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Shangri-La Kerry Centre Hotel is located approximately 30 minutes from Peking International Airport and three miles from the Forbidden City. Situated in the Chaoyang district, Beijing's diplomatic and commercial center, the hotel is one mile from the China World Trade Center, three miles from Tiananmen Square, six miles from the Temple of Heaven and Beihai Park, and 44 miles from the Ming Tombs. Hotel amenities include the billiards and snooker room, outdoor jogging track, aerobics/dance studios, fitness center, massage treatments, hot tub, sauna, steam room, indoor swimming pool, playground (indoor/outdoor), children's pool, table tennis, squash court, tennis court, and indoor basketball/multipurpose court. For dining, the hotel houses Coffee Garden, Horizon Chinese Restaurant, Centro (cocktails and fine wines), and Kerry Sports Centre Lounge. All rooms have Broadband Internet access, dataports, voicemail, satellite/cable TV, international direct dial telephones, electronic safes, minibars, coffee/tea facilities, executive writing desk, and irons.
No.1 Guanghua Road, Dongcheng District, CBD & World Trade Center, Beijing, China
Hotel Review:
Having lived in Beijing for a number of years, I had stayed in relatively few hotels in the city - usually only when late night events prevented my getting home.
I have known the public areas of the Kerry Centre for almost 5 years now and have always liked their restaurants and facilities, and so was pleased to be booked in there for this trip.
The rooms live up to the standards and expectations set by the public areas. The rooms are just great - sparklingly fresh and clean and comfort. Too many hotels put too much naff opulence into their decoration and facilities, but the Kerry Centre is simply classy. It's luxurious without ever having to make anything obviously luxurious.
Great rooms, great service, great location, great facilities. You pay a high price for it (anywhere between RMB1800 and 2600 per night which is very expensive for China) but quite frankly, it is fully deserved.
This is one of my very few (perhaps the only hotel I have given a "Great Experience" rating because, quite simply, it richly deserves it. |
