Although the renovation was very expensive, Fred Kuo observes, "Usually the cost of a hotel is at least US $ 20 million. Buying and renovating the Intercontinental only cost US $ 10 million, so it was still quite reasonable."
雖然整修花費不貲，但是郭豐饒表示：「一般一個飯店的成本至少在兩千萬美金以上，購買洲際飯店加上整修也不過一千萬美金，還是相當划算。」