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Request 1:
Two young women taking a five-night short break to Hong Kong wishing to sample the city’s culture, food and shopping.
Recommendations:
Premier Holidays
Destination: Hong Kong.
Product: stay at the South Pacific Hotel, close to the Happy Valley Horse Track and the Times Square shopping and entertainment complex. Join the Hong Kong Insight sightseeing tour which includes a half-day tour of the island, a 2hr harbour cruise and an open-top tram tour.
Price: from £625 per person based on scheduled flights from Heathrow and room-only twinshare. Insight tour costs £49.
Kuoni
Destination: Hong Kong.
Product: stay at the Newton Hotel – a medium-class hotel with easy access to the shopping and entertainment areas of the city and Kowloon. Join a half-day tour including a tram ride up to Victoria Peak for spectacular views. Take the Lamma Island Seafood Dinner Cruise for stunning evening views.
Price: from £549 per person based on scheduled flights with Cathay Pacific from Heathrow and room-only twinshare. Excursions £59 per person. Private transfers – to help with all the shopping – for £49 each way.
Travel 2
Destination:Hong Kong.
Product: stay five nights at the Metropole Hotel on the Kowloon Peninsula, in easy reach of night markets of the Mongkok district. Buy travelcards to cut the cost of exploring the city and obtain a free VIP Card from the Hong Kong Tourism Association for shop discounts. Take the Lei Yue Mun Seafood Dinner Cruise and a 6hr tour to the New Territories between Kowloon and mainland China.
Price: from £621 each, based on scheduled British Airways flights from Heathrow and room-only hotel. Includes cruise and tour.
Request 2:
An older couple on an extended trip to Australia, stopping over in Hong Kong. They haven’t been to Hong Kong before and want to cover all the highlights in a short space of time.
Recommendations:
Premier Holidays
Destination: Hong Kong.
Product: stay at the recently refurbished Marco Polo on Kowloon which is close to the Star Ferry, the MTR transport system and many restaurants and shops. A four-night stopover will give the clients time to explore at leisure and join the Hong Kong Insight sightseeing package to cover all key areas.
Price: accommodation from £112 per person for four nights based on room only. Insight tour for £49 per person.
Kuoni
Destination: Hong Kong.
Product: stay at the Excelsior Hotel for three nights in a superior room. Pre-book a Kuoni excursion which covers the highlights of the city. Three days will allow time for trips and exploration of Hong Kong.
Price: accommodation from £102 per person for three nights based on room-only. Excursion package £59 per person. For these prices clients must book their Australian trip with Kuoni.
Travel 2
Destination: Hong Kong.
Product: stay at the five-star Kowloon Shangri-La in the shopping district of Tsimshatsui East for three nights. On the second day, take a half-day city tour of Hong Kong’s highlights including the Victoria Peak, Stanley Market and old fishing village of Aberdeen. On the third day, explore at leisure and join an early evening pre-dinner cruise which gives superb views of the city from a Chinese junk.
Price: from £266 per person including accommodation, transfers, tour and cruise.
Request 3:
A professional couple who have visited Hong Kong briefly during a stopover once before but are now returning for a longer 10-day visit. They want to revisit some of the highlights but are also considering combining their stay with the outer islands, mainland China or other compatible destinations.
Recommendations
Premier Holidays
Destination: Hong Kong, Canton, Macau and Lantau.
Product: stay at the first-class Sheraton Hotel, just minutes from the MTR transport system, Star Ferry and shops on the Canton Road in central Kowloon. Take a sightseeing Insight package and add on a full-day trip to Canton by ferry and train, a day trip to Macau and a visit to Lantau Island.
Price: from £1,138 per person based on scheduled flights from Heathrow and room-only accommodation for nine nights. Includes all the recommended excursions.
Kuoni
Destination: China and Hong Kong.
Product: fly to Beijing and stay at the Swissotel Beijing for six nights. From here, clients can join a day tour to The Great Wall and Ming Tombs and two half-day tours to the Summer Palace and the Forbidden City. Clients can also pre-book a day tour to Chengde – to the Terracota Warriors – before flying to Hong Kong for four nights at the Shangri La in Kowloon.
Price: from £1,095 per person based on scheduled flights and accommodation on a room-only basis. Includes all tours except the optional tour to Chengde at £120.
Travel 2
Destination: Hong Kong, Macau, China, Lantau Island and Vietnam.
Product: stay at the four-star Renaissance Harbour View Hotel on Hong Kong island for one night before joining a Pearl River Delta tour to Macau and into China. Highlights of the tour include the birthplace of revolutionary Sun Yat Sen and the city of Guangzhou. Return to the Renaissance for two nights and join a day tour to Lantau Island. Finally join a three-night cruise aboard Star Cruises’ SuperStar Leo visiting the Chinese port of Zhanjiang and nearby Crater Lake before visiting Vietnam’s Halong Bay with its 3,000 islands.
Price: £1,246 per person based on scheduled British Airways flights and room-only hotel. Includes return transfers, Pearl River Delta tour, Lantau day tour and SuperStar Leo cruise.