In the Beginning catering to this nation's most distinguished guest is what the Mya Yeik Nyo (which translates as Emerald Glade) Hotels have been All about for many years. In colinial times, sitting smack atop, beautiful Mount Pleasant, Yangon's second highest spot, the "Royal" was the official residence of the Chariman of the Chartered Bank of India. Years later, it was requisitioned by the Commanding General of the Japanese Occupational Army to be his own Headquarters. After the war, a host of local Myanmar elite called the "Royal" their home.

And to day as the twentieth century draw to a close, the new "Royal" now shares the top of Mount Pleasant and its breathtaking views of Yangon and the nearby Shwedagon Pagoda with several other distinguished Mya Yeik Nyo Hotel properties all of which, in their range of services and facilities, neatly compliment both the old and new "Royal".