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Guests at Hong Kong's Swine Flu Hotel Are Freed

Just in time for the weekend, 280 hotel prisoners guests and employees who were quarantined at the The Metropark Hotel in Hong Kong have been given the "all clear" and released today.

A man who identified himself as a South Korean businessman shouted "I'm happy! I love Hong Kong people!" before breaking into song and hugging a policeman guarding the hotel. He did not give his name. Another guest, Indian businessman Kevin Ireland, told The Associated Press he plans to check into another hotel and go out to dinner with friends.

Wait. Hold up. You just got released from a hotel and now you are going to check into a new one? Oh, that's because the Hong Kong government felt so bad about locking the guests up they gave them two nights free at another hotel along with other extras like Hong Kong Disneyland tickets, restaurant vouchers and movie tickets.

Apparently, the guests were cranky to be cooped up in the hotel the whole time but they gradually began to like it. The hotel's Facebook page showed guests giving tips to the hotel staffers. We don't think it would be so bad to be cooped up in a hotel except we'd dread having to eat the hotel food all the time. Let's hope they gave the guests free movies on demand too!

To read about the quarantine from a first-hand perspective check out this WSJ blog.