The Excelsior Hotel is owned by the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group and is located on the waterfront of Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour, opposite the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club and the famous Noonday Gun.

It’s almost impossible to find a smart hotel on Hong Kong Island for less than £100 a night, never mind one with a view of Victoria Harbour.

At one point, Hong Kong required up to 21 days of compulsory hotel quarantine for travelers and a "circuit breaker" mechanism that would ban flights from certain airlines into the city if they ...