{
  "id": 14173352,
  "title": "SHKP reopens former Crowne Plaza hotel as luxury ‘urban resort’ in Tseung Kwan O",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/shkp-reopens-former-crowne-plaza-hotel-as-luxury-urban-resort-in",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-13T10:13:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "SCMP Business",
    "slug": "scmp-business",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3370747/shkp-reopens-former-crowne-plaza-hotel-luxury-urban-resort-tseung-kwan-o"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP) has reopened the former Crowne Plaza hotel as a luxury \"urban resort\" in Tseung Kwan O. The extensive renovation has transformed the hotel into an integrated lifestyle ecosystem that complements SHKP's other properties, including shopping malls, office buildings, and residences near Tseung Kwan O Station. The hotel's owner and chairman, Raymond Kwok Ping-luen, announced the opening of the brand-new Royal Garden Kowloon East hotel during a ceremony on Tuesday. Kwok emphasized that the hotel underwent a complete overhaul to cater to the evolving needs of modern tourists, rather than simply replicating the successful model of the past. The transformation, which cost over HK$100 billion and spanned a three-stage renovation, added seven new guest rooms to bring the total to 366.",
  "summary": "The new Royal Garden Kowloon East hotel has undergone far more than an extensive renovation; it has been completely overhauled to become an “urban resort” in the heart of Tseung Kwan O, according to the hotel’s owner. Developer Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP) had transformed the former Crowne Plaza “from a traditional business hotel into a brand-new urban resort experience” to cater to a new…",
  "key_points": [
    "Former Crowne Plaza hotel reopened as luxury urban resort in Tseung Kwan O.",
    "Extensive renovation transformed hotel into integrated lifestyle ecosystem.",
    "Hotel owner Raymond Kwok emphasized complete overhaul for modern tourists."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}