This is a newly constructed hotel. It was opened only in
late September this year, so we are among the newest guests of this cool place,
yes. I am here as one of the international participants of the Economic Freedom
Network (EFN) Asia conference, sponsored by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation
for Freedom (FNF) and the Lion Rock Institute (LRI). I checked in last November
5, conference November 6-7, and will check out tomorrow and fly back to Manila.
It’s a tall building, 43 storeys high. I took this from the
1st floor, outside the main ballroom. Details here, http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/crowneplaza/hotels/us/en/hong-kong/hkgtk/hoteldetail
A huge driveway with a water fountain in the middle. This is
shared by three tall buildings – Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn Express, and Vega
Suites. And it is connected to a modern mall leading to Tseung Kwan O MTR
station.
View from the 1st floor, at the main restaurant.
Below it is the main lobby. Cool, artsy design.
The marbles look high end. Here is the front of the six fast
elevators. Neat and cool. Then inside the elevator, there is a small tv monitor
that features some of the hotel’s amenities, with background soft music. I
remember my hotel in NYC, the NY Marriott Marquis where I stayed in March 2009.
The tv monitor in the elevator gives international news updates, and it hops
really fast.
Ahh, our room. We are at the 38th floor, it’s
cool. I brought my wife and two young girls. My hotel and plane fare is
shouldered by the organizer, so I and my wife just shared for their plane fare.
HK-Manila is just 1:45 hour away and there are budget airlines to take. My two
girls like their bed, and a huge flat tv to watch the cartoon network.
Nice view from the 38th floor. Holiday Inn Plaza
is equally big and tall. Hong Kong is famous for thousands of tall buildings.
It has few flat land, it’s mountainous, so whatever flat land there is can
easily be snapped for building high rise structures.
The toilets, neat and nice. Upper photo is the male toilet
near the ballroom, lower photos the toilet in our room, the hallway.
I am not an art-loving person, but from time to time my eyes
would be fascinated by some art works. Like this wall in the ballroom or
conference hall. And those hundreds of hanging glass fishes on the ceiling.
Cool.
I like this hotel. Well, I’m not really a frequent traveler,
and each hotel should be unique. I have enjoyed my stay here.
