Links:
· The Hilton Beijing gets renovated rooms [Hilton]
· No hotel planned for Mt. Everest road [IHT]
· Starwood's aloft hotel set for a 2009 opening [4 Hoteliers]
· Mandarin Oriental to take over in Beijing [Forbes]
· Beijing Hotels filling up quickly for 2008 Olympics [CCTV]
· A Sheraton near the Great Wall? Oh boy [Flickr]
· We need to find out what hotel this is that has a baby seal just chilling in the lobby [YouTube]

]]> juliana 2007-06-20T17:20:57-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/5/10/233515/980 <![CDATA[<p> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/raffles_beijing_hotel.jpg" class="imgborder"> <p>Conde Nast magazines in the US and the UK have been giving out gongs to the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Raffles+Beijing+Hotel/local/1292"><b>Raffles Beijing Hotel</b></a> (often just referred to as the Beijing Hotel): it made the Hot List 2007 in both countries, plus its Jaan restaurant gained a place in the US version's Hot Table list.</p><p>The Raffles Beijing Hotel is in a 1907 building but was taken over and fully refurbished just last year. The location is great for sightseers, less than half a mile to the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square, and many of the 171 rooms and suites have good views over Beijing.</p><p>Facilities include an indoor swimming pool (and the fact that complimentary cell phones are available while you're amandak 2007-05-11T09:32:06-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/12/5/121224/748 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/parkPlaza_beijing.jpg"><p>Fortunately, &nbsp;not many hotels in Beijing are at the ridiculously expensive rates of say New York or Miami when Art Basel is in town, so finding a nice hotel for under $200 is doable. You can stay at all the chain hotels like Intercontinental, Hilton, Radisson, Swissotel or the <a href="http://www.parkplaza.com/beijingcn"><b>Park Plaza's Beijing Wangfujing</b></a>.<p>The hotel is a little over a year old with average room rates that start at about $124 and boast modern and luxury amenities. Here one traveler has the review that sums up what most other reviews about this place seem to say:<blockquote><p>The hotel is on a strip with lots of other big hotels so the area is well known. However, the hotel is behind a juliana 2006-12-05T12:12:24-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/