Saturday 20 October 2012

Summit Hotels & Resorts Welcomes EAST, Beijing


Summit Hotels & Resorts,™ a brand of Preferred Hotel Group™ and a collection of more than 150 internationally acclaimed hotels and resorts that celebrate local luxury is pleased to announce its latest member in Asia Pacific, EAST, Beijing.

The 369-room hotel is located between Beijing's 4th and 5th Ring Roads in Jiangtai, Chaoyang District, approximately 15 minutes southwest of Beijing Capital International Airport. The hotel is strategically positioned in Beijing's thriving art community, within close proximity to 798 Art Zone, which was once military factories producing electronics in the 1950s, and now gentrified as an avant-grarde venue housing art galleries, studios, cafes, and publishing houses. The contemporary art and cultural theme is spread throughout the hotel, with carefully selected art work completed by local artists. A key piece is a permanent installation in the lobby, whereby a wall finished with coarse sand-like material collected from historic hutongs, ancient city walls, residences and buildings around Beijing.

This contemporary business lifestyle hotel is part of a mixed-use development called INDIGO, which includes a shopping center (adjacently attached to the hotel), a 25-storey office tower and a soon-to-be developed 17-hectare open park. Following the success of its sister property EAST, Hong Kong, also a member of Summit Hotels & Resorts; EAST, Beijing also contains Feast (Food by EAST), a bustling dining destination  as well as Xian, a bold new three-storey, architecturally inspired by 798 Art Zone entertainment venue offering a live music room, a laid-back lounge, an outdoor terrace, games room and whiskey bar. The Beijing property contains additional facilities, one of which is Beast (Body by EAST), a fitness center with an indoor pool  as well as The Workshop, a meeting space venue with a dedicated events team servicing groups up to 120 people.

For more information on the property, please visit www.summithotels.com/eastbeijing. 

New Member Offer:  RMB 798 + 15% service charge (50% off best available rate) until December 31, 2012

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