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kong.com), a trendy serviced apartment property in
Yau Kom Tau, around ten minutes by shuttle bus from
Tsuen Wan. A little farther west is theRoyal View
Hotel(royalview.com.hk), which has a club floor room
and offers studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom
serviced apartments.
Over in Tuen Mun, theHong Kong Gold Coast Hotel
(www.sino-hotels.com/hk/gold-coast) is one of the few
hotels in Hong Kong to have a genuine resort feel, as it
overlooks a marina that recently hosted the Gold Coast
Boat Show, where super-yachts priced upwards of HK$90
million (US$11.5 million) were on display.
Those doing business in Yuen Long or the mainland,
meanwhile, should considerHarbour Plaza Resort
City(harbour-plaza.com/resortcity) in Tin Shui Wai,
which offers rooms and serviced suites.“The advantage
of staying in this area for business travellers is that
we are very close [11km] to Shenzhen,”says assistant
director of marketing communications Polly Law.
SHA TIN
Switching to the eastern side of Hong Kong’s New
Territories we arrive in Sha Tin, a“New Town”area
that has grown exponentially since the 1970s, until
today more than one million people call it home. At
University MTR is theHyatt Regency Hong Kong Sha
Tin(hongkong.shatin.hyatt.com), next to the Chinese
University of Hong Kong. Many of its corporate
clients are academics and companies based at the
nearby Science Park, a five-minute taxi ride away, says
marketing communications manager Emily Wong. With
a club lounge overlooking peaceful Tolo Harbour, it
offers close proximity to many of Hong Kong’s hiking
trails and the Ma Lui Shui pier to access outlying
islands including Tung Ping Chau, which is renowned
for its rugged rock formations and dramatic cliffs.
“The hotel’s outdoor event space is popular with
cosmetics clients as it offers good lighting for photos,”
says Wong, while its in-house patisserie serves those
who don’t have time to linger over breakfast, and
stocks everything from wine to instant noodles to
save making the five-minute walk to the nearest
convenience store. The hotel recently introduced Handy
phones to rooms, which have free wifi, unlimited data
and free calls to the US, China and Singapore.
A ten-minute walk from Shek Mun MTR,Courtyard
by Marriott Sha Tin(marriott.com) is another
well-known international brand; it recently upgraded