It's the quietest hotel in Hong Kong, windows glazed so effectively that a 747 can warm up outside without a whisper penetrating the bedroom.
The spa, with its basketball court, indoor and outdoor tennis, sauna, swimming pool, squash and fitness centre, is one of the best-equipped in Asia, and prices are attractively low.
The food is excellent, and in elegant Catalina's on the 23rd floor, diners enjoy a view that sweeps over Castle Peak on one side, the mountains of Lantau on the other and Chek Lap Kok airport busily in the middle.
The 501-room Headland Hotel offers some of the finest services, best restaurants and comfortable accommodation that Hong Kong can provide. Pity you can't go there . . .
The structure is part of the enormous Cathay Pacific complex at Chek Lap Kok and is reserved totally for the airline's crew and executives, for staff from the adjacent CX office towers and for strictly controlled numbers of other airport community workers.
It's a very private hotel. It's also a very busy one, says the general manager, Kevin Bossino. The rooms, specially designed to ensure an uninterrupted sleep for pilots and cabin crew, usually enjoy a 40 per cent occupancy rate. Guests check in round the clock, as Cathay jets land from four continents.