10 hotels featured in James Bond movies

NEW YORK. September 28. KAZINFORM The new James Bond novel, "Solo," has just been published with the opening scene coming courtesy London's Dorchester hotel.

It continues a trend of featuring opulent hotels in the secret agent franchise -- so here are some of the most memorable, Kazinform quotes CNN.

The Peninsula, Hong Kong

The Peninsula -- and its fleet of Rolls-Royce Silver Shadows -- appeared in "The Man with the Golden Gun," starring Roger Moore.

In the film, Bond follows Bond girl Andrea Anders from Macau to Hong Kong, where she's picked up by one of the hotel's "Peninsula-green" Rolls-Royces.

Anders, it emerges, is staying in room 602 at the Peninsula and the spectacular frontage appears in several scenes.

The cast and crew also stayed at the hotel during filming.

Hotel New Otani Tokyo

In 1967's "You Only Live Twice," the New Otani hotel is the headquarters of Osato Chemicals, the Japanese front for Ernst Stavro Blofeld's SPECTRE operation.

The hotel was built in 1964 by former sumo wrestler Yonetaro Otani, and is famous for its revolving restaurant and enormous Japanese gardens.

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