HONG K ONG


Clockwise from top left: the new Express Rail Link station at West Kowloon; Tsim Sha Tsui clock tower; Hong Kong Ocean Park Marriott;Hong Kong skyline;


A JOURNEY FROM HONG KONG TO


GUANGZHOU, CHINA’S BUSIEST TRADING HUB, ON THE NEW


EXPRESS LINK WOULD TAKE 47 MINUTES


Kong’s Central district. Alongside its five dining outlets – which include a sleek rooſtop bar and restaurant – the Arches is perhaps the hotel’s most striking event space, offering a semi- outdoor venue with large arched apertures that overlook the historic St John’s Cathedral and Hong Kong Park. Other new openings across the city include


the 671-room Hotel Vic on the Harbour in Northpoint, the 76-room Soravit on Granville hotel in Kowloon’s buzzing Tsim Sha Tsui district, and the Sheraton Hong Kong Tung Chung Hotel, with a 1,000-seat ballroom on Lantau Island, near the airport and Asia World Expo centre. More are on the horizon, too: the 471-room Marriott Ocean Park is set to open in October with a 1,200-strong ballroom, the 413- room Rosewood is launching in Tsim Sha Tsui this winter, and the Fullerton Ocean Park, also next to the iconic theme park is due in 2021.


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Major infrastructure developments are also


in the works, with Hong Kong International Airport announcing an US$18 billion update, including a new annex in Terminal 1, adding more check-in capacity and an open-air rooſtop garden, and a 25-hectare dining, retail and entertainment space called Skycity. Te new additions will open in phases between 2019 and 2027, while a third runway is scheduled to open in 2024. Alongside the airport, a number of land-


based projects are in development, aiming to better connect Hong Kong and Macau to the Chinese mainland. Expected to open this year, the US$20 billion Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge will significantly cut journey times, with each being no more than an hour’s drive from one other. Te US$10.7 billion Guangzhou- Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link also opens this year, providing a direct link from Hong Kong’s West Kowloon terminal to 44 cities across the Chinese border. A journey from Hong Kong to the major manufacturing and tech hub of Shenzhen would take just 19 minutes, while a trip on the express link to Guangzhou, China’s busiest trading hub, would take 47 minutes, rather than two hours. Hong Kong has attracted a range of


conferences and exhibitions this year, including Forbes Under 30 Summit Asia, wine and spirits show Vinexpo and RISE, one of Asia’s largest tech events, while this autumn it’s set to host the Asian Logistics and Maritime Conference and the New York Times International Luxury


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