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Subject: HK hotel alternative
Tim has brought to my attention an alternative for those seeking the lowest hotel rates for the UBL meeting in Hong Kong: Robert Black College. As he notes, it is cheap and within walking distance of the meetings. It also appears to provide internet connections. The web site is at http://www.hku.hk/rblack/ Regarding the Bishop Lei, Tim says: i have stayed at bishop lei it wasn't anything special (food was poor by HK standard). i also recall it is a shuttle bus across the busiest part of town. Dorris Tai of HKU provides the following further details: Robert Black is an older establishment (but clean) and located right on campus. However, at the time we looked into accommodation for the UBL members, Robert Black only has a limited number of rooms available for the May period and wouldn't block them for us. Please visit http://www.hku.hk/rblack/. I asked Dorris whether there was anything that might incline a visitor to prefer one of the hotels off campus instead, and she replied: Robert Black is about 5-minute walk to the meeting venue, but is not close to shops or restaurants (about 10-20 minutes taxi ride or 20-30 minutes bus ride) to downtown area. HKU is located on a mountain west of downtown. For the hotels, Island Pacific and Novotel (directly on the bottom of the mountain where HKU is) are about 5-10 minute taxi ride to the meeting venue or to downtown area (or about 20-minute walk to downtown). Bishop Lei (east of HKU and directly above downtown) is about 5-minute taxi ride to the meeting venue or to downtown area (or about 10-minute walk to downtown). As many HKU visitors in the past have stayed in Bishop Lei, Island Pacific and Novotel, those hotels could offer those discounted room rates. Personally, I think I'd prefer to stay close to downtown, so I think I'll stick with the Bishop Lei. Here's where we appear to be staying based on what people have told me: Robert Black: Tim McGrath Bishop Lei: Jon Bosak, Mavis Cournane Renaissance Harbour View: Mark Crawford, Stig Korsgaard Island Pacific: Ken Holman, Yukinori Saito, Stephen Green Novitel: Paul Thorpe Jon
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