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Inside The Grand Hyatt Beijing

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 1 East Chang An Avenue, Beijing, China, 100738
October 20, 2011 at 10:03 AM | by | Comments (0)

The fountain's outside but we'll take you inside now.

Our travels recently took us to Beijing and required our Mandarin-challenged selves to put some research into our hotel search. Challenged may be an understatement. We knew one word going over (Nǐ Hǎo or hello) which was only going to get us so far. Therefore our Beijing hotel needed to be English friendly. From the front desk to the bellmen, with only one exception, the Grand Hyatt Beijing fit the bill.

The Hyatt's location is convenient for a first time visitor also. The Oriental Plaza, one of China’s largest commercial complexes, directly connects to the hotel. Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square, two must sees on a maiden Beijing voyage, are both within walking distance. Non-Mandarin guests like ourselves looking to explore other parts of the city would be wise to inform the bellman of their destination before entering the cab so that he can relay the info. We forgot once and sat in awkward silence as the cabdriver shouted a lot more the hello at us. On the way back, showing our key card with the hotel address did the trick.

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The Today Show Digs the Peking Duck at Grand Hyatt Beijing

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 1 East Chang An Avenue, Beijing, China, 100738
August 18, 2008 at 1:44 PM | by | Comment (1)

It seems that watching stacked Olympians win medals all over the place in Beijing makes us kinda hungry. We're pretty fixated on the hotel dining scene over in Beijing (hey, man, we don't have any world records to break), so we were thrilled when Matt and Meredith were feelin' what we were feelin' when they headed to China.

Last week, the Today Show featured a segment on the best Peking Duck in the world -- which just so happens to (arguably) be served at Grand Hyatt Beijing's restaurant, Made in China (teehee!)

The restaurant's manager took the Today Show through the whole Peking Duck dining, uh, "process," and they seemed to love it. You can check out the whole segment here -- and we really hope the Grand Hyatt staffers don't actually stand over your shoulder while you're dining and yell "1, 2, 3 EAT!" like they do here.

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