1,312-room Beijing Marriott Hotel City Wall opens with RMB 900++ Promotion

The largest Marriott hotel outside of the USA has opened for business. The 1,312-room Beijing Marriott Hotel City Wall in the capital of the People’s Republic of China, is conveniently located in the central business district of Beijing with the embassy district nearby, the Beijing Marriott Hotel City Wall is adjacent to the second ring road, Chang An Avenue, Jianguomen Subway Station and the Beijing Railway Station. The Beijing Capital International Airport is located 24 kilometers away.

A major architectural highlight of the hotel is that it is built on the renowned Ming Dynasty City Wall Relics Park. The Ming City Wall was built in 1419 and extended for about 40 kilometers. Today, it runs about 1.5 kilometers and once was part of the inner city way of the old Beijing city. In 2002, the Beijing Municipal Government turned the relics into a public park.

The General Manager of the hotel is Rauf Malik, an international hotelier with some 30 years in the hospitality industry, 16 years of which have been with Marriott International. In Asia, he has managed the Renaissance Hotels Hong Kong, China Hotel Guangzhou by Marriott and Renaissance Yangtze Shanghai Hotel prior to his current assignment. Malik has also worked in the United States, Europe and the Middle East.

The Beijing Marriott Hotel City Wall offers an array of restaurants and lounges serving an extensive range of local and international cuisines. Half of the outlets are now in service and all restaurants will be operational by mid August.

City Wall Bistro is an all-day dining restaurant offering western cuisine. Hawka Restaurant features stylish street food from various Asian cities in a comfortable dining environment. Provincia Restaurant has Italian roots with Mediterranean accents in an upbeat venue where guests can get a great pizza, pasta or a variety of tapas style appetizers to share. Pearl specializes in authentic Cantonese cuisines while Java+ is an informal delicatessen. The lobby bar is the perfect place to end the day and offers live entertainment nightly. For guests who look for a more secluded bar, Ruby Bar is the choice which boasts one of the finest selections of cognacs and high end spirits in Beijing.

Recreational facilities include a fitness center and an indoor heated swimming pool which are currently operational. In addition, the hotel also has a Quan Spa that will offer 14 treatment rooms which will open for guests by mid September . Other amenities include 24-hour room service, laundry, business center, gift shop, lobby concierge desk and an executive floor.

For conferences and social events, the Beijing Marriott Hotel City Wall has three ballrooms and more than 10 function rooms that provide over 4,000 square meters of banquet and meeting space. The Grand Ballroom can accommodate a sit down dinner for 750 guests with a separate open foyer for a cocktail reception. The City Wall Ballroom can host banquet for 300 guests while the Executive Ballroom is a more intimate venue for events up to 100 people. The hotel also has several conference rooms and boardrooms in its 2nd floor for meetings consisting of from 10 to 75 guests.

The Beijing Marriott Hotel City Wall is offering a special opening rate of RMB 900++ on deluxe rooms until December 31, 2008.

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