As others have said, you'd only stay here to attend a conference on site. I stayed in the 16th district - the conference centre and hotel. The rooms were comfortable and well maintained. The staff were pleasant (even those who didn't speak English would give you a pleasant ni hao in the mornings). Outside of the 16th district the reaction... more

We just spent a full week trapped in this place for a conference. As some people said before, you will be way out of the city in the middle of nowhere. We took our rooms in the 16th district, supposedly the 5 star section. The first impression we got of this place was that it is just tacky and huge.... more

I stayed at this hotel Aug 8-14 for a conference. This hotel is north of downtown Beijing about 45-50km, or a good hour by taxi. The location is pretty remote from the city - you don't want to stay here if your objective is to tour the city. If you are here for a conference or something local, the place... more

Good things: The rooms were nice, spacious and clean. This place has lots of rooms for conferences and decent facilities. The staff are pretty bad at English compared to most of the other hotels we stayed at China (which were mostly cheaper ...) but were friendly. The bar in the newest building where we were staying was good. Bad things:... more

Jiuhua Spa & Resort is about an hour from Beijing by taxi. Once you get there, you are stuck... The whole complex is apparently less than 10 years old, but it has the look of old Communist party headquarters at the time of Mao. Everything in the hotel is "franchised", the restaurants, the shops, and even the swimming pool! For... more

nice swimming pool, spa etc but it costs over RMB 150 for a swim more