Grand addition to the city's growing number of Harbour hotels

Think there are enough hotels in this city named Harbour? Apparently, the Harbour Plaza Hotels and Resorts group doesn't think so. In addition to the Harbour Plaza North Point, the Harbour Plaza Metropolis (Hung Hom), Harbour Plaza Resort City (Tin Shui Wai) and the Harbour Plaza Hong Kong (which actually isn't in Hong Kong but also in Hung Hom), the group just added another property to its roster, which had a soft opening on Monday. To distinguish itself from its siblings, the new Fortress Hill inn is called Harbour Grand Hong Kong. What also differentiates the new waterfront hotel, with its 828 rooms and five restaurants, is its five-star ambitions, compared to the slightly lower grades of its sister accommodations.

'It's now the flagship of our resorts,' marketing manager Wings Mok boasted. 'We started operation on Monday and everything is open except for one of the five restaurants, the Japanese Nagomi. But what I think people should check out is the venue on the 41st floor. Le 188 restaurant & lounge is so called because it has a 188-degree harbour view.'

It seems this won't be the only Harbour Grand in town though. The Harbour Plaza Hong Kong will in time be spruced up and have its moniker changed to the Harbour Grand Kowloon in the near future.