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We've been staying here as our go-to hotel whenever we're in Hong Kong to visit family for a few years now, every 6 months or so. It feels like things have slowly changed and not for the better. ||The first set of negative changes is definitely the cost-cutting. This time around, we had to ask multiple times to have the completely empty shower gel bottle changed instead of someone checking proactively. In the olden days, we'd get a few chocolates every evening even if we skipped turndown service. Things would feel like what you'd expect in a self proclaimed 5-star hotel. Our last few trips we struggled to get extra tea!||Then there's the poor housekeeping service. If you leave your Do Not Disturb light on past 8:30am or 9am, they'll stick a passive-aggressive note under your door to say that they already tried to stop by and you were busy. Last time, housekeeping left our room door propped open after their cleaning, leaving our room completely unsecured and open to theft for the better part of an entire day!||Then there's just the overall lack of Bonvoy benefits and recognition. There's no lounge. The Breakfast option for Platinum and above guests is still OK but overall freshness and variety is definitely worse compared to a few years ago. And don't even think about any space-available Bonvoy room upgrades. The last few times we've been here we just get an ordinary room with no view. The hotel isn't a thousand-room establishment but to think that being repeat guests who have been staying 10-15 nights every 6 months, and to never receive any upgrade is really unfortunate.||In terms of common amenities, the hourly shuttle to and from Hong Kong MTR station was too frequently overcrowded and completely full and unusable, and for a shuttle bus with small seats designed for children, the 20 minute trip is really uncomfortable to the point we've started walking over to the bus loop and just grabbing a 30X instead. They started periodically checking riders at Hong Kong MTR station, but I don't think that has helped.||The LMC team used to really care and it actually felt like a boutique 5-star hotel, but it feels like something happened and staff are generally cold. Now, especially with the overall price increases, despite the location being preferable for us when visiting family, this sadly means for our upcoming trip we're going to try a different Marriott hotel and see if that works better for us.