Hotel & Resort Update
The Peninsula celebrates its 80th anniversary
One of Hong Kong’s most iconic institutions, The Peninsula Hotel, celebrates its 80th year in 2008 with a series of special events and packages.
Highlighting the hotel’s more modern innovations, guests can enjoy a ‘Nature Programme’ sight-seeing tour involving a flight in the hotel’s helicopter, a Champagne cruise aboard a luxury yacht and a return journey by chauffeured Rolls-Royce; and the Peninsula Spa by ESPA will offer full-day 80th anniversary rejuvenation packages for two people.
Dining and accommodation packages will also be available during the year.
W Hotel opens in Kowloon in mid-2008
W Hong Kong is due to open in West Kowloon in July 2008.
The hotel will have 393 guest rooms, each equipped with modern conveniences including high-speed wireless internet access and i-Pod docks; and ranging in standard from ‘Wonderful Rooms’ to ‘Cool Corner Rooms’ to one ‘Extreme WOW Suite’.
W Hong Kong contains a number of dining outlets to suit different occasions whilst the hotel’s ‘Whatever/Whenever’ concierge service promises to provide guests with exclusive Hong Kong experiences to enhance their stay.
New Hotel Jen offers affordable simplicity in Hong Kong
Taking its name from the Chinese character that symbolises the Confucian ideal of love and goodwill towards people, Hotel Jen opened in Hong Kong in late March 2008 to offer affordable hotel accommodation in Hong Kong.
Hotel Jen provides travellers with the essentials of a quality hotel room, including a comfortable bed and great shower, without the expensive extras. The hotel’s 280 rooms are designed in a contemporary style with clean lines, natural colours and light wood finishes. Rooms start from around HK$585 per night (approx: £37.50).
Hotel Jen is located in the Western District, just down the hill from Hong Kong University and just 10 minutes from Hong Kong’s Central business district, the Airport Express and the nightlife centres of Soho and Lan Kwai Fong.
Open-air spa treatments now available at InterContinental Hong Kong
InterContinental Hong Kong has added two outdoor spa pool cabanas to its revamped Pool Terrace as part of the hotel’s US$70 million renovations.
Here, guests can experience holistic treatments by Ytsara of Thailand – exclusively designed for the spa pool cabanas – using organic ingredients and traditional Asian philosophies and techniques.
Treatments can be booked individually, or within an Urban Day Spa Retreat Package (HK$2,200 / approx: £140), which includes two Ytsara Asian therapies, full use of the pool and fitness facilities for a day, and a delicious three-course ‘ihealth’ cuisine lunch served at the Pool Terrace overlooking Victoria Harbour.
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