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Mid-Range Hotels in Hong Kong


  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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


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  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

    • 3033 Shannandong Rd, Shenzhen

    • 8222 8339

  7. 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

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.