Very lovely stays (and butler service) await in Hong Kong's latest hotels
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Very lovely stays (and butler service) await in Hong Kong's latest hotels
The much-anticipated Rosewood Hong Kong opened last Sunday while the St Regis Hong Kong is set for a mid-April launch.
A Deluxe room with city and partial harbour views. (Photo: The St. Regis Hong Kong)
24 Mar 2022 10:07PM (Updated: 04 Jul 2022 03:58PM)
Hong Kong's Rosewood Hotel is barely a week sometime, but it has already hosted a high-profile wedding: That of Thaksin Shinawatra's youngest daughter Paetongtarn "Ing" Shinawatra and professional pilot Pidok Sooksawas.
The property opened on Sunday (Mar 17), while the wedding was held on Friday. That the Shinawatras chose to gloat the momentous occasion in that location speaks of the calibre of guests that the Rosewood make is known to attract.
Not that the hotel'due south developers are whatever stranger to publicity. The Rosewood Hotel Group'south CEO is Sonia Cheng, whose late grandfather Dr Cheng Yu-tung built an empire that made the family one of Asia'south wealthiest. Every bit owners of jewellery concatenation Chow Tai Fook (among other avails), the family is worth an estimated Us$22.5 billion (South$xxx.6 billion), co-ordinate to Forbes.
The hotel'south opening marks a sort of homecoming for the family. Information technology's congenital on the site of the former New World Eye in Tsim Sha Tsui, a massive harbourfront lifestyle complex developed past Dr Cheng in the 1980s. At present, like a phoenix rise from the ashes, the Kohn Pedersen Fox-designed 65-storey edifice soars above the refurbished Artery of the Stars.
No less than Tony Chi was roped in to bless the interiors. The celebrated New York-based hospitality designer (Andaz Tokyo, Park Hyatt Shanghai) sought to imbue each of the hotel'southward 322 rooms, 92 suites and 18 signature suites with the feeling of beingness in a home abroad from home. Think generous marble bathrooms with freestanding soaking baths; separate vanities and twin showers; as well every bit spacious walk-in closets.
The Rosewood Hong Kong will also be the city's first property to provide butler service, pipping the St Regis Hong Kong by a mere month (more than on that later). And to the metropolis'south more than 14,000 restaurants, the hotel adds a further viii. This includes Chinese tea firm Holt's Cafe, Cantonese restaurant The Legacy Firm, and watering pigsty DarkSide.
For weary travellers in need of some rejuvenation or recalibration, the hotel will host the first urban outpost of Asaya, Rosewood's signature wellness offer said to cater to "specific individual wellness goals, supported by alternative therapies and rituals, enriching fitness and lifestyle activities, and healthy eating plans".
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For guests planning long-term stays, there'due south the Rosewood Residences – 186 luxurious units that are accessed past a separate individual entrance and come up with dedicated order facilities on the 53rd storey.
Across Victoria Harbour, the St Regis Hong Kong is scheduled to open up on Apr xi. Located smack in the middle of Wan Chai, it's a 5-minute stroll from the Hong Kong Convention And Exhibition Centre (HKCEC).
More than boutique than Rosewood, the St Regis comprises 112 rooms and 17 signature suites ranging in size from 538 sq ft to 2,583 sq ft, with interiors designed by the award-winning Andre Fu (Waldorf Astoria Bangkok, The Fullerton Bay Hotel Singapore). Fu's vision of contemporary luxury and elegance is second to none, and that vision is well articulated across the various spaces.
The hotel'southward contemporary French and Chinese fine-dining venues – L'Envol and Run – are led by Michelin-starred chefs. In the St Regis Bar, cocktails are complemented by alive jazz music, while the Drawing Room serves a traditional Afternoon Tea that can too be enjoyed on an bordering terrace.
And for the benefit of fatigued travellers, rooms and suites come with personalised in-room bank check-in and the 24-hour attention of butler and e-butler service.
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