W Hotel Hong Kong
A wonderful addition to the jet-setters notebook; the recent launch of the latest edition of the W boutique hotels - the W Hong Kong.
Located in West Kowloon, the hub of the buzzing financial district of Hong Kong, the new W brings a large dose of New York style to this cosmopolitan Asian business capital.
The area is right on the commercial waterfront, so instead of luxury yachts you are more likely to look out onto imposingly large freight and cargo ships. It works though, juxtaposing the designer, luxury environment with the gritty, functional realism of the hotel´s location.
Funny interior details are the W signature in the form of butterflies and surprising contemporary art works such as a fiberglass seal holding up a grand piano.
Other standouts include the spectacular rooftop pool, featuring an incredible mega-scale mosaic of a butterfly graphic created by Australian designer Fabio Ongarato. The pool looks out over the whole island - one of the most breathtaking in the city.
Perhaps a short Christmas trip to Hong Kong ........
Published on 15-11-2008 - Travel
