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Old Jan 10, 2018, 7:05 pm
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This thread refers to the various Marriott brands within a specific geographic area. Marriott Bonvoy hotels in Hong Kong usually have posts asking which property is better, etc. Trip reports are usually better suited in the property specific threads

Broad summary of the Hong Kong Marriott brands is as follows:

Luxury
The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong - Superb full harbour views, good quality restaurants on-site and the world's highest bar (Ozone, that has up to a 20% discount for elite members that actually makes it reasonable value). Negatives would be price and location is in Kowloon (i.e. not ideal for tourists).
St Regis Hong Kong - New (in 2020), great quality rooms, excellent service in the hotel and restaurants, views are more standard and location is a little less convenient, but on the Island in Wan Chai and near the Exhibition Centre. Hotel restaurant l'envol offers quality French service and food and has two Michellin stars. Near the newly opened (2022) Exhibition MTR station with walking under cover (one stop from Admiralty or Hung Hom), or walk from Wan Chai (approx 10 minutes).

Mid-range
JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong - Ideally placed for tourism and likely business, built in an MTR complex with a luxury mall underneath. Small rooms with a good view of either the harbour or a hillside, but compensated with an excellent lounge and breakfast. Somewhere to spend time outside of the room. Not hugely changed since 1980 but a classic hotel with excellent on-site restaurants and a newly renovated/larger lounge than the version prior to COVID.
W Hong Kong - Quirky, next to the Ritz Carlton and with an outdoor pool. On-site restaurants are more limited but in a good location. A nice alternative to the Ritz if you want to explore Kowloon, or are under 30. Good weekend champagne brunch.
Renaissance Hong Kong Harbour View Hotel - More of a convention centre hotel, but with nice uninterrupted harbour views and reasonable room sizes. A little far from public transport but with walkways to get you to Wan Chai or Exhibition Centre MTR stations fairly rapidly (mostly under air-con).
Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers - Huge hotel that historically had a separate "Towers" side (now being removed) and one of the worst lounges in the Marriott network (now improved) with poor elite recognition, but relatively large rooms and close to public transport, museums, shopping in Kowloon and the star ferry. Has had an ongoing refurbishment from late 2022 that appears to be addressing historic quality problems, but this is underway as the wiki is updated. As of March 2023, the "lounge" is on the second floor opposite the reception desk. It's open noon to 6:30pm only, with cocktails/food from 4:30pm-6:30pm and guests are allowed in for only one hour (enforced). There is no lounge opportunity for evening dessert/coffee.
Le Meriden Cyberport - Large rooms, nice staff, in the middle of nowhere (by HK standards) and very consistent brand standard, including a lounge. You will need to get a taxi to any sight or location unless you are visiting the tech companies in the area. Refurbished and reopened in November 2022, and has a shuttle to the Airport Express MTR/Central once an hour.
Hong Kong SkyCity Marriott Hotel - Next to the airport, far away from the city (on the MTR or Airport express via a shuttle bus) but excellent evening buffet and ideal to explore Lantau or visit friends (aircrew) in Tung Chung. You can't walk to the airport due to ongoing construction work, even if it looks like it is only a 5 minute walk, it isn't.
Hong Kong Ocean Park Marriott Hotel - Huge pool and ideal for children. Rebranded to a resort to limit elite benefits. Worthwhile for a long weekend away or when visiting Ocean Park. Close to the (less convenient) Ocean Park MTR for tourists. Good restaurants on-site, not much in the local area.
Sheraton Hong Kong Tung Chung Hotel - New hotel that opened in December 2020, more designed for shopping or being close to the airport (via taxi or hourly shuttle bus), good facilities and pool. Far away from the city centre in a residential area.

Boutique
The Mira Hong Kong, a Member of Design Hotels™ - Not so close to public transport (approx 10 minute walk from Tsim Sha Tsui MTR), limited elite recognition but good for the bars of Tsim Sha Tsui (TST) and Kowloon. A better place to head to after a day of shopping in Kowloon or a heavy night out in TST.
Mira Moon Hong Kong, a Member of Design Hotels™ - Close to the shopping of Causeway bay, good rabbit based romantic hotel with sizeable bathrooms and real baths but limited restaurant facilities in-house. Refurbished in July 2022.
The Park Lane Hong Kong, Autograph Collection - New, and not yet opened. In 2025 it is expected that we will get a new Autograph, a conversion from the current Park Lane Hotel, Pullman. The hotel has a great bar and view. Let's see what happens

Value
Courtyard Hong Kong Sha Tin - generally agreed to be the best value Marriott in town with an excellent executive lounge, great value rooms and good elite service. However far from town (45+ minutes on public transport) and designed for those who want to visit Sai Kung or relatives in the new territories.
Hong Kong Island Hotel | Courtyard Hong Kong - Reasonable location and good value business hotel that isn't that far from central or the MTR, but is ultimately not very distinctive. Offers a good breakfast for elites and a small executive lounge more focused on drinks than food.
Ovolo Southside, Hong Kong, a Member of Design Hotels™ - Excellent value and close to Ocean Park. Near the MTR and with a well respected local Mexican restaurant. Offers a 3 hour social hour (free flow with food) if you book direct, a hidden gem. At points has been fully vegetarian as well.
Four Points by Sheraton Hong Kong, Tung Chung - A combined building with the Sheraton Tung Chung, so very similar with some shared facilities but more basic rooms.

Typical responses from those who live in Hong Kong:
I want the best hotel money can buy: Ritz Carlton (views) or St Regis (service)
I want to save money: Ovolo Southside (qirky) or Courtyard Sha Tin (far away)
For business: JW Marriott (Hong Kong Island) and W Hotel (Kowloon)
Airport Stopover: The Sky City Marriott is in the airport complex (accessed via shuttle bus) but realistically you could head to the Ritz Carlton or W Hotel on the airport express in under 30 minutes. Alternatively the Sheraton Tung Chung, and cheaper Four Points may offer more reasonable rates and are only 10 minutes taxi to the airport in an area where a lot of Cathay staff live, or use the airport shuttle bus (link).
Theme parks: Disney is not close and arguably the Sky City Marriott or Sheraton Tung Chung/Four Points Tung Chung are closest, but would need a taxi. Staying at the W or Ritz Carlton may be preferable and using the MTR to get to the park (one change). For Ocean Park you have the Ocean Park Marriott (Resort) or Ovolo Southside within walking distance or the JW Marriott is only one MTR(metro) stop away and more central for other sights.
Staycation: Ritz Carton (on-site restaurants), St Regis (service, two good if pricey restaurants), Courtyard Sha Tin (bargain) or the Ocean Park Marriott (pool for children)
Space: Le Meriden Cyberport, but only because it's in the middle of nowhere (though this is subjective, as it's about 20 minutes in a taxi to central)...
Undiscovered gem: Maybe the Ovolo Southside but ultimately this is Hong Kong so you can't really expect a bargain, it's an efficient capitalist market after all!....

**Staying in China**
Note (pre-COVID) you could save serious (USD100s+) by staying in Shenzhen though this would involve crossing an international border and would only work for those who wanted to visit China and had a visa. With the border reopening this is an option, for example the St Regis Shenzhen is typically great value with free-flow executive lounge privileges on the 100+ floor or staying at the Four Points in Shenzhen is less than a round of drinks in Hong Kong and offers an unlimited dim-sum lunch for less than 20USD pp. Getting a visa isn't as easy as pre COVID though, and the China "visa on arrival" scheme can be over subscribed, leading to long queues. If you have a China Visa though this could still be an option, though it will take approximately 2 hours to get from the Shenzhen StR to the centre of Hong Kong (made up of approximately 20 minutes metro in Shenzhen, up to one hour of border/visa processing time, then 40 minutes on the MTR to Admiralty station)

**Quarantine FYI**
In December 2020 the Hong Kong government agreed a list of quarantine only hotels for what became part of the world's strictest quarantine regimes with at points any person entering HK needing to spend 3 weeks in a hotel. A number of Marriott hotels took part in this programme at varying points until hotel quarantine was removed in late 2022. The "new" Four Points in Tung Chung didn't open for normal guests until after the end of quarantine, and at time others were on/off the list, including the high end W, then the Ocean Park Marriott, Renaissance, Ovolo, Mira Moon and so on. Of the Marriott brands, only the JW Marriott and Ritz Carlton never took part.
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Old Jan 26, 2014, 11:07 am
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Originally Posted by aaupgrade
In that case, one of the Courtyards or the airport Sky City Marriott since mass transit is OK for you.
I second the Sky City Marriott which is usually cheaper than the JW, has a very nice lounge.
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Sky City or Courtyard. Check out the thread on this topic.
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Like to keep the rate at $175 US or less

Be there 5 nights so can deal with some mass transit in order to get better value for hard earned money. hehe
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Originally Posted by kapkap46
Like to keep the rate at $175 US or less

Be there 5 nights so can deal with some mass transit in order to get better value for hard earned money. hehe
This is a cheap way to do it:

If you are living in the US: Run the megabonus and earn 2 certs, if you are going with your partner, run for 4 cets. Then you got 4 out of 5 nights covered. The last one you can use points/cert if you have any.

CY is a 5 so you can use your cert there.

Then apply the cert for 4 nights in CY Hong Kong. I wouldn't suggest HK Sky City because it's far far away and the fastest way is the airport express which is going to cost you a fortune to pendel back and forth. You won't make the lounge during the cocktail hours (I don't like the lounge food in Sky City/CY - there are better food out there and it's not expensive).

If you don't care about stay credit, then book it through other online travel agencies.

You are not the only travelling on your own dime - we do too, and we solely travel on leisure so our status is also earned through our own dime too. I totally understand that you think JW is too expensive, so do I. That's why we have only been staying at CY when I'm in Hong Kong.
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I second (third, whatever) the recommendations for the CY's. Unlike the CY properties in the US, those in HK are more like full service hotels, and the lounges are quite nice. For gold, they will include breakfast and CL access which has good food.

The one called "Courtyard Downtown" doesn't have MTR nearby, but the ding-ding is right out front as I recall, so you can easily get around. They also have a shuttle to/from the IFC. The one called "Shatin" has the MTR two-three blocks away.

I stayed at both properties in the last 12 months, they're both fine hotels.
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The trolley does pick up right out front of the downtown CY and is a fun, safe ride on the upper deck, though it does get crowded. Exact change only. IMHO, the CY a fine hotel. The breakfast is widely varied and quite good.
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The trolley does pick up right out front of the downtown CY and is a fun, safe ride on the upper deck, though it does get crowded. Exact change only. IMHO, the CY a fine hotel. The breakfast is widely varied and quite good.
You can also use the Octopus card, which is hands down the best way to pay for things in Hong Kong.
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You can also use the Octopus card, which is hands down the best way to pay for things in Hong Kong.
Only if it's an actual pre-paid card. The Airport Express card which comes with MTR access does not provide tram service unless further loaded with cash.
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Only if it's an actual pre-paid card. The Airport Express card which comes with MTR access does not provide tram service unless further loaded with cash.
It is indeed a pre-paid card. If you're not a HK resident your only option is to load it with cash, then you can use it for all mass transit, as well as just about any merchant: 7-11 stores, restaurants, gift shops, etc.

I got mine at the airport on my first trip to HK, and just reload it upon arrival, works great.
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Unless I am mistaken, the Megabonus certificates will not work for this Courtyard. It is a Category 5 and the Megabonus certificates are only good for Category 1 - 4.

There’s plenty to love about Marriott Rewards, from exclusive benefits to 250+ rewarding opportunities. Now, with MegaBonus, there’s even more.

To earn up to two free nights:
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•Stay between February 1 and April 30, 2014
•Earn a free night at a category 1-4 hotel after the second paid stay, up to two free nights


Am I missing something?

Originally Posted by nacho
This is a cheap way to do it:

If you are living in the US: Run the megabonus and earn 2 certs, if you are going with your partner, run for 4 cets. Then you got 4 out of 5 nights covered. The last one you can use points/cert if you have any.

CY is a 5 so you can use your cert there.

Then apply the cert for 4 nights in CY Hong Kong. I wouldn't suggest HK Sky City because it's far far away and the fastest way is the airport express which is going to cost you a fortune to pendel back and forth. You won't make the lounge during the cocktail hours (I don't like the lounge food in Sky City/CY - there are better food out there and it's not expensive).

If you don't care about stay credit, then book it through other online travel agencies.

You are not the only travelling on your own dime - we do too, and we solely travel on leisure so our status is also earned through our own dime too. I totally understand that you think JW is too expensive, so do I. That's why we have only been staying at CY when I'm in Hong Kong.
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Old Jan 28, 2014, 8:25 am
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To piggyback on this thread, if you had no status but wanted the ease of being where all the "touristy" stuff is, and using points, what would you recommend? Still the Courtyard?

Lounge access is not an issue for us.
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Originally Posted by wharvey
if you had no status but wanted the ease of being where all the "touristy" stuff is, and using points, what would you recommend? Still the Courtyard?
Touristy stuff is all over, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Victoria Peak, Star ferry, Stanley Market, Macau. Unless you are mobility challenged, all of the Marriott properties would work with the exception of Sky City Marriott as it would require the longest of rides into Kowloon or Hong Kong island to access all of those sites. TTBOMK a ferry ride is required from all locations to visit Macau.

JW is the most convenient being right on top of Admiralty station and across the street from where one catches the Stanley Market bus. Harbour Renaissance would be next most convenient, being a short walk to the MTR and buses. It really comes down to weighing how many points you want to spend for convenience. I walk a lot and found that exploring Hong Kong island from both the JW and Ren worked. Also a very short 1 or 2 stop MTR ride puts one in Kowloon. I have not stayed at either of the CYs so can't comment on the convenience of their locations.
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Whoever posted the recent trip report on the Hong Kong Courtyard, please repost it!!!

I moved it into its own thread -- or tried! Instead, it disappeared into thin air. Not sure what to do now. I did everything right. Not sure what the software did. But the post contained valuable information and should be restored. I can no longer see who posted it, let alone what it said. It's just gone. I'm very sorry that happened.

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Is this the one you want:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/22237477-post1140.html
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Yes, it is!!! Thanks very much. I couldn't see it at all for a while. I guess the software found it a home after all.

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