The Murray, Niccolo Hotel

"A 336-room Niccolo conversion of the 1969 Murray Building, a modernist former government block by Hong Kong Park, near the Peak Tram."

Why The Murray, Niccolo Hotel for a business trip

The Murray opened in 2018 as a Niccolo hotel set inside the Murray Building, a distinctive 1969 former government office block on Cotton Tree Drive at the edge of Central, beside Hong Kong Park and a short walk from the Peak Tram. For a business trip its appeal is a quieter, design-led base that still sits within walking distance of Admiralty and the Central core. The 336 rooms are unusually large for Hong Kong, framed by the building's signature deep-recessed windows. Dining is a real draw: Guo Fu Lou holds a Michelin star for Cantonese cooking, Tai Pan covers modern European, Murray Lane is the cocktail bar, and Popinjays is the rooftop restaurant and bar overlooking the park. The honest trade-off is location: the hotel looks over Hong Kong Park and the hillside rather than Victoria Harbour, so if you need a harbour view or a harbourfront address this is not it, and the bold modernist architecture will not suit every taste.

Best room to request

Ask for a high-floor room facing Hong Kong Park; the Murray Suite is the largest layout if you need space to host.

The wider context

The Murray, Niccolo Hotel sits within our broader Top 20 Hotels in Hong Kong for Business list. It scored an aggregate 9.6/10 across the three editorial criteria, competitive against the field but, on a business trip-specific factors, the angle above is what earned its rank. For the alternatives in the same Hong Kong neighbourhood, see Central (Cotton Tree Drive) and adjacent. For a different city entirely, see the related lists below.

With dates settled, the booking window that works is about twelve weeks ahead. The view-facing suites disappear earliest, and high-season inventory moves on a timescale of months, not weeks. Suites with a private plunge pool or terrace, the very rooms behind this rank, usually vanish first.

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