CIKM 2009 | Home

Additional Traveling Information

1. CIKM Shuttle Bus Schedule to and from the conference site
2. Other Transportation to and from the conference site
3. Going to Jumbo Kingdom for banquet from city

1. CIKM Shuttle Bus Schedule between the conference site and the following places:

Royal View Hotel
Novotel Hotel
Regal Airport Hotel
Marriott HK SkyCity Hotel
Admiralty [MTR Exit A, Admiralty Centre]
Tsim Sha Tsui [Middle Road, Post Office]

2. Other Transportation to and from the conference site

Traveling between conference site and Novotel/Regal Airport by public bus
1. Bus route S1 is a circular line that connects through all the interesting points near the airport. The fare is only HKD 3.5.
2. The line starts from bus terminal (stop number 1) at Tung Chung MTR station (Exit B) next to Novotel (Exit C). The Conference venue AsiaWorld Expo is at stop number 8. Hopping on the bus at West Entrance of Conference venue will bring you back to the bus terminal at stop number 12.
3. Regal Airport Hotel is at stop number 7. Ngong Ping 360 Cable Car Terminal is at stop number 11. Airport passenger terminal is at stop number 5.

Traveling between conference site and hotels in Tsim Sha Tsui
- by MTR + Airport Express
From Harbour Plaza Metropolis
1. walk to Hung Hom MTR station opposite the hotel
2. take the West Rail Line (purple line) to Nam Cheong (3 stops)
3. change to Tung Chung Line (orange line) to Tsing Yi (2 stops)
4. change to Airport Express line (greenish blue line) by exiting the MTR section and entering the Airport Express section upon following the signage inside the station (Airport Express line and other MTR lines are operated under different systems)
5. ride to the final station at Conference venue AsiaWorld Expo (take Exit A)
From Ramada Kowloon and Hotel Panorama by Rhombus
1. walk to East Tsim Sha Tsui station near hotel (there are pedestrian tunnels connecting from Tsim Sha Tsui station to East Tsim Sha Tsui station)
2. take the West Rail Line (purple line) to Nam Cheong (2 stops)
3. change to Tung Chung Line (orange line) to Tsing Yi (2 stops)
4. change to Airport Express line (greenish blue line) by exiting the MTR section and entering the Airport Express section upon following the signage inside the station (Airport Express line and other MTR lines are operated under different systems)
5. ride to the final station at Conference venue AsiaWorld Expo (take Exit A)
Note that using Octopus card, it costs only HKD 42 for one-day round trip from Hung Hom / East Tsim Sha Tsui station to conference venue (if you stay at venue for more than 90 minutes), but it costs HKD 60 for one-way travel. You will be deducted HKD 60 for the first trip and get a refund of HKD 18 to your card when you return.
- by free Airport Express shuttle bus (or taxi) + Airport Express
From Harbour Plaza Metropolis
1. take free MTR shuttle bus line K1 to Kowloon station
2. take the Airport Express line (greenish blue line) to Conference venue AsiaWorld Expo (take Exit A)
From Ramada Kowloon
1. walk south to Park Hotel and take free MTR shuttle bus line K3 to Kowloon station
2. take the Airport Express line (greenish blue line) to Conference venue AsiaWorld Expo (take Exit A)
Note that using Octopus card, it costs only HKD 64 for one-day round trip from Kowloon station to conference venue (if you stay at venue for more than 90 minutes), but it costs HKD 90 for one-way travel. You will be deducted HKD 90 for the first trip and get a refund of HKD 26 to your card when you return. To save time, you may take taxi to Kowloon station directly.
- by MTR + by public bus (cheaper)
From Harbour Plaza Metropolis
1. walk to Hung Hom MTR station opposite the hotel
2. take the West Rail Line (purple line) to Nam Cheong (3 stops)
3. change to Tung Chung Line (orange line) to Tung Chung (4 stops); fare is HKD 18.5; HKD 16.1 using Octopus card
4. take bus line S1 at bus terminal to Conference venue AsiaWorld Expo (stop number 8: West Entrance); the conference takes place near East Entrance; fare is HKD 3.5
From Ramada Kowloon and Hotel Panorama by Rhombus
1. walk to East Tsim Sha Tsui station near hotel (there are pedestrian tunnels connecting from Tsim Sha Tsui station to East Tsim Sha Tsui station)
2. take the West Rail Line (purple line) to Nam Cheong (2 stops)
3. change to Tung Chung Line (orange line) to Tung Chung (4 stops); fare is HKD 15.5; HKD 13.5 using Octopus card
4. take bus line S1 at bus terminal to Conference venue AsiaWorld Expo (stop number 8: West Entrance); the conference takes place near East Entrance; fare is HKD 3.5

3. Going to Jumbo Kingdom for banquet from city

Take MTR subway to Admiralty station.
Take Exit D. Caution: do not take exit B that points to bus terminus, since there are two bus terminals at Admiralty station.
Go straight on your left side (left of United Center) and find bus route 75 (to Shum Wan). The fare is HKD 4.7.
Take the bus to the last stop at Shum Wan. It takes about 30 minutes for the ride. Note that there will be many people departing the bus at the second last stop, which is open air. Do not get off at that stop. The last stop is covered by a building on top. The bus stop sign shows that it goes back to Central.
Walk straight and cross the horizontal road. Then turn right and walk for 2 to 3 minutes. Turn left at the corner (there is a Park’N supermarket at the corner and the road is called Shum Wan Pier Drive) and walk for 1 minute. You will see a small garden on your left where you could board the ferry to Jumbo Kingdom (Floating Restaurant).
Photo Guide