HotelChatter - Tag: China Hotels

Guangzhou: Langham Lands Four New Locations in China

JetSetCD — 2008-10-23T14:06:36-05:00

Fully set on taking Asia by storm, Langham Hotels plans on opening at least four new properties in China by the end of 2010. Marking The Langham's first entrance onto Chinese mainland (they have two properties already in Hong Kong), they will focus on expanding into China's largest cities Beijing and Shanghai, with their first airport hotel to boot.

Shanghai: Shanghai is (Really) High on Hyatt and Getting a Peninsula Too

JetSetCD — 2008-05-21T10:05:01-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/jinmaoatrium.jpg" class="imgborder"> Warning: This picture of the Grand Hyatt Shanghai might give you vertigo. Whoa....<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotels/city/cn/Shanghai">Shanghai</a> is so hot right now. In every shop from the Bund to People's Park you are assaulted with pieces of new cultural brands: stuffed animals for the Beijing Olympics, World Expo 2010 cell phone straps, and etched crystal replicas of their tallest skyscraper, the World Financial Center.Like Budapest, Shanghai is divided by its river into two sides with very different agendas: Pudong for international business and ambitious development, and Puxi for old school flavor and street life in and amongst vestiges of the city's opium-fueled past.On a recent visit to Shanghai we made sure to scope out the top two hotels set to

Guangzhou : Hotel Opening Rates: $185 at the Grand Hyatt Guangzhou in China

amandak — 2008-04-25T10:00:01-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Grand_Hyatt_Guangzhou.jpg" class="imgborder"> According to the designers of the newly-opened <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Grand+Hyatt+Guangzhou/local/1204">Grand Hyatt Guangzhou</a>, the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou is the China's equivalent to Los Angeles: a city that's "reaching forward, but one that's still rooted in its cultural legacy." To that end, the new Hyatt does sound like a mix of modern touches and Chinese traditions, although we're really not sure about the Chinese LA idea. The Grand Hyatt Guangzhou is the fourth Grand Hyatt in China--there are, you won't be surprised to hear, plenty more on the way. This one has 375 rooms and is actually a wing of a larger twin-tower building. You have to start in the sky lobby on the 22nd floor, which isn't

Kunming, Yunnan Province: New Chinese Resort on Yang-Zong Lake Looks Brilliant

amandak — 2007-10-09T09:40:01-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/BrilliantResortChina.jpg" class="imgborder"> A new addition to the Small Luxury Hotels of the World stable has a name which hopefully turns out to reflect the resort and not be ironic: it's called the <a href="http://www.slh.com/brilliant/">Brilliant Resort and Spa</a> and it's due to open this fall in Yunnan Province, China. It seems like everything about China is growing rapidly, and luxury hotels and resorts seem to be just another facet of its booming economy.Yunnan is in the south-west corner of China, west around the border from Hong Kong and Macau. The Brilliant Resort lies next to the Yang-Zong Lake, surrounded by mountains, and consists of 23 lake-view villas with their own jacuzzi and garden area. You also get butler service thrown

Marriott Spreads Through China Like Pro-Democracy Sentiment

ced138 — 2007-09-28T16:14:34-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src=" http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/Marriott_Beijing.jpg" class="imgborder"> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/marriott%20hotels">Marriott</a> hotels seem to be springing up in China faster than Olympic stadiums. The chain plans to quadruple its hotels in China to 100 in the next five to six years. Two hotels -- in Beijing and Shanghai -- opened this week alone. When the 23-story, 588-room <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Jw+Marriott+Hotel+Beijing/ian/258373">J.W. Marriott Hotel Beijing</a> opened Tuesday, to much fanfare, including the expected ribbon cutting along with dragon dancing and celebratory costumes. J. W. Marriott Jr. himself announced the company's plans to operate 11 hotels in Beijing by the opening of the 2008 games (it currently ha five). Marriott will also set up places for people to sleep in what it called "second-tier" cities, like Wuxi and Wuhan.As