Trip plan · 2 days · HONG KONG
2-day work trip to Hong Kong
David Park Published May 26Tight two-day swing through Hong Kong for customer visits and one design-partner dinner. Day 1 is back-to-back meetings in Central; Day 2 is a Kowloon side and the design-partner dinner at The Chairman. Hotel walking distance to all Central meetings.
Overview
- Destination
- Hong Kong
- When
- Mon Jun 9 – Tue Jun 10
- Travelers
- Solo
- Style
- Business: 4 meetings + customer dinner
Day 01 · Monday Jun 9
Arrival + Central meetings
Land 06:30 at HKG. Express to Central, drop bag at the Landmark Mandarin, freshen up. Calendar is back-to-back from 10:00.
- 06:30
Land HKG, Airport Express to Central
Hong Kong International Airport · Chek Lap Kok
Airport Express is 24 min to Hong Kong Station. Octopus card auto-loaded; use the in-town check-in at Hong Kong Station if you want to drop the bag with the airline.
transit - 10:00
Customer visit: Lighthouse Capital
IFC Tower 2, 56F · Central
Quarterly review with Wei + the engineering lead. They renew in Q3. Bring the new agent-platform demo on the laptop. Their feedback on the Q1 rollout is in the pre-read.
customerrenewal - 12:30
Lunch with Daniel (CTO, Pebble)
Mott 32, Standard Chartered Bank Building · Central
Informal lunch at Mott 32. Daniel introduced two of our Q2 customers. Thank him properly, talk through the agent-platform beta — they would be a perfect design-partner.
introlunch - 14:30
Customer visit: Eastwind Robotics
Cheung Kong Center · Central
Tightest of the four. They are evaluating us vs an incumbent. Demo their actual workflow live, not the canned one. Have the on-prem deployment doc open.
customereval - 17:00
Hotel break
Landmark Mandarin Oriental · Central
Walk back to the Landmark Mandarin. 30 min to decompress + answer email. Change for dinner.
- 19:00
Dinner with the Hong Kong team
Yardbird · Sheung Wan
Our three new Hong Kong hires + their partners. Yardbird in Sheung Wan. Casual. They have been here a month; this is their welcome dinner.
teamdinner
Day 02 · Tuesday Jun 10
Kowloon side + design-partner dinner
Slower morning. One meeting in Kowloon, lunch with the Hong Kong head of sales, design-partner dinner before the late flight out.
- 09:30
Star Ferry to Kowloon
Central Pier 7 · Central
Take the green-and-white Star Ferry from Central. HK$5, 8 minutes. It is genuinely beautiful in the morning light; do not just MTR.
transit - 10:30
Customer visit: Harbour Analytics
ICC Tower, 88F · West Kowloon
Newer customer, mid-funnel on expanding seats. Their data team uses us heavily. Bring usage numbers, do not pitch — they already love it.
customerexpansion - 13:00
Lunch with Mei (HK sales lead)
TBD — Mei picking · Tsim Sha Tsui
Working lunch. Q3 territory plan, the two roles she wants to open, and how the customer-visit week went. Anywhere quiet — let her pick.
internallunch - 15:30
Buffer + email
The Cupping Room · Sheung Wan
Star Ferry back to Central. Coffee at The Cupping Room. Sync with HQ before the design-partner dinner.
- 19:00
Design-partner dinner at The Chairman
The Chairman · Central
The big one. Founder + CTO of the unnamed design-partner. They are the largest of the six and could double their commitment if Q3 goes well. The Chairman is their pick — Michelin-starred Cantonese, table booked under their name.
customerdinnerhigh-stakes - 23:30
Airport Express + late flight out
Hong Kong Station · Central
Express from Hong Kong Station, 23:50. Flight 01:35. Sleep on the plane.
transit
Logistics
- Hotel
- Landmark Mandarin Oriental, Central. 2 nights, room booked under company card. Walking distance to all Day 1 meetings; 5 min to Hong Kong Station for Day 2 departure.
- Getting around
- Octopus card already loaded. MTR for Central <-> Kowloon outside the Star Ferry segment. Uber works but cabs are faster and cheaper. The two airport runs are on the Airport Express.
- Customer briefs
- Pre-reads are in the shared "HK trip" folder: Lighthouse Q2 review, Eastwind eval scorecard, Harbour expansion proposal, design-partner dinner agenda. Read on the plane.
Pack / remember
- Laptop charger + HK plug adapter (Type G)
- Business cards (you ran out last trip)
- Printed copies of the agent-platform demo backup deck
- Umbrella — June is wet season
- Confirm dinner reservation at The Chairman the morning of