Hong Kong’s product offering has strengthened with new infrastructure developments, attractions and hotels emerging during the business events hiatus.
Exhibition Centre MTR Station has opened next to Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Together with the Public Transport Interchange, it enhances the commercial, MICE and tourism industries.
The three-runway system project at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) started operation familiarisation in July. When expansion works are completed in 2024, HKIA will be able to handle 120 million passengers and 10 million tonnes of cargo annually.
West Kowloon Cultural District is the latest hotspot for business events. Two newly-opened world-class museums there, M+ and Hong Kong Palace Museum, boost Hong Kong’s position as a leading arts and cultural hub. The former focuses on contemporary visual culture while the latter features Chinese art and culture.
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Hong Kong Disneyland’s Castle of Magical Dreams has new day and night shows, the latter combining projection technology with special lighting and laser effects, pyrotechnics, flames and choreographed fountains.
Water World Ocean Park Hong Kong, Asia’s first and only year-round, all-weather seaside waterpark, opened in September 2021 with 27 attractions in five themed zones.
Water World Ocean Park
The 425-room Fullerton Ocean Park Hotel Hong Kong soft-opened in July – the first Fullerton hotel in Hong Kong and first Fullerton resort worldwide. It will offer corporate retreats, seaside dining and resort activities.
The new Silveri Hong Kong – MGallery has 206 rooms and suites and is situated near HKIA and AsiaWorld-Expo. Regala Skycity Hotel, part of the massive Skycity development, adjoins AsiaWorld-Expo and HKIA’s Passenger Terminal 2. It has 1,208 guestrooms and suites.
