The Grand Hotel was originally located in Taiwan’s Shrine during the Japanese Occupation Period. After the National Government of the Republic of China regained Taiwan in World War II, Taiwan had no luxurious national welcoming facilities to receive foreign guests, so the Taiwan Shrine was demolished and changed to the original location. Taiwan Grand Hotel; In 1952, the "Taiwan Dun Mu Association" (hereinafter referred to as "Dun Mu Association"; formerly known as "Taiwan Dun Mu Association") led by Jiang Song Meiling and other politicians took over the operation and changed It is the current name of the Grand Hotel, with Kong Lingwei as the first general manager. The original purpose was to entertain visitors from foreign heads of state or government and Jiang Zhongzheng and Jiang Song Meiling. At that time, the building scale of the Grand Hotel was very small. It was only in 1963 that the hotel's infrastructure was completed. In 1967, the Grand Hotel was named one of the top ten hotels in the world by Fortune Magazine [2]. On October 10, 1973, a new 14-story Chinese palace-style building designed by architect Yang Zhuocheng was completed, and the Grand Hotel became a new landmark in Taipei at that time.
圓山大飯店的位置原為台灣日治時期的臺灣神宮所在，中華民國國民政府於二戰光復台灣後，苦於臺灣沒有豪華的國家迎賓設施可以接待外國貴賓，遂拆除當時台灣神宮，並原地改為台灣大飯店；1952年，改由蔣宋美齡等政要為首組成的「財團法人台灣敦睦聯誼會」（簡稱「敦睦聯誼會」；精省前稱為「台灣省敦睦聯誼會」）接手經營，並改為圓山大飯店現名，以孔令偉為首任總經理。原先用途為招待訪華外國元首或政府首腦及蔣中正與蔣宋美齡夫婦之訪客。當時圓山大飯店的建築規模甚小，在1963年時才將飯店的基礎設施全部建設完畢。1967年，圓山大飯店獲得美國財星雜誌評為世界十大飯店之一[2]。1973年10月10日，由建築師楊卓成設計新建的14層中國宮殿式大廈落成，圓山大飯店遂成為當時台北市的新地標。