LONG› STAY LUXURY

Some business travellers and expats may regard serviced apartments simply as temporary places to stay for, at most, a few months before finding a permanent place to live in a new city or country. They do not expect, nor require, the same luxuries one might find in high-end hotels.

For lawyer Tejaswi Nimmagadda, who moved to Hong Kong in 2016 and initially stayed in a serviced apartment, all he needed was “a functional apartment and close proximity to work and other transportation so I could easily attend apartment viewings”.

But serviced apartment owners and operators are recognising a new trend among their guests at the higher end of the market: many are seeking out accommodation that offers a more luxurious experience.

“We can look at many different accommodation projects, and a lot of them are what we call ‘cookiecutter’,” says Paul