HotelChatter - Hong Kong

Edward Snowden Has Already Checked Out of The Mira Hong Kong

juliana — 2013-06-10T11:49:50-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/SnowdenMiraHongKong.jpg" class="top"> If you ever need to track down someone in a hotel, it helps to put someone who works in a hotel on the job. When we guessed the whereabouts of the PRISM whistleblower, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/edward snowden">Edward Snowden</a>, this morning, we threw out a couple of not-so-serious hotel guesses. But someone reading our story took it very seriously. Our own Macau Deepthroat, as we call him, noticed the interview setting that Snowden did for the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/09/nsa-whistleblower-edward-snowden-why">Guardian UK</a> looked very similar to the rooms at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/THE+MIRA+HONG+KONG/local/5392">The Mira Hong Kong</a> in Kowloon Park. A quick Google image search confirmed this for him. Then MD went to the next level. Here's what he did: <blockquote>With this bit of information

The PRISM Whistleblower is Hiding Out in a Hong Kong Hotel (But Which One?)

juliana — 2013-06-10T08:49:49-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/snowdenhotelhongkong.jpg" class="top"> UPDATE: Our own Macau Deepthroat has uncovered Snowden's hotel. Alas, he has <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2013/6/10/111547/091/hotels/Edward_Snowden_Has_Already_Checked_Out_of_The_Mira_Hong_Kong">already checked out.</a>Yesterday, the <a href="">Guardian UK</a> published (with his permission) the identity of the 29-year-old man responsible for leaking the National Security Administrations's classified surveillance program, PRISM to the public. His name is Edward Snowden and he is currently hiding in a hotel in Hong Kong, fearful of the repercussions yet convinced he has done the right thing. As you can imagine, he's pretty paranoid. But at least he's making good of the hotel's room service, something he can't do at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2013/6/2/7949/09521/hotels/5_NYC_Hotels_Where_Room_Service_Still_Matters">Hilton New York.</a> The Guardian reports: <blockquote> In the three weeks since he arrived, he has been ensconced in a

Enter The Dragon With Hong Kong's New Hotel Indigo

jetflyboy — 2013-02-06T09:43:32-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/97904/hotelindigoHK.jpeg" class="top"> Again, here we are announcing another <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/china hotels">Chinese</a> hotel. This time, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/hong kong hotels">Hong Kong</a> gets to cut the tape on <a href='http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel/local/5221'>Hotel Indigo Hong Kong</a> the first urban brand that will bring edgy design and funky rooms to the city. The boutique brand will feature a burnished bronze "dragon" that will wrap around the facade of the new building acting as a screen for shielding the interior from heat and harnessing solar power. Each of the 138 rooms is individually designed to reflect the flare of the historic Wan Chai neighborhood. Keeping with Hong Kong's colonial heritage, the rooms will marry both Asian and European influences with a modern touch. Along with the unique

Mandarin Oriental HK Throws Year-Long 50th Birthday Bash

JasonD — 2012-12-17T13:41:27-05:00

Mandarin Oriental is in a serious party-mood these days. We’ve already talked about the $60,000 New Year’s Eve package that lets you ring in 2013 baller-style in Las Vegas, but next year will bring a whole range of celebrations on the other side of the world when Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong turns the big five-o.

Difficult as it may be to imagine, given the maze of skyscrapers in the city today, but when the hotel opened in 1963, its 27 floors made it the tallest building on Hong Kong Island, and the first in Asia with bathtubs in every room.

The Revamped Peninsula Hong Kong Unveils Serious Tech Toys

JasonD — 2012-09-17T09:47:19-05:00

<![CDATA[ <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/98243/Peninsula_HKG_1.jpg" class="top"> A Grand Deluxe Harbour View Suite At the start of this year, we <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/1/9/175733/2823/hotels/Peninsula_Hong_Kong_to_Make_Over_Its_Rooms_and_Tech_Offerings">talked</a> about the planned renovations at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Peninsula+Hong+Kong/local/3267">The Peninsula Hong Kong</a>, set to overhaul all guestrooms to the tune of HK$450 million ($58 million) . Six months or so later, the first phase, covering all rooms in the Peninsula Tower, is complete. We love the warm colors and the artwork on the wall in the Harbour View room; inspired by Chinese ink paintings, these are three-dimensional branches, leaves, and blossoms made of laser-cut bronze-lacquered stainless steel. Flora and fauna inspired details show up throughout, with a Grand Deluxe Suite having a similar design woven into the carpet. Changes