THE EDISON GEORGE TOWN, PENANG

Located on Lebuh Leith, one of the island's earliest streets and an affluent enclave where wealthy Hakka tycoons lived. The building was commissioned and built in 1906 as a residence for a tycoon named Yeo Wee Gark. During the Japanese Occupation of Penang, the building was used as their administrative centre. In the mid-1940s, the owner converted the building into a hotel. Thereafter several architectural and interior enhancements were made in the 1960s to better the hotel's offerings. It wasn't till late 2014 that a comprehensive transformation of this Colonial mansion began and it's rebranding as The Edison George Town, Penang began and was completed mid-July 2016.

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