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The Eaton may be well away from the traditional tourist centres, but it does offer exceptional value to business travellers with probably the best services-to-cost ratio in Kowloon. Like many other Hong Kong hotels, it has recently benefited from a wholesale renovation but, thanks to its relatively remote location, it’s popular with the ever-increasing number of business travellers and tourists from mainland China. A wide range of wellequipped, spacious meeting rooms are made available by the forward-looking management and the ballrooms are very popular with Chinese wedding parties. The MTR station is close by and Nathan Road is the conduit to the heart of the city—just jump on a bus.
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Nathan Road is Kowloon’s Golden Mile, and the most prominent and crowded thoroughfare in a very busy city. The Holiday Inn is a landmark on the street which attracts a cosmopolitan clientele to its well-run restaurants and bars. Leisure customers dominate the guest list, but a couple of ‘executive’ floors offer business travellers comfort combined with generous facilities. One criticism is that the hotel’s outlets are often very crowded, but there are plenty of alternative venues in the area to explore.
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Located in an unfashionable district away from bright lights and designer outlets, the Newton has a solid reputation as a value-for-money option for the traveller on a limited budget. Its popularity arises from its clean, spacious rooms and unfussy performance. Hong Kong Old Restaurant, in the basement, has a neighbourly feel and serves a traditional Shanghainese menu featuring great dim sum. Fortress Hill MTR station is less than a minute’s walk around the corner and a taxi to HKCEC takes 10 minutes.
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Enjoy views over Victoria Park, where early morning t’ai chi classes can be observed or undertaken, and areas of the harbour. The competitively priced Park Lane offers a location that is convenient but off the beaten track. The large rooms make the most of the view, although some have a surcharge for the outlook. The hotel is well equipped and offers a broad range of services, particularly for the business traveller. Causeway Bay MTR station is a short walk away, as is a huge choice of shopping options.
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The Regal Airport is the only hotel at Chek Lap Kok, and with 1,103 rooms it is Hong Kong’s largest. Accessible via a covered, air-conditioned ‘linkbridge’, it offers comfortable, sound-proofed rooms and panoramic views of the airport’s runways, with jets landing and departing in quick succession. At present it is a great location for plane spotters, but only essential to business or leisure travellers who are booked on very early or very late flights. However, the construction of a vast new conference centre adjacent to the airport will see the hotel take on a new lease of life.
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