Anywhere in Hong Kong can be reach in a day. Unless you are talking about walking.
Anyway, I don't understand your question.
If you stay at Novotel for the night, can you go to the Sheung Tak Macau ferry terminal to Macau in the morning, spend a day in Macau and then return to Novotel that night?
He means using the ferry from the Skypier at HKG to Macau, and the answer is no. He has to go to the city and use those ferries instead.
I didn't fire up my laptop, but I got the impression that it's not free (either for wired or wireless internet).
Nice hotel -- stayed there before an early morning flight to LHR. I got the shuttle at 6.15am to the airport for an 8.45am flight, but could have stayed in bed for an extra hour...
The gym and swimming pool are very nice, too... (you can swim laps in the pool - it's 20m long)
Finding the shuttle bus is a bit of an art form, as there are no signs to the pick-up point. Basically, from arrivals, follow the signs to Hotel buses (you head under the road and under the airport express train line away from departures). Then, go to the very right hand end (with your back to the arrivals) and the bus goes from the last-but-one bay.
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Finding the shuttle bus is a bit of an art form, as there are no signs to the pick-up point. Basically, from arrivals, follow the signs to Hotel buses (you head under the road and under the airport express train line away from departures). Then, go to the very right hand end (with your back to the arrivals) and the bus goes from the last-but-one bay.
But surely you could go to the desk as advised by Novotel and the be escorted out to the bus from there???
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oh... yes, okay. Well, I missed that bit but I guess, now that flyertalkers know where to go, they don't need to be escorted!
Although they seemed to be counting up. If you bypass the desk (and why bother - it's exactly en route, you can wait in air conditioned comfort and the bus runs to a schedule) and if the bus is full, you'll presumably be the one without a seat!
Cutting a trip short to rush home for surgery this Sat. Coming in Friday night from HCMC and catching CX 840 next evening. Trying to schedule meetings at airport - either at hotel or in transit lounges.
On their website, notice queen or king exec room, with bkfast, free wifi and lounge access for btwn HK1600-1900 (all in). Mrs. will meet me at airport (she's flying in from Taiwan earlier this evening) to help me get to Novotel.
Well, 10 years after airport opens, there will soon be a second hotel on airport premise - the Marriott SkyCity is scheduled to open in 12/08. Yup, another high-end hotel, while still no affordable choices for budget travelers.
1. Mini bus service to hotel is poor, during busy hour, jammed and not enough space for anything other than carry on luggage.
2. Check in wasn't as smooth as what typical efficient HK hotel. Even with printout of reservation, took them a few minutes to figure out room.
3. Exec floor, king size bed, 'suite' wasn't really a suite. Poor design but bathroom huge, as well the two front screen TV.
4. Biz lounge doesn't serve breakfast, need to go to coffee shop downstairs. Can get coffee, tea in morning, after lunch they have dessert and snacks but no soft drinks or alcohol (that is 6-8 pm happy hour time).
5. Breakfast was fine except only one coffee maker and one hot water maker for tea. Imagine a full house and people lining up for coffee.
6. Shuttle bus to airport much better, every 15 minutes. Again, if a crowd, tough for people with luggage. Forget about taxi - into town yes but for local trips, wait at least 15-20 minutes.
Unless you have real good reason to use 'airport' hotel, much easier to go into town on airport express train, etc.
but I guess, now that flyertalkers know where to go, they don't need to be escorted!
