Soon after the Regent became an Intercontinental property (many years ago now) service went downhill enough to make us prefer the Shangri La down the street a bit. Intercontinental is better situated, of course.

Don't forget that the experience will be moderated by whatever jetlag does to you (though traveling in First helps a lot).

Hi -

Yes, Shangri-La has better service levels. I think the view from a decent Harbor view room at the Intercontinental is spectacular and well worth it, especially for one night.

Just to chime in, that is indeed my plan - I'm flying CX F YVR-HKG-SIN with a 1.5 day stopover in HK, and I've booked a deluxe harbour view room through Virtuoso at the IC HK to show the view to my GF, who has never been. ^ I usually do stay at the Shangri-La Kowloon (and have stayed at the Shangri-La Island before) and loved it, but I thought I'd splurge a bit. :D

Amazing what you can create with little people and wide angled lens

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This thread was very informative! Thanks