Hi-tech hotel: Mongkok will get its first five-star hotel in July. The Langham Place Hotel says it will be the most technologically advanced hotel in Asia Pacific. Thanks to its 'wi-fi bubble', guests will be able to use their in-room mobile phone and access wireless broadband throughout the hotel. The Langham will also be the first hotel in the world to incorporate colour IP phones in every room, so guests can access weather, news, stock quotes and web-based radio, and send SMS without having to log on. The hotel can programme the phones of return guests with their most frequently dialled numbers, and load a photo of their family as the screensaver. Other technology highlights include wall-mounted plasma TVs and safes with sockets to recharge laptops and video cameras while they're being stored. The hotel is part of the 1.8 million sqft Langham Place development (pictured) that will cover four city blocks and include a mall with more than 300 shops and restaurants (555 Shanghai St, Mongkok, tel: 3552 3388, www.langham hotels.com).

Live like a pharoah: Spa Philosophy is offering a Macau Getaway Package for between HK$1,294 and HK$1,544. It includes two spa treatments (a 55-minute massage and either a 55-minute facial or body wrap), a night's stay at the newly renamed five-star Macau Pharoah's Hotel (formerly The Landmark, www.landmark hotel.com.mo) on a twinshare basis, and shuttlebus transfers. The package is valid until December, except during the Macau Grand Prix from November 17 to 20 (tel: [853] 728 330, www.spaphilosophy.com).