The Upper House has a sister hotel in Beijing - The Opposite House. TUH is owned by the Swire Group which in turn owns Pacific Place which is a HUGE piece of land on which there is already a Conrad (hmm) & a JW Marriott (umm). TUH is "on top" of the JW - starting at floor 6 (where there is a Garden). Up to the top floor (49th) - there are 11 floors that house 117 rooms & suites.
The 49th floor has reception/library and Cafe Gray (from Gray Kunz - the NY chef) - which offers breakfast, lunch and dinner. I had a superb meal here tonight - Willem van Emden is an outstanding "director of restaurants" ... and the sommelier Kimberley Drake is one of the best I have ever had the pleasure meet and talk wine with.
The hotel has been designed by Andre Fu - who is the hottest hotel designer in Asia at the moment.
TUH is run by the excellent General Manager Dean Winter - ex-Mandarin Oriental. I have had a couple fascinating chats with him. This hotel is a winner - now in the top three of properties in Hong Kong (with The Four Seasons and Peninsula) ... and a lot of the success is down to him.
The hotel has 21 suites ... mine is HUGE ... and has brilliant views of the harbour and the hills ... I have nothing to complain about! The attention to detail is impressive. REN products in the bathroom, a lovely amenity bag filled with goodies AND very stealable all-lead pencils!
I have had a lovely day catching up ... drinking wine ... meeting up with old friends and drinking more wine.
In 4 hours I fly back to London ...
Song of the Day - The Labour of Love - Hue & Cry
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gxMvb9VrzY
Weather: delightful
the view at 0500
view at 0545
view at 0630
49th floor view from men's room!
whoo-hoo!
view internally from the 49th
arty
ground floor to 6th 
my bedroom
my lounge
my bathroom part 1
my bathroom part 2
my walk-in-shower
with priscilla & willem
