"I'm sorry we do not want to put out any comments on the SARS issue because we want to look forward, " said Anita Kwan, public relations manager at the Metropark Hotel in Kowloon.
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.
Hong Kong's Kowloon Metropark (formerly the Metropole), the Hong Kong hotel that had the first reported SARS case in the city, declined an interview request.