The Salisbury - YMCA of Hong Kong

Set on Salisbury Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, steps from the harbourfront promenade, the hotel occupies one of Kowloon's busiest corners, with Victoria Harbour and the Hong Kong Island skyline visible from many upper floors. It is run by the YMCA of Hong Kong, a charity founded in the city in 1901, and the hotel's income helps fund its wider community and education work. All 372 rooms are non-smoking. They were refurbished in 2014 in a plain contemporary style, each with a writing desk, free Wi-Fi and either a harbour or city outlook. The Salisbury Dining Room, on the fourth floor, looks across to Hong Kong Island; the Mall Café sits off the ground-floor lobby for something quicker. Banquet and conference rooms handle seminars, wedding dinners and cocktail receptions. Guests can use a rock-climbing room, an indoor lap pool and a fitness centre, facilities built for YMCA members but open to those staying at the hotel too. It is a working part of a larger institution, not a boutique stay. Reception can arrange banquet or conference space directly through the hotel's own booking lines, a detail that marks this out from most Kowloon hotels nearby.