Fairmont Beijing

Coordinates: 39°54′15″N 116°26′45″E / 39.90417°N 116.44583°E / 39.90417; 116.44583
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Fairmont Beijing
北京华彬费尔蒙酒店
Hanyu Pinyin
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Fairmont Beijing (simplified Chinese: 北京华彬费尔蒙酒店; traditional Chinese: 北京華彬費爾蒙酒店) is a hotel in the Beijing central business district of China and is part of the Fairmont Hotels and Resorts brand.

Designed by Kenzō Tange's son, the architect Paul Tange, the hotel opened in October 2010. Its architecture mixes very modern design principles and Chinese features. The five-star hotel has 222 rooms and is 25 stories tall. It has several bars and restaurants including the steakhouse The Cut and the Cantonese cuisine-inspired Lunar 8. Its amenities include an indoor pool, a yoga studio, the Willow Stream Spa, and a gym.

History

In September 2007, Reignwood Group and Fairmont Hotels and Resorts said that they would be building Fairmont Beijing, which was slated to be ready for business in the summer of the next year.[1] The hotel, which was planned to be the first Fairmont hotel in China, opened in October 2010.[2][3][4]

In 2012, Fairmont Beijing started purchasing organic produce from tiny farms near Te Ao Farm, a commune that employs intellectually disabled individuals as assistants to farmers and laborers at orchards. Roughly 70% of the hotel's fruits and vegetables come from the farms. Fairmont Beijing struck an agreement with the commune to employ one or more Te Ao Farm students, and the hotel pays the farms roughly 3% above the market rate. Writing of Fairmont Beijing, University of Exeter lecturer Fu Jia and his coauthors Jonathan Gosling and Morgan Witzel said in a 2017 Routledge-published book that "uniquely for any hotel in China" it has three workers who have learning disabilities.[5]

Location

Located in the

Line 1 of the Beijing Subway.[6][7] Wangfujing, a retail district, is 10 minutes away by car.[6] Taxis frequent the area.[6] It is close to Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, Sanlitun, and the Temple of Heaven.[7][8] Fodor's lauded the hotel for being very convenient for retail customers and those conducting business. The travel publisher said the downsides were that traffic could be "grueling" and offices were located all around the hotel.[9]

Architecture

La Grande Arche in La Defense in Paris".[13]

Made of glass, Fairmont Beijing's exterior has a rose and gold hue.

lotus flowers.[6] The atrium is decorated with contemporary Chinese pieces of art.[11] According to Travel Weekly, compared to Beijing's various international hotels, Chinese culture has had a "far less subtle" impact on the property.[14]

Amenities

The hotel has 222 rooms.

pillow menu to allow guests to choose pillows.[9] Fodor's said the hotel "stays just on the right side of tasteful".[9] DestinAsian observed that the rooms had "panoramic urban vistas" and "rich embellishments like Chinese silks, original brushstroke paintings, and hand-carved lacquerware" that "create a plush imperial ambience".[10] Observing the hotel's gold color scheme, DK found it "glamorous without being gaudy".[17]

Fairmont Beijing features several restaurants and bars. The Cut, a steakhouse on the second floor, serves prime cuts of beef from Australia and Canada.

that's Shanghai said the bar "showcases a wide selection of bubbly elixirs plus a solid range of fine wines and signature molecular cocktails to die for".[11]

The hotel offers the more expensive Fairmont Gold booking option, which gives guests access to a concierge, a lounge, more amenities.

steam rooms.[16] Customers can undergo services for their face and body at the spa, which has 12 rooms and occupies three of the skybridge's stories.[11][16] The spa offers both Chinese and Western treatments.[16]

The hotel offers lime-green BMW bikes for customers' commuting use and a bilingual app called "Ride Beijing" (Chinese: 骑游北京) with ideas about where to go such as hutongs.[13][19][21] Justin Bergman of The New York Times said the hotel offers "excellent English-speaking service".[8] Fairmont Beijing houses a museum containing its proprietor's art and wine collection.[19] Guests can take tai chi classes from an expert, who teaches about the martial art's history and movements.[22]

See also

References

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  22. ^ "Yoga'tta' get to Fairmont: Top fitness experiences around the world". The Globe and Mail. 2014-04-16.

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