Kerry Centre Hotel (Beijing Jiali Zhongxin Fandian)
The latest addition to the Shangri-La-managed properties in the city, the Kerry Centre is also the most chic, with a clean, stylish, modern design to its warm, curvaceous, and unusually high-ceilinged rooms. Full facilities, such as shower cubicles in bathrooms, in-room air fresheners and humidifiers (a godsend in winter), and free in-room broadband Internet access, have all helped make it one of Beijing's most successful hotels. Executive-floor rooms have luxuries such as CD players and wireless Internet access. The Kerry Centre complex has several noteworthy restaurants, including Horizon, one of the city's best Cantonese restaurants, and the city's hottest bar, Centro. Service can be too casual, however: Reception staffs chew gum, and the concierge fails to follow up simple requests for information.
Facilities:2 restaurants (Cantonese, Western); bar; indoor pool (25m/82 ft.); fitness center; children's play area; concierge; tour desk; business center; shopping arcade; 24-hr. room service; same-day dry cleaning/laundry service; executive-level rooms; 5 nonsmoking floors; currency exchange; roof-top track for running and in-line skating; sun deck; indoor basketball/tennis/badminton courts.
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| Address | Guanghua Lu 1 | |
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| Location | On west side of Kerry Centre complex, north of Guomao metro station, Chaoyang East | |
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| Transportation | Metro: Guomao (122, exit A) | |
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| Phone | 010/8529-6999 | |
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| Fax | 010/8529-6333 | |
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| Web site | www.shangri-la.com | |
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| Room Information | 487 units | |
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| Prices | ¥3,000 ($375) standard room (summer discounts around ¥1,500/$188), plus 15% service charge | |
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| Credit Cards | AE, DC, MC, V | |
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| In Room Amenities | A/C, satellite TV, dataport, free broadband, minibar, hair dryer, safe | |