"A quartet of new hotel openings across the Chinese mainland showcases diversity, modernism and a reverence for culture - from the karst formations of Chongzuo, where Lux group has expanded its portfolio with a 53-suite property that looks out over mountains, rice paddies and the Mingshi River; to Chongqing, where Chinese brand Sunyata has breathed new life into a former church and hospital built in 1900 with the 25-room Sunyata Ren'ai Hall Hotel."
"Not far from the Forbidden City, the hotel's 42 suites take over meticulously restored courtyard homes scattered around the stone-paved lanes of a 600-year-old hutong district. Each suite is unique, hidden behind heavy wooden doors with brass knockers and feng shui threshold steps, and arranged around a leafy courtyard with brick walls and, in some, a private tea pavilion. Interiors fuse the buildings' original wooden bones with fine hand-painted screens, wallpaper with the texture of satin and lashings of Chinese lacquerwork, brass and porcelain."
Four recent hotel openings across the Chinese mainland combine contemporary luxury with strong local identity. A 53-suite Lux group property in Chongzuo faces karst mountains, rice paddies and the Mingshi River. Sunyata transformed a 1900 church and hospital in Chongqing into the 25-room Sunyata Ren'ai Hall Hotel. Norden Camp, Xiahe, at the Tibetan Plateau's edge, introduces nomadic hospitality and regional landscapes. Mandarin Oriental Qianmen in Beijing occupies meticulously restored courtyard homes in a 600-year-old hutong, offering 42 unique suites hidden behind wooden doors, interiors that fuse original timber with hand-painted screens and lacquerwork, dispersed shared spaces, a tea lounge and a courtyard wellness centre.
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