The hotel was founded in 1910 as the
Hotel Oranje by
Lucas Martin Sarkies, the son of Martin Sarkies of the
Sarkies brothers, who commissioned
Regent Alfred John Bidwell to design the hotel. It opened in 1911. Two wings were added from 1923 to 1926 and an
Art Deco lobby extension was opened in 1930. The opening was celebrated with a royal party attended by Crown Prince Leopold III from Belgium, Princess Astrid from Sweden and
Charlie Chaplin. During the WWII
Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies from 1942 to 1945, the hotel was renamed
Hotel Yamato. It was used as the headquarters of the Japanese forces in East Java. It reopened on 19 January 1996 as the
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Majapahit Surabaya, managed by the
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group. It was bought by the CCM Group in 2006 and renamed
Hotel Majapahit. ==Gallery==