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Aloft Beijing Is No Different From Aloft Everywhere Else
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.
Four Points Hotels
Apple Pie at the Olympics :: Four Points Beijing Opening on August 1
July 16, 2008 at 1:21 PM | 1 Comment
Soon the citizens of Beijing might be able to smell the Four Points signature apple pie scents wafting through their very own Four Points Hotel. The hotel is set for opening on August 1, just in time for the Olympics.
Unlike other Four Points near airports in America, this one seems to be in the midst of all that is "happening" in Beijing:
Our hotel is located in the heart of Beijing’s technology district – Haidian District – a short drive from major government and business organizations, research centers, Zhongguancun Science and Technology Park, and universities. The Summer Palace, the Great Wall of China, and the Olympic Stadium “Bird’s Nest”, among other popular sightseeing attractions, are all within easy access.
The hotel also has three restaurants--a 24-hour cafe, an Italian restaurant and a Chinese restaurant--along with an indoor pool. And is it just us or does that building look like Aloft?
