Kerry Hotel, Hong Kong

Kerry Hotel, Hong Kong opened on 28 April 2017 on the Hung Hom waterfront as Shangri-La's fourth city property and the debut of its Kerry Hotels brand in Hong Kong. Designed by Rocco Design Architects with interiors by André Fu, the 546-room property was built as a low-rise 'urban resort' with a private waterfront promenade and outdoor sports terraces, a departure from the vertical towers common elsewhere in the city.

The place

7 Hung Hom Bay, on the Hung Hom waterfront in Kowloon, facing Hong Kong Island across Victoria Harbour, close to Whampoa MTR station.

The concept

Kerry Hotel, Hong Kong opened on 28 April 2017 as the fourth Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts property in the city and the debut of the group's upscale Kerry Hotels brand there. Rather than a conventional city tower, the hotel was built around an unusually large low-rise footprint for Hong Kong, with a private waterfront promenade, terraced gardens and open-air sports decks — pitched by the group as the city's first waterfront 'urban resort' rather than a business hotel. More than 60% of the 546 rooms face the harbour, with room sizes running from 42 to 294 square metres for the Presidential Suite.

Dining & wellness

Big Bay Café, the all-day dining buffet, is built around seven live cooking pavilions — Steam, Grill, Chill, Fry, Stew, Dessert Lab and The Nook — serving international cuisines with harbour views. Kerry Sports Base Camp extends the hotel's fitness offering outdoors with running clubs, HIIT sessions and organised boating and hiking trips rather than a conventional gym-only setup.