just back from KK, and stayed at the Jesselton. By the way, the Meridien has recently opened there.

The Jesselton was very nice, but a bit expensive booking it myself. There are some better deals by booking it through asiarooms.com or others. Then again expensive is relative. It was like $70 with breakfast.

You could get the hyatt for not much more (the asia rooms rate includes breakfast and still is like $15 cheaper than the hyatt site). I was told the hyatt's pool is mini size.

I really didn't spend much time in the rooms. One morning it was an early morning jaunt to kota kinabalu. Another an early morning trip to rafting, and the third it was the air trip to sandakan and the organgatangs and turtles. And at night was either shopping or at dinner. So unless you have more time, aren't planning to take the tours, I'd really suggest you not pay a lot more to stay at a nicer hotel.

The jesselton was very nice, close in and easy to get around from