Priceline Hotel: 5* Hong Kong (Central Kowloon) Langham Place Mongkok

[LHFlyer]

Langham Place Hotel Mongkok

555 Shanghai Street

Mongkok

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

852 3552 3388

Central Kowloon

Check-In Date: Saturday, November 4, 2006

Check-Out Date: Sunday, November 5, 2006

Your Offer Price: US$142.00

Number of Rooms: 1

Number of Nights: 1

Subtotal: US$142.00

Taxes & Service Fees: US$27.74

Total Charges: US$169.74

Very difficult to find anything decent for this last minute bid.

WHK 5* rejected up to $220 (JW Marriott rate $383)

TST 5* rejected up to $200 (Sheraton rate $280)

All areas 4* rejected up to $85 (Not that high rates at Kowloon Hotel, Eaton, Cosmopolitan)

All areas 3* rejected up to $60 (Novotel Century Harbourview $69 prepaid rate)

I started this bid with $140 and got a counteroffer to add $22. Added the WHK+ TST, $1 each time and got this. Looks like a very nice place, lowest I found was about HKD 1750 with taxes so savings of HKD 500.

I strongly suspect many HKG hotels simply don't give last minute PL availability - have had this problem before too.

I got a very interesting message on Priceline HK when bidding USD 230 for WHK:

Please verify the following information to continue with your request.

* YOU HAVE NAMED A VERY REASONABLE PRICE

Because of high-season constraints, Priceline's hotel partners currently have no empty rooms that coincide with the details in your request.

[Chris26WI]

Yepp, PL Asia often brings up message like that, by my experience, especially for places with no/limited availibility in Priceline.

The Langham Place Mongkok is for sure a nice place - in the middle of the shopping mall. Have a nice stay