Luxury Travel Advisor - September 2007 - (Page 32) THE LANGHAM is located in the heart of the bustling Tsim Sha Tsui district (above). CLUB FLOOR ROOMS serve the needs of executives (left). Deluxe City View rooms, where at night you can see the glittering streets of Kowloon Drive. The hotel has 50 sets of connecting rooms—affluent families traveling together have the option of booking suites with connectable rooms—and 26 suites. The three signature suites are the Premier Suite (360 square feet), Penthouse Suite (275 square feet) and Vogue Suite (250 square feet). All can be booked through the GDS. The Premier Suite (Room 1328) represents the hotel’s ultimate in accommodations. It’s a one-bedroom abode with a bar, sitting area, dining area, study and two and a half bathrooms (one with a Jacuzzi). Be sure to get your request in early for Langham Hotel Club Floor rooms—they’re among the most quickly selling rooms. Part of their appeal is guest access to the exclusive Langham Hotel Club Lounge located on the 11th floor. The lounge serves breakfast, all-day unlimited snacks and canapés and evening cocktails. The lounge has complimentary PC terminals with scanners, printers and broadband connection. The Victoria Room, equipped with a 42-inch plasma TV with DVD home theater system, is available on a complimentary basis for either entertainment or small meetings. The hotel’s main restaurant, T’ang Court, is located on the first floor of the hotel and was chosen as one of Hong Kong’s Top Dining Tables by Gourmet magazine. The restaurant specializes in Cantonese cuisine, and signature dishes include stir-fried fresh lobster with spring onion, red onion and shallots, and sautéed prawns and crab roe with golden-fried pork and crab-meat puffs. Luxury travel advisors can make advance reservations for their clients by contacting Chief Concierge Danny Tse (danny.tse@langhamhotels.com; 852-2375-1133, ext. 81), who can also assist with any specially requested Hong Kong excursions. Tip: Travelers can take comfort in the tastes of home at The Main St. Deli, Hong Kong’s only authentic New York Deli. Favorite items are the reuben and pastrami sandwiches and matzo ball soup. As the Langham Hotel, Hong Kong is a business hotel, the busiest times to book fall during trade shows and exhibitions, which are prevalent the first half of January, late-March, April, late-September, October and November. During the evenings on December 24 and 31, the street in front of the hotel becomes a pedestrian zone. Guests checking in or out during those hours will need to allow extra time to get to the nearest spot for car pick-up and drop-off. Travel advisors with special requests can contact Raymond Tong (raymond.tong@langham hotels.com; 852-2378-9304), assistant director of sales, travel trade. The Langham Hotel, Hong Kong is located in Kowloon’s Tsim Sha Tsui district, directly across the harbor from Central Hong Kong, and is convenient to the Star Ferry terminal, a three-block, five-minute walk. In fact, the Star Ferry figures in one of the hotel staff ’s famous feats: One former guest wanted to surprise her husband, an avid buoy collector, with a buoy from the Star Ferry. Despite the fact that buoys from the vessel aren’t for sale, the concierge staff worked their connections and managed to go directly to the manufacturer to obtain the buoy for the guest. — Mark Rogers 32 LUXURY TRAVEL ADVISOR | September 2007
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