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City guide: Beijing

Hotels.com City Guide looks at Beijing, a city that has been catapulted onto the 2008 destination hotlist as it prepares for the Olympics this summer

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JW Marriott (five-star)
Water therapies and Eastern massages
From £129 per room per night
Opened at the very end of 2007, the JW Marriott Hotel Beijing is located close to attractions such as Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City and the National Museum of China.

The hotel boasts a stunning indoor pool and a 24-hour fitness centre, while the luxurious Quan Spa offers Eastern massage beauty treatments and water therapies such as Vichy and Drench showers.

The hotel also has a fantastic steakhouse restaurant where guests can enjoy a traditional rotisserie grill and a bar that displays the fish catch of the day. Most of the spacious guest rooms feature 42-inch flat-screen televisions. To book go to www.hotels.co.uk or call 0871 200 0171.

The Ritz Carlton Hotel Beijing, Downtown (five-star)
Shopping, eating and wine tasting
From £144 per room per night
Opened in December 2007, The Ritz Carlton Beijing Downtown is located next to the famed Chang An Avenue (which boasts an array of the city's finest shops and restaurants).

The hotel's Italian restaurant features a wine-tasting room and a semi-open kitchen where diners can view the chefs in action. There is also nightly live entertainment and a 700-square-metre ballroom for parties. Many of the guest rooms have city views and all feature the hotel's iconic bedding and turndown services. To book go to www.hotels.co.uk or call 0871 200 0171.

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