http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-23T21:04:31Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/7-Star%20Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/8/20/105944/517 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/panguplaza.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>While it seems most of the ordinary and extraordinary visitors to Beijing are holing up at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Intercontinental+Beijing+Financial+Street/local/1314">Intercontinental</a>, anyone with a ton of money will surely bypass all other hotels for the <a href="http://www.panguplaza.com/EN/ShowArticle.asp?ArticleID=133"><b>Pangu Plaza</b></a>. That is, when it finally opens.<p> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/21/sports/olympics/21apartment.html">NY Times</a> reports: <blockquote><p>Shaped like a dragon -- and stretching the length of seven football fields -- is a colossal row of stone buildings that boast a high-rise office tower, shopping mall, seven-star hotel and what the developer insists is the world's first traditional Chinese "courtyard in the sky."</blockquote></p><p>According to the <a href="http://www.panguplaza.com/EN/ShowArticle.asp?ArticleID=133">website</a>, the hotel has 270 suites that are "especially designed for top-ranking officials in the world, leaders from all fields and top riches juliana 2008-08-20T12:06:07-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/