i use my corporate set rate & get the options to book all types of suites on spg.com....the ones i can see right now are the fantastic suite, marvelous suite, wow suite & extreme wow suite....

Airport pick up
 

The W is offering to meet my group (4 people) in their Audi 7 for @ 750 HKD. Is this a reasonable fee? How much for a cab from the airport to the hotel?

Thanks

Just finished a pretty good stay there.

Plus points:
- nice view of ships
- big room (I think it may have been a suite upgrade but they didn't mention that)
- attached mall is good (and restaurants on 3rd floor outside)
- amazing bed
- staff were pleasant and helpful by chinese standards
- excellent airport connection (train is literally 100 metres from arrivals exit), and goes direct to the hotel building (although you have to walk about 10mins through the mall first)
- the two queries I sent in advance were answered promptly and correctly

Minus points:
- I thought the whole "wow" and "wonderful" thing was a bit irrelevant and slightly annoying (but I'm not very design oriented)
- roof pool a bit underwhelming
- no big space in communal areas
- made the margarita wrong in the lobby bar
- no comb in room, only 2 bottles of water, slippers too small, no knife
- taxi needed to get anywhere (but not too expensive)
- mp3 speaker connection only works for apple ipods not other mp3 players - for example the St Regis in Singapore has a generic audio input not one that only works on Apple devices


overall: 4*

Well, not entirely true. There is an MTR subway station in the mall. The MTR is quite convenient to travel around Hong Kong.

That's about 3 times the price of a taxi ride from the airport to the W .

:confused:

It's difficult to cut an apple with a teaspoon :cool:

point taken about the MTR, although many locations are far quicker to get to by taxi.

i think its 750HKD plus tax. i paid 825HKD for the same service ( check post 155 on this thread). its great service. i am going to HKG next month and will be using this service.

Hong Kong cab drivers provide good, honest service at a great price. However they most certainly do not, in my experience, drive Audis!

If you dont mind the walk through the mall, the other - probably faster - option is to take the Airport Express train which stops very close to the W at Kowloon station. Its HK$100 per person, from memory.

Upgrade Question
 

I am SPG Gold, not Plat. I have reserved 4 nights at the W HKG using C+P (a great deal, in my view). What, if anything, can I do to secure (or negotiate) an upgrade in advance?

(I stay frequently at the Parker Meridien in NYC, which upgrades me automatically no matter what, but I have little experience with W properties.)

Thanks.

P.S. This is my and my wife's first trip to HKG. We're spending 4 nights at the W because we have a profusion of Starwood points and would feel stupid not using them. But we're also going to spend at least a couple of nights elsewhere, just to mix it up. Right now, we have 2 nights booked at the FS, via AmEx FHR. Good choice?

can't comment much on the gold upgrade but i would suggest staying a couple of nights at the conrad....amazing property....

Yes, but Hong Kong taxis are among the most comfortable and spacious of any fleet in the world

I had a great two-night SPG50 stay here a few weeks back. I had received a pre-arrival upgrade to a Fantastic Room, and upon arrival at about 13:00 was offered a Fantastic Room immediately or a Fantastic Suite around 15:30... chose the later. Room was great and the service was excellent throughout the stay... hotel was a touch off the beaten path, but the walk to Nathan Road was only about 15 minutes and, as mentioned, one stop to Central. I will be back next time I'm in HKG.

or take the complimentary scheduled shuttle as part of their "Acura" service that will take you to Nathan Road and Central Tsim Sha Tsui... if i remember correctly, every 30 minutes...

or walk it... :D

Can you share that how much you paid for SPG50 room?
Thanks