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Travel: Beijing Bound.(The Good Life)(luxury hotels)(Brief article)

Newsweek International

| July 14, 2008 | Kolesnikov-Jessop, Sonia | COPYRIGHT 2008 Newsweek, Inc. All rights reserved. Any reuse, distribution or alteration without express written permission of Newsweek is prohibited. For permission: www.newsweek.com. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop

Luxury hotels are redrawing Beijing's skyline as the city prepares to welcome the world to the 2008 Olympic Games. By the start of the opening ceremony Aug. 8, China's capital will have an estimated 130,000 hotel rooms. While top-tier chains like Raffles, the Peninsula and the St. Regis have been busy renovating their Beijing branches, plenty of other brands--including the Ritz-Carlton, Marriott and InterContinental--have moved in. Just in time for the Games, the elegant Park Hyatt Beijing (beijing.park.hyatt.com) and the minimalist, avant-garde Opposite House (theopposite house.com) are due to open in July.

Conveniently located next to the Forbidden City, the 55-room Emperor Hotel may feature a classical Chinese ...

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