Swissotel Beijing

... When we arrived in Beijing, we were met by one of CHI's coordinators - Christi- and she took us to our hotel. The Swissotel Beijing is beautiful and so far the hospitality has been incredible. We got to take showers (a blessing after 35 hours of ...

few days in Beijing with thecity and the great wall ...

... but I guess it was too radical and too much trouble to continue the practices after the celebration was finished.  That's sad because Beijing is a fine city, vibrant and exciting and tons of things to do and see.  It's just a shame that so many ...

... De volgende ochtend met klein katertje van die Chinese bocht wijn opgestaan en ons voor de laatste keer begeven naar het Swissotel. Kees van Galen opende de dag met twee presentaties over de geschiedenis van Nederland en over klachten van klanten van ...

... food markets. Luckily, there was a clinic in the same building as our hotel, further proving that it's the perfect places to stay in Beijing. To round it all off, we made sure to eat Peking duck while in old Peking. We had heard that the Li Qun ...

... vonden om daarbij aanwezig te zijn. Op woensdag kwam het gezelschap in de ochtend aan op het vliegveld en werd in het Swissotel (waar wij in februari onze company training hadden) ontvangen door de general manager van VW Bedrijfswagens, die me deed denken ...

The Wall at a Crawl            My tour company, Bespoke Beijing, had recommended going to the Simatai section of the Great Wall but it turns out that Simatai was closed and being renovated.  I had ...

... medium size’ city – having a population of 11m!! All in all, we had a great time here in Beijing, a fantastic metropolis which post Olympics has become really tourist friendly – the photos illustrate the vast number of tourist ...

... them.  There is Vladimir Lenin in Moscow, Ho Chi Min in Hanoi, Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang, and Mao Zedung in Beijing.  It is interesting to note that both Ho Chi Min and Mao Zedung requested cremation after death and their requests were ignored ...

... .  My chore was to find a repair shop that would be able to fix it.  I have been communicating with Bespoke Beijing, a tour company I have not used before but was recommended by Koryo Tours.   I  have arranged a tour with ...

... and going to Jinshanling section of the Great Wall as I have not been on this section.  Originally when I contacted Bespoke Beijing, the tour company recommended by Koryo tours, I had a whole different itinerary set up as I had forgotten Mao (who ...

... pulled down the entire flight so when I exited the plane, I had my first glimpse of the weather.  It was the Beijing I remembered from 2 1/2 years ago.  Hot and smoggy.           From the time I ...

A tour of all the hotels in Beijing was not quite the ideal start, but as the Swissotel was the epicenter there wasn't much choice. Beginning at the Tian'enmen square  the tour covered other beautiful and historic places like the Forbidden city , ...

        Anyone reading this has figured out I travel a lot.  And I go through a lot of suitcases.  In the past 10 years, I have probably purchased 20 different suitcases.  Two of them are in storage ...

... absolutely no idea where we were going or doing that day. We pulled up to this massive hotel, 50 floors at least, the 5 star Swissotel. I figured no way, we must be just here to meet Richard because i knew he had a meeting that morning. But the driver ...

... view was totally not what we expected. Spoilt by the view at the peak of Hong Kong, the view of Singapore from the top of Swissotel as well as the view of Eiffel Tower, Dalian was a distant last place. However, considering how far it has come in the past ...