Marco Polo

there is HIX at Dundas Street Mongkok and another in Causeway Bay
Tseung Kwan O HIX is atop the MTR station

tentseller

Yes there are 4 HIX in HK, Soho, Mong Kok, CWB and Kowloon East.

The pricing and point redemption put the HK and CWB ones at a higher price point than the Soho (Sheung Wan IMHO) and Kowloon East (We all know it is really Tseung Kwan O)

It is like my HK office, is it in Admiralty East or West Wan Chai?

alhcfp

Doing a MR and need a one nite cheap stay. I can use 20k IHG points at either CP Kowloon East or HIX Kowloon East

Are any of these easy and cheap to get to from airport?

moondog

Not particularly, but AEX + taxi isn't too bad. Can't you swing the HIX Soho for similar points?

tentseller

HIX Soho is the easiest to get to from AEX stations.Usually same rate as the other two you mentioned at Kowloon East if availablefor MR layover.

alhcfp

Points stay not available @ SOHO. Will keep an eye out= thanks

tentseller

I guess with the IHG ITN stays promotion they are getting good occupancy at HIX Soho.

The word probably got around to HK travellers from HKers how far Kowloon East (TKO) is to main Kowloon and hard it is to get there by public transport.

EmailKid

Glad I popped into this thread, as I just booked three nights there (20K points each night).

May have to use Agoda instead to book a paid room, as on a map it does not look too bad.

rkkwan

TKO is a long way from airport. Only one tunnel and two hilly routes. Its MTR line has the most frequent service interruption save East Rail. A29 bus doesn't go directly to the two IHG properties. It's no accident rates are lower and we don't recommend them for short stays in HK.

christep

Meaning that about twice a year there are delays of 10 minutes or so? It's really misleading to imply that ANY MTR lines have any significant problems by the standards understood in places like London / NY / etc.

rkkwan

Actually it's a bit worse than that. I don't have an official tally, but there was at least serious disruption over the past year, and some lasted several hours. Once, they have to re-open the tunnel to get Kwun Tong Line trains to go across harbor to North Point.

And again, the problem is that there's little alternatives to get into/out of TKO, unlike other parts of the city. Whenever there's disruption on the TKO Line or accident in the vehicular tunnel, you're talking about traffic jam all the way onto HK Island and to Prince Edward Rd East.

And since the MTR really carries a lot of people in HK, and are already really crowded for hours in the day, whenever there's an issue, the effect is more serious than many cities in the world. For example, a slight disruption on the East Rail Line at rush hour can mean people packing the whole platform in Prince Edward (affecting Tsuen Wan Line trains), and in short order, the platform at Admiralty can be packed as well.