Ovolo Group
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ince 2002, the Ovolo Hotel Group has established itself as one of the leading independent operators of hotels and serviced apartments in Hong Kong. The company has been known to be innovative when it comes to the overall design and services it offers to customers. Ovolo is a Hong Kong-based, family-owned and privately operated business but is now expanding its reach to an international audience. The company now owns and operates eight hotels and two serviced apartments, spread across Hong Kong, Melbourne and Sydney. The inspiration for innovation is usually something unique, bold or at least seen from a new perspective. But that’s what makes Ovolo Hotel Group so different. This year, the company is awarded in the “Innovative Designer Hotels” category at the Hong Kong Business High Flyers Awards, and it is an accolade that is very well-deserved. Innovative projects One of its innovative developments is the Ovolo Southside, Hong Kong’s first New York-style warehouse-turned-hotel. Located within a former industrial building, the hotel is an interactive design stage showcasing contemporary art against a backdrop of industrial-inspired interior design. Alongside regularly changing displays of experimental art and high-impact LED wall art, Ovolo has enlisted talented artists from
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around the world to contribute to this revolutionary art hub. The ultimate destination for a choice cut from the creative industries, the 162-room hotel is located in Wong Chuk Hang, once a centre for heavy industry and now a revitalised artists’ quarter, home to studios, galleries, bars and boutiques. Ovolo is keeping its attention firmly on the pulse of the city and this keeps them abreast of the next big trend. The group bought the building of the Ovolo Southside over six years ago. At that time, nobody was talking about Wong Chuk Hang in any other context outside of Ocean Park and warehouses. But then, a lot of art galleries began to open or move there and people started converting the warehouse space into lofts and private kitchens, and by then Ovolo had in store a bit of nostalgic innovation – exactly what the community of Hong Kong needed. Another exciting endeavour is the Mojo Nomad Project – a live-in co-working space program – which targets young entrepreneurs, startups and freelancers. The management at Ovolo discovered that young professionals work in a very different way. They don’t want to be beholden to any contracts because they might work in New York and Sydney or another city. It’s a community and an active work place. So far, it’s been quite well-received in Hong Kong and Australia. But the firm has evergreater ambitious plans, and they’re already looking for more destinations to go, step-by-step.