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Room With an Anti-View :: Mandarin Oriental Excelsior, Hong Kong

amandak — 2008-09-25T12:35:07-05:00

<![CDATA[You know the scene. You open the door to your brand new hotel room, run over to the window, open the blinds and bam, you are hit with the anti-view. Maybe you are looking down a dirty alley, witnessing a drug deal, staring at an air shaft in the face, or seeing a brick wall. Whatever you are viewing it is not extremely pleasurable. Help out your fellow hotel mavens by uploading your anti-views to the <a href="http://flickr.com/groups/hotelchatter/">HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool</a>, or by <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">sending the photo along to us</a>. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number with the not-so-easy-on-the-eyes view. <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/AntiView_Excelsior_Hong_Kong.jpg" class="imgborder"> Yet more evidence to support our claim that you can't believe

Room With a Killer View: Hong Kong Harbor from the Park Lane

amandak — 2007-10-25T09:34:05-05:00

<![CDATA[ We are suckers for a room with a killer view.  We find that we are even more likely to forgive some minor hotel inconveniences if we can stare out the window at something pretty--yeah we are that shallow. Let's help out our fellow hotel mavens by uploading rooms with killer views to the <a href="http://flickr.com/groups/hotelchatter/">HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool</a>, or by <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">sending the photo along to us</a>. We will feature our favorites in this space from time to time. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number of the hot view.<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/HongKongViewfromParkLane.jpg" class="imgborder">This view from the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Park+Lane+Hong+Kong/ian/125555">Park Lane Hotel</a> just goes to show that Hong Kong is not all skyscrapers and Chinese restaurants: it's

Hong Kong Boutique

markj — 2005-03-25T08:40:20-05:00

Going to Hong Kong and looking for an alternative to the omnipresent skyscraper hotel?

Daily Candy points us to the Jia boutique hotel apartments.

JIA is the first Philippe Starck designed boutique hotel in Asia.

One tower, 24 stories with 54 chic studios and suites featuring contemporary all-marbled kitchens and bathrooms.

JIA also kicks in free broadband.

The 380 sq. ft. studios will run you ~HK$1,600.

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