorio said.<\/p>\n
The E Land Group, which acquired the former Palms Resort to open and re-brand as Kensington Hotel Saipan, was earlier set to open on December. But due to challenges on Saipan the past months, it has been moved to a later date.<\/p>\n
Jung said E Land will make the official announcement of their opening on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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