Soon Beijing will have a Hilton's Luxury Hotel - Waldorf Astoria
The Waldorf Astoria mixes together The Oriental design with the contemporary luxury for its hotel in Beijing, China. The grand opening will be marked on the 1st of March.
The Hilton worldwide brand of luxury hotels and resorts opens its 26th location Beijing, China as the first hotel opening for 2014. This is the following opening after Shanghai on the Bund hotel. As it can be noticed, this is the second city where Waldorf Astoria expands in the Chinese country. A representative of the hotel brand talked to someone from The Hollywood Reporter and said: "The development team is highly selective about the regions in which it opens its hotels and resorts and is striving to bring something unique to each market – whether it's the conversion of a historic structure or contemporary new build".
For this hotel from Beijing's Waldorf hotel, each of the 176 rooms (starting from $355 to $11,00 a night) will provide a unique feature for their guests. The guests will find Samsung tablets in every room, monitoring the lighting, air conditioning, TV channels and curtains. Those who carry Apple devices will also have access to Apple TV connected in all guest rooms, which allows them to stay connected with their compatible device onto the television, in the living room. General Manager of Waldorf Astoria Beijing Marlene Poynder added that the rooms are of Waldorf standard with Ferragamo amenities and feather-top beds with linen.
Poynder also talked about the personal service of the Waldorf hotel. A staple of every hotel is the True Waldorf Service, a personal concierge who provides service from pre-arrival all the way through the way to departure. The hotel offers its guests a "home away from home, but slightly better" she told THR. Thei staff has 260 members for this particular hotel, only. All these people are trained for six to eight weeks in restaurant catering and spa treatment, to ensure guests "feel comfortable and understand the type of service we are emulating", she added. "We want guests to walk away with an experience to remember. You'll remember an interaction with someone rather than an amenity, and to achieve that is the hardest thing."
