Sun.Star Cebu

Hong Kong awaits

- MONICA R. LOPEZ / Writer CONTRIBUTE­D FOTOS

Staying at Kowloon Shangri-La, Hong Kong provides its guests the best of what the place has to offer. Apart from its stellar location, the hotel’s Italian Statuario marble floors at the lobby, large wood carving handcrafte­d in Beijing, China, the 600 luxurious rooms complement­ed by six restaurant­s offering a wide range of cuisines and its numerous features and amenities, give guests more reasons to stay.

Last March 5, Cebu’s media gathered at the Ocean Pavilion of Shangri-La’s Mactan Resort & Spa and met the team of Kowloon Shangri-La: general manager Philip Dewar, director of sales and marketing Sonny Ang and communicat­ions manager Mona Kwan.

While guests indulged themselves with the U.S. beef tenderloin with truffle mash onion shavings and red wine sauce; risotto of black truffle and scallop with parmesan, grilled corn and champignon; and a chocolate garden variation for dessert, the Kowloon team shared the hotel’s latest offerings.

For those traveling with the family, the Family Getaway package provides deluxe comfort for family guests with touches of fun in-room game corner and play mat for kids, full Horizon Club benefits, kids’ amenities--all in the comfort of the upgraded family room that includes a kids’ rollaway bed with a panoramic view of the Victoria Harbour.

Making shopping more enjoyable, Kowloon Shangri-La, Hong Kong gives its guests a host of shopping privileges. Just present the hotel key card, an invitation booklet or letter. The benefits include around 200 shopping and dining offers at Harbour City and a gift certificat­e from T Galleria by DFS, Hong Kong, Tsim Sha Tsui East store.

Giving importance to staying connected, the hotel has partnered with Tink Labs Limited to provide a handy phone in all guestrooms. Its features include a travel guide speed dial to hotel services, unlimited internet connectivi­ty wherever they are in the city and the ability to make free local and internatio­nal calls to different countries like Germany, Australia, Japan, Korea and the Philippine­s.

With these offerings, staying at Kowloon, Shangri-La, Hong Kong makes visiting the famed destinatio­n more enticing in time for summer.

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