], Mandarin Oriental plans to open hotel properties in Kuwait City, Puerto Rico,Makati, Nanjing, Phuket, Saigon, Rome, Porto Cervo, Etiler, Moscow, Muscat, Riyadh, Tel Aviv, Boca Raton, Dallas, Grand Cayman, Honolulu, Vienna, Maldives[13] and standalone residences in Barcelona, Beverly Hills and New York City.

[citation needed] On 1 April 2003, singer, actor, and film producer Leslie Cheung leaped to his death from the 24th floor of the Mandarin Oriental in Central Hong Kong.

[18] On 9 February 2009, the Beijing Television Cultural Center, which was to be completed in May 2009[19] and incorporate a Mandarin Oriental hotel, caught fire due to unauthorized fireworks celebrating the Chinese New Year.

[22] On 6 June 2018, a fire (believed to have been caused by welding work) damaged the park-facing exterior of the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park in London.

Although there were no injuries, the fire closed the hotel and caused a significant setback to the (then) near-complete renovation work, which involved interior designer Joyce Wang.