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Notes about the hotels:

Renaissance, Hong Kong
Part of the Marriott chain
There was a fax machine in the room
Wired internet (3 days of internet cost $210 HK, I think if you buy only one day, it’s $110 HK per day)
$5 HK per local phone call, conditioner, shower gel, body lotion, 2 soap bars.
Marble bathroom
Electrical outlets in room okay with American appliances (however different voltages)
box of kleenex in bathroom, phone in bathroom
Desk in room
AM/FM alarm clock radio, iron/ironing table in room, in room safe (easy to use), 2 bathrobes in closet, 2 slippers in closet, 2 free bottles of water in room (per stay), hairdryer in bathroom
Freebies in bathroom: 2 toothbrushes, toothpaste, small bottles of shampoo, conditioner, shower gel, body lotion, 2 soap bars.
Television stations: CNN International, BBC, CNBC-Asia, Bloomberg TV, English Primier League, Cable Sports, Super Soccor Channel, Discovery Channel, National Geographic Channel, Turner Classic Movies, Cable Movie 2, Cable Hollywood Movie Channel, AXN, Cable Children, TVB-Pearl, ATV-World, Phoenix-Chinese, CCTV4, CCTV9, DeutscheWalle (German), TV5 (French), RAI International (Italian), TVB-Jade (Catonese), and ATV-Home (Cantonese)
Airport Express (airport shuttle) comes by the Renaissance every 24 minutes.
The trip from the Renaissance to the Hong Kong Airport took 51 minutes.

Victory Hotel, Guangzhou
In room safe
television
Freebies in bathroom: bath gel, lotion, conditioning shampoo, comb, qtips, shaving kit, toothbrush, toothpaste, shower cap, emory board
Desk, ethernet jack, fax machine in room (ethernet cable in desk drawer). I believe internet use was free.
Hairdryer, phone, box of kleenex in bathroom.
Weight scale in bathroom (in kg)
Electrical outlets in room where American plugs will fit (but different voltage)
In closet: umbrella, 2 bath robes, 2 bath slippers
mini-refrigerator with room to put stuff in (in addition to the minibar supply that is already in the refrigerator)
Small sofa chair and small clock next to bed
no hot pot but interesting hot water maker
Television (English language): CNN International, Star Movies, Star World (noticed it had David Letterman), Pearl

White Swan Hotel (Guangzhou):
Stayed in Junior Suite
Freebies in bathroom: 2 toothbrushes, comb, shaving kit, 1 nail care kit, shampoo, foam bath, hair conditioner, lotion, 2 shower caps
Wired ethernet internet: 50 yuan per hour, 100 yuan per day, 300 yuan per week, or 800 yuan per month.
Ethernet wire comes from wall onto desk.
Junior suite has 4 phones (living room on desk, living room by sofa, bedroom, and master bathroom)
2 television: living room, bedroom.
Living room and bedroom separated by double glass doors.
In the closet: 2 slippers, 2 bath robes, 2 umbrellas, 2 silk robes, and a safe (easy to use)
flashlight next to bed
sofa chair for one in living room and bedroom. Large sofa in living room.
2 free 400 ml bottled waters per day.