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Cubicle Dreamin': Little Switzerland in China
July 27, 2007 at 9:12 AM | 0 Comments
Cubicle Dreamin' is a feature in which we ask the hotel mavens to take some time out of their busy work day, surf the Internet, and tell us what hotel they wish they could beam themselves to right that very second--all on the slave driving companies dime, of course. Oh, like these people aren't surfing aimlessly anyway--at least now their purposeless clicking will be cobbled together into useful hotel stories--we hope. Have a destination hotel you are just dying to leave your cube for? Send the story our way.
In this episode, Hotel Maven Amanda K heads to China. Enjoy.
The enterprising Chinese don't want to have to travel too far to experience something new, so they're just putting the finishing touches on their own version of Switzerland, with their copy of the Swiss village of Interlaken due to open up next week in Shenzhen.
Now, while I'm really all for enjoying travel experiences in the their rightful and authentic places, I have to admit to being intrigued about the Chinese version of Switzerland, and especially the 5-star Interlaken OCT Hotel sounds pretty inviting. Listen to this for a start:
The Interlaken OCT Hotel greets guests with a themed lobby lounge resembling a medieval European cathedral with high-vaulted ceilings, gothic chandelier and stained glass windows - with the "church" theme reinforced by an altar-style wine display behind the bar, staff uniforms and menus.
But can the Chinese really "do" Swiss?
