St Regis Hong Kong [Master Thread]
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Just passed by a billboard of the St Regis Hong Kong.
Seems like there will be a 6th brand in Hong Kong after all!! It's a building under construction opposite the Renaissance Harbour View, which is connected to Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, where the Grand Hyatt also is. The would-be building's address is 26 Harbour Road, where a matrix of foot-bridge connects HKCEE/Wan Chai Ferry Pier and Wan Chai MTR station. It would be fairly connected and convenient for conferences attendees and leisure travellers to the (future) HKCEE MTR station. This is it's map location and line of sight from construction site. |
That's exciting, though I suspect St. Regis and Hong Kong will unite to create a pricing structure that's too steep for me.
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Originally Posted by Sam P. Goodman
(Post 27505152)
That's exciting, though I suspect St. Regis and Hong Kong will unite to create a pricing structure that's too steep for me.
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Wow good news to have more option.
It seems no harbour view unless the building is high enough. |
Possible rendering and map
I found this a few months ago about the St Regis Hong Kong. Sounds about right. A very nice addition to the Starwood/Marriott luxury portfolio...
http://www.mulderblauw.nl/en/project...regis-hongkong |
Wow what a uniquely shaped building!
Would be interesting to stay there when it opens. |
Originally Posted by lcpteck
(Post 27507188)
Wow what a uniquely shaped building!
Would be interesting to stay there when it opens. |
I don't think there is the slightest chance of the St Regis brand surviving the merger.
I would guess that this will be opened as a Ritz-Carlton. |
Originally Posted by DCF
(Post 27508335)
I don't think there is the slightest chance of the St Regis brand surviving the merger.
I would guess that this will be opened as a Ritz-Carlton. :confused::confused::confused: |
Originally Posted by DCF
(Post 27508335)
I don't think there is the slightest chance of the St Regis brand surviving the merger.
I would guess that this will be opened as a Ritz-Carlton. Do you have any factual or evidence driven basis for your assertion? Regards |
Originally Posted by DCF
(Post 27508335)
I don't think there is the slightest chance of the St Regis brand surviving the merger.
I would guess that this will be opened as a Ritz-Carlton. Would be great to see how the Hong Kong project develops. khabah |
Originally Posted by DCF
(Post 27508335)
I don't think there is the slightest chance of the St Regis brand surviving the merger.
I would guess that this will be opened as a Ritz-Carlton. Finally, Marriott already has stated that St Regis is a brand they wish to expand. In most parts of the world, many would say it's a better brand than Ritz-Carlton. After all, there are almost no examples where RC can beat out or even be considered as good as a FS in the same market...whereas there are numerous examples of St Regis properties being considered as good as if not even better than the FS. There's a reason why St Regis was expanding far faster than Ritz-Carlton in the last decade. |
Originally Posted by bhrubin
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Third, Hong Kong already has a Ritz-Carlton, so the ownership of this location almost certainly would prefer a different brand...and easily already could have made that change now that Marriott owns both brands.
Someday there could be another RC in Central, even if this particular project has been chose to be a StR. |
Originally Posted by stimpy
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First of all I completely agree that the suggestion that the St. Regis brand will go away is nonsense. However on this one particular point I would say Kowloon and Central are two different markets. There is a Hyatt in both markets, as well as many other brand examples in both markets. And of course there used to be an excellent Ritz Carlton in Central (I wish it had never left). So you could easily add a RC at this location and not worry about brand dilution.
Someday there could be another RC in Central, even if this particular project has been chose to be a StR. Clearly, the owners of this current Central hotel building chose St Regis and could have chosen Ritz Carlton if there were no exclusivity clause. But overcapacity helps no one, especially if the same brands are operating. In China, in particular, and Asia, in general, St. Regis is the better perceived luxury brand between StR and RC. Just as Sheraton is better perceived than Marriott in China/Asia (and many areas abroad). |
Originally Posted by bhrubin
(Post 27510318)
I believe it still will be very unlikely to have a second Ritz Carlton, even in Central...most likely because the owner of the current RC would have right of first refusal for such an addition.
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