The InterContinental | T+L 500 2008 | Travel + Leisure

The InterContinental

Contemporary 17-story tower with spectacular views of Hong Kong Island, on the Kowloon waterfront.

Score 85.69
Stats 495 rooms; 5 restaurants; 3 bars.
Competitive Edge Two of the trendiest restaurants in town: Nobu Matsuhisa's Nobu and Alain Ducasse's Spoon.
Rooms to Book Superior Harbourviews, for affordable waterfront vistas.
Don't Miss A swim in the trio of infinity pools on the terrace.
Cost Doubles from $527.
Contact 18 Salisbury Road
Kowloon
800/327-0200 or 852/2721-1211

www.intercontinental.com

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“The private pool on the private, 2,500-square-foot terrace of the new $11,200-a-night Presidential Suite at the InterContinental in Hong Kong is constructed in the popular 'infinity' style, and thus appears, from certain angles, to share water with Victoria Harbour....” MORE»

—Bruno Maddox
“A Room of One's Own” in Travel + Leisure, Jun 2006

“Young ad and film execs in jeans and Puma sneakers pitch ideas over drinks in the lobby, while heavy hitters from Asian first-world economies like South Korea and Japan do major deals. There's also the occasional middle-American tourist group and a growing number of mainland Chinese....” MORE»

—Rob McKeown
“Hong Kong's Greatest Hits” in Travel + Leisure, Mar 2006

“Staying at the Inter-Continental Hong Kong feels like cruising on an ocean liner. The glamorous hotel juts out over Victoria Harbour; turn off the lights in your room (two-thirds of the 518 here have views of the water) and the city provides sensual backlighting....” MORE»


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