Trip Report
- Introduction
- The Renaissance Saigon
- Cathay First Class
- InterContinental Hong Kong
- Cathay First Class Lounge
- Park Hyatt Tokyo
The Park Hyatt Tokyo is one of the finest hotels I have stayed in, known as one of the finest in the world and confirms my love for the Park Hyatt brand. The hotel is outstanding in terms of hotel quality and especially in terms of service. It’s part of the setting of the movie lost in translation and perhaps the building itself is more recognized for it’s distinct design.
In my limited experience, the Japanese...
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- The Renaissance Saigon
- Cathay First Class
- InterContinental Hong Kong
- Cathay First Class Lounge
- Park Hyatt Tokyo
What I forgot when starting all this is that Cathay’s First Class Lounge is currently under renovations. In the meantime they’ve sectioned off one of the business class lounges and turned it into a temporary first class lounge. While the lounge I experienced was certainly worthy of Cathay First Class it was by no means mind blowing. Really no reason to show up early for...
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- The Renaissance Saigon
- Cathay First Class
- InterContinental Hong Kong
- Cathay First Class Lounge
- Park Hyatt Tokyo
The InterContinental Hong Kong is known as one of the finest hotels in the world for one obvious reason among many: location. Hong Kong is one of my favorite cities; tropical islands meet the largest skyline my eyes have seen - even the airport landing is beautiful. The skyline goes forever but the best view of it is seen from across the bay on the Kowloon side. Which is where the InterContinental sits right on the water next...
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- The Renaissance Saigon
- Cathay First Class
- InterContinental Hong Kong
- Cathay First Class Lounge
- Park Hyatt Tokyo
For starters, the specific flight we took from Hong Kong to Tokyo is normally done on a smaller plane without a first class. I however, found and booked an exception: the same route on a Boeing 747-400. The flight holds something like 280 economy, 50 business and 9 first class. On this flight we were the only two in the first class cabin. We saw only each other and the two staff members during the flight. Two of us,...
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