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Aloft Beijing Is No Different From Aloft Everywhere Else

Where: No. 25 Yuanda Road,, Beijing, China, 100097

November 10, 2008 at 12:00 PM | 2 Comments

Aloft Hotels has not altered its DNA one iota in its newest location overseas. Like all the other Alofts that have opened in North America, Aloft Beijing resembles the offices of one of those dot-com startups in Silicon Valley in the late ‘90s—or at least how they show them in the movies. This actually makes sense here, because the soon-to-open hotel is located in Beijing’s high-tech and university sector.

The Aloft layout has not changed over in China either. The common areas have the bright, boxy furniture we've come to experience in the states complete with steel-beam ceilings with exposed air ducts. The rooms are also the same, right down to the Bliss products in the bathroom.

Keeping with the techie theme, everything is wired. Guests can check in using self-serve kiosks, and can also pick up free WiFi anywhere in the hotel, even in special pods by the pool. The hotel, whose rooms start at about $100 per night, is supposed to open by the end of the month.