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Renaissance Harbour View

  • March 16, 2009
  • Rated 4 of 5 by LenR from Townsville, Australia
Renaissance Harbour View

It seems only yesterday but about 15 years ago I walked through the shell of this building wearing a hardhat. The 42 storey building was rising above the Wanchai waterfront atop the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. This is not quite in the same category as most of the other hotels in this journal but it is a superior first-class hotel in a unique location.

For anyone attending a conference or exhibition in Hong Kong, this hotel is excellently placed. It is next to the Wanchai Star Ferry terminal and you can walk to the Wanchai mass transit railway station along areal walkways. Wanchai is not a well-known shopping area although there are some local facilities but Central and Causeway Bay are nearby and Kowloon is just a 5-minute ferry ride away.

The hotel’s 860 rooms have lively colour schemes and modern facilities. All rooms have granite en-suite bathroom, television with local and international channels, broadband connectivity, fax machine, safe, voice mail, on-screen messages and the latest flight information, radio, clock, tea and coffee maker and hairdryer. The club level serves breakfast, afternoon tea and cocktails and there is a boardroom available for guests.

Compared to some of the other hotels there are fewer dining outlets but the Dynasty is a classic Cantonese restaurant with a spectacular outlook and the Scala is an elegant hideaway serving a range of contemporary European cuisine. The coffee shop is a less expensive venue with international fare. The Lobby Lounge is a spot to linger over afternoon tea or drinks and music at night.

One of the highlights of the hotel is the 11th-floor landscaped podium garden. Here you find the swimming pool, a golf driving range, two tennis courts, a jogging trail and a fitness centre. The pool is surrounded by palm trees and if you close your eyes, you can imagine you are at ground level on a Pacific island – almost! The Business centre with its latest audio-visual equipment, laptop computers, Dictaphones, pagers and mobile telephones brings you back to work reality.

From journal Luxury Accommodation

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