Band members talk about missing their kids, jet lag, Wi-Fi reception at the hotel.

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The first night of the tour I arrived, jet-lagged and drained, at a stylish boutique hotel in a foreign town.

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Last May, in a fit of bleary-eyed jet-lag, I made the mistake of checking into a hotel without running through the standard list of questions I normally ask at the front desk to ensure I get a good room.

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With its convenient location above the Kowloon transit center and the adjoining upscale shopping complex Elements, the Kowloon-side W hotel and the Ritz make for good meeting spots for jet-set travelers before they rush off to check in downstairs for their next flight.

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The hotel spa offers signature treatments such as Urban Therapy facial and Jet Lag Recovery, a full body exfoliation.

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In 1948, six Boeing engineers worked for weekend in a hotel room to produce a 33 page proposal, which included moving from turbo-prop to jet engines, and accompanied this proposal with a balsa-model prototype, in order to salvage a team project that was at the risk of failure.

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