W Hong Kong
There are two other W’s in Asia at the moment (Maldives and Seoul), but the grand opening of the W Hong Kong this past week is a landmark penetration of W Hotels into the blossoming Chinese market. There’s been a lot of excitement around this hotel since its soft opening back in August. The W Hong Kong houses Asia’s first Bliss Spa, boasts the city’s most highly elevated hotel swimming pool, offers a 73rd-floor panoramic fitness facility, and introduces the world-renown W living room experience to China. These pictures from the soft opening several months ago hardly portray the hotel accurately.
The design and appointments in the W Hong Kong are sure to inject some character and flair into the mundane, old-school, antiquated luxury that has long been the norm in high-end Hong Kong hotels. As the Chinese become more expressive in their creativity and fine arts, it’s great that this W is recognizing this cultural shift and mirroring some of it throughout the hotel.
Take a look below . . . what other hotel in Hong Kong places such a visible emphasis on modern design concepts and art?
W Hong Kong - Meeting Space
W Hong Kong - Highest Pool in HK
W Hong Kong - Kitchen
W Hong Kong - Fantastic Suite
W Hong Kong - Extreme WOW Suite
Like the rest of the competition, W Hotels certainly has its eyes set on the Asian hotel market. At this time, the following W Hotels should have broken ground and be taking reservations by 2011:
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