Mid-Range Hotels in Hong Kong
The Renaissance Harbour View The
location above the Convention and Exhibition Centre on the waterfront
ensures its popularity as a business hotel. Other visitors will like its
landscaped grounds, leisure facilities and reasonable rates. Kowloon Hotel Part
of the Harbour Plaza group, the Kowloon is well suited to business
travellers and people seeking a good location and connectivity. Its
high-tech rooms boast computers with Internet access. Rooms are smallish
though, and the supposedly digital/tech-look is starting to look
unintentionally retro 80s. Empire Hotel Kowloon Opened
in late 2001, this very smart hotel with a modern gym and a lovely
atrium pool is a complete contrast to its threadbare sister in Wan Chai.
Rooms are equipped with the latest Internet and audio-visual gadgetry.
The location is perfect for Tsim Sha Tsui shopping and dining. The Kimberley Hotel The
impressive, marbled lobby contains a business centre, pleasant bar and
café lounge area around a soothing waterfall and lily pond. Rooms are
well appointed, with marble bathrooms. Facilities include a golf driving
range and spa. Regal Airport Hotel Hong
Kong’s largest hotel links directly to the airport terminal and
features large rooms with avant-garde interior designs. Ten restaurants
and bars provide a choice of cuisine. The Mira Formerly
the Hotel Miramar, this well-regarded hotel is under-going renovations,
which should be completed by mid-2009. The new interior will be sleek
and modern and will feature free WiFi throughout. The Luxe Manor This
stylish Kowloon boutique hotel combines eclectic, almost surreal decor,
with high-tech features. The rooms are decorated with painted picture
frames, which climb the walls onto the ceiling. Additional features
include WiFi and rain showers in the bathrooms. The Eaton Hotel Easily
the best option in the Yau Ma Tei/Jordan area. Rooms are smart, with
Internet access and fax machines. The lobby offers a flood of natural
light, outdoor seating and an oasis of greenery. JIA Boutique Hotel Tucked
away in the midst of Causeway Bay, JIA (Mandarin for “home”), has been
styled by the French designer, Philippe Starck. The studios and one-room
suites are the perfect blend of comfort and luxury. Bishop Lei International House It’s
quiet and close to the park. Rooms are small for the money – but you
pay for proximity to the Escalator. Long stay packages are available.
Mid-Range Hotels, Macau & China
Holiday Inn Close
by Lisboa’s many casinos and convenient for the centre of Macau. Rooms
(with cable) are blandly furnished but there’s a good range of
facilities, including gym, pool, sauna and a decent restaurant for
Cantonese and Sze chuan food. The Metropole The
sense that you’ve travelled back to the 1970s can be fun, but otherwise
this ageing hotel, aimed more at Chinese main-landers than foreigners,
is nothing special. Happily, prices are low and it’s next to some of
Macau’s best shopping and sight-seeing areas. Hotel Royal Macau The
Hotel Royal is one of Macau’s oldest hotels and shows it. That said, it
is clean and well run, although the rooms offer little more than the
basics. It has an indoor pool, gym (with some ageing equipment) and
sauna. It’s also close to the heart of town and within sight of the
pretty Guia Lighthouse. New Century Hotel Heavy
on the marble and chintz, this is unmistakably a gambling hotel. For
non-gamblers it’s put in the shade somewhat by the lovely Hyatt
opposite, but it does offer big rooms and comprehensive guest
facilities. Guangdong Victory Hotel Formerly
the Victoria Hotel, this concern occupies two sites on Shamian Island –
the main, new Neo-Classical block and the original colonial building.
Facilities include business centre, swimming pool and sauna. Guangdong Hotel, Shenzhen A
reasonably good value option with comfortable, if basic, rooms. Fairly
thin on facilities, but with a modest restaurant and smart
Japanese-style business centre. Century Plaza Hotel A decent hotel in the heart of Shenzhen with spacious rooms, cable TV, pool, sauna, gym and high-rise karaoke club. Kin Chit Rd Shenzhen 8232 0888
Crowne Plaza Hotel and Suites Landmark, Shenzhen This hotel offers luxurious rooms and extensive facilities, including a health club, a driving range, a gym and free WiFi. The Panglin Hotel Smart,
modern and large, the Panglin is one of Shenzhen’s superior hotels,
about two miles (4 km) from the railway station. Room sizes are decent
and all come with cable TV. Extensive services include station shuttle
bus, baby-sitting and 24-hour room service. The revolving Skylounge at
the top is Shenzhen’s highest restaurant. Felicity Hotel This
decent and good-value hotel is reasonably well located and even boasts
its own art gallery. Standards are high (it’s run by the Best Western
Group), there are four restaurants, a gym, pool and sauna.
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