Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel, Hong Kong

Another year another Christmas, this year we decided to go to Hong Kong for our time off a bit different to the normal. We ended up booking the flights and hotels through British Airways holidays, the hotel we chose was the Marco Polo Hong Kong in Kowloon. ++++++++++Booking++++++++++ I booked our stay through British Airways Holidays www.baholidays.com the whole stay was paid upfront, which is useful as there a multitude of taxes and service charges that get added to the room rate. I managed to get the hotel for a rate of £66 per night for the 5 days we were staying in Hong Kong, I thought ... more

The Marco Polo Hong Kong has a definite Wow factor, one of three Marco Polo hotels incorporated in Harbour City the largest shopping centre in Hong Kong. The hotel foyer is shared with the entrance to the Armani shop and all around is top level designer brand names. Check In When we checked into the hotel we were told that our room was not ready for us. We were very politely asked if we would mind waiting in the lobby bar and given two complimentary drinks to compensate. Normally I am very easy going and patient and would not object to this but after a 20 hour journey to get to HK I was little ... more