Royal Lees Hotel, the renowned five-star business hotel in Kaohsiung, to celebrate the Christmas, has prepared and offered the exotic Alsace's country foods for the locals. Alsace's foods are a combination of French flavor and German spirit, or a taste of sibling rivalry and a mixture of history and cultures, to be served at its newly designed Global Village Restaurant and Lounge. Besides the Alsace country foods, there are also items of seasonal and festive foods for those interested to take out, and they include whole roasted "Tom Turkey," roasted and B-B-Q sirloin beefsteak, honey-roasted ham, X'mas "wood cakes," and pumpkin pies, among others. There are a number of gifts for those who order in advance. The foods and services will be offered from December 17th to 25th.
Royal Lees Hotel, together with its sister hotel across street, the Hotel Villa de Art, have been important hosts to many business travelers from all nationalities to Kaohsiung, the busy port city and the second largest city in Taiwan. During the SARS period, both hotels have been under important upgrade renovation, to enhance their functions for serving guests' needs.
According to the hotel owner and CEO, Thomas Lee, former deputy mayor of Kaohsiung, the hotels strive to position themselves as the best business hotels in Kaohsiung, to reach the highest standard of service that an independent hotel can offer. He says: "We are not the big one, nor the tall one. However, we are the only one there is." As special as Royal Lees Hotel and Hotel Villa de Art are, Mr. Lee says: "There is still a lot of things to be improved. We will do our best." And now, customers can try whether the Alsace country foods are the best! Please call (07)229-6030, ext. 3505, 3506 or (07)229-8000 if interested.
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