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Beijing's hotel scene has developed immeasurably in recent years. Rising tourism and an inevitable "Olympic Factor" have drawn the world's leading brands to China's capital. The city now boasts luxury business hotels on a par with those of Shanghai, Singapore, and Hong Kong. The city saw several other high-profile openings timed to the Games, including Amanresort's new property in the Summer Palace and the Opposite House, an edgy building with an emerald glass exterior.
Renovated during 2008 to the tune of $28 million, the hotel has a lobby adorned with hand-painted ceilings and silk embroidery. Cherrywood armoires decorate...more
While this glass-and-chrome hotel on the "Wall Street of China" is "a little tucked away," perfect-scoring rooms compensate: "They are luxurious and inviting,...more
Personalized classical luxury is suffused throughout this 17-floor hotel, opened in late 2007 at China Central Place, a retail and residential development east...more
Traditional Chinese artwork and storage chests fill rooms at this two-year-old Jinbao Street high-rise. "The decor is simple and the beds extremely...more
Apparat-chic reigns at this tiny five-room hotel, set on a narrow, bustling hutong street near Tiananmen Square. Scarlet double doors open to reveal a...more
Two hours from the city, this rustic retreat sits among the craggy Huairou mountains at the foot of the Great Wall. Although its remote location means the...more
Closer to Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City than any of the city's other top-end hotels, the Raffles occupies a Beaux Arts–style building with a...more
Just a ten-minute cab ride from the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square, the Peninsula also happens to be smack-dab in the shopper's paradise of Wangfujing. The...more
Its Shanghai sibling may be higher and flashier, but this hotel soars to notable heights of its own, quite literally, with a lobby on the sixty-third floor and...more
Encased in tinted green glass and opened just in time for the 2008 Olympics, the interior of this artsy 99-room lodge, by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, is...more
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