HK $ 5 billion Hong Kong Ocean Park
Marriott will undergo testing and trials in the next two to three months before
its grand opening
Lawmakers hope the hotel will help
boost visitor numbers at the 41-year-old loss-making theme park
A luxury hotel at Hong Kong’s Ocean Park will receive its first
guests in early 2019 after being delayed for about six months, according to its
developer.
eter Lam Kin-ngok, chairman of Lai Sun Group, which developed the Hong Kong Ocean Park Marriott, said on Monday the HK$5 billion (US$641 million) hotel would undergo testing and trials in the next two to three months before its grand opening.
The 471-room hotel was meant to have opened in June but was delayed because of a number of reasons including its cash-strapped contractor, Lam said without elaborating.
“It would be a bit of a rush to launch it in December,” he said, adding that the hotel would be a handy option for those who wanted to visit Ocean Park and Admiralty, a four-minute train ride away.
Rooms will cost about HK$2,100 on average.
Contractor Hsin Chong Construction, which started work on the project in late 2014, faced financial problems early last year. It was also the contractor on the city’s visual art museum M+ in the West Kowloon Cultural District art hub until it was fired in August.
The Ocean Park Marriott would help boost visitor numbers at the
41-year-old loss-making theme park, which was searching its soul for a new
position in the increasingly competitive tourism sector in the “Greater Bay Area”,
lawmaker Yiu Si-wing said.
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