Peninsula Hotels assesses $130m Yangon plan amid coup turmoil

Luxury chain expects another operating loss this year due to pandemic

20210317 Peninsula Yangon

The former headquarters of the old Myanmar Railway Co. is being transformed into the Peninsula Yangon. (Photo provided by Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels)

KENJI KAWASE, Nikkei Asia chief business news correspondent

HONG KONG -- Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, operator of the upmarket Peninsula hotel brand, is reassessing its project in Myanmar's largest city in the aftermath of the military coup and continuing bloodshed that has thrown the country into turmoil.

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