China National Convention Center Grand Hotel

Well located for events at convention centre or any of the Olympic stadium/venues. Metro station is about 5 minutes walk away. Various shopping centres also nearby - there is one directly across the road from the hotel with coffee shops, foodcourt, cinema and a supermarket in the basement level (European and local foods). There are more restaurants and shops at the metro station. Rooms in the hotel were large, clean and the beds comfortable. Water pressure in shower was excellent and housekeeping were pleasant and did a great job. Air-conditioning worked well which was a relief given it was 40 degrees celcius outside! For a conference hotel it didnt seem overly crowded and there were no delays at check in or for lifts. Breakfast had a reasonable choice including western and chinese options. We had a view of the bird nest and water cube buildings which was nice. There is an internal and external walkway to the conference centre for events in the main building. Finally our gratitude goes out to the hotel manager who was able to find us a room for 5 nights after we discovered our booking agent had made our reservation for the wrong month! We were charged the conference price and not some exorbitant rack rate. He was kind and welcoming - a credit to his hotel and his country.