Crowne Plaza in Qingdao, China

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Crowne Plaza

76 Xiang Gang Zhong Lu, Qingdao, CN 266071

Location. The Crowne Plaza Hotel Qingdao is located in the commercial and shopping center of Qingdao, China, one kilometer from the beach and three kilometers from the Zhan Shan Buddhist Temple.
Hotel Features. This contemporary hotel overlooks the sailing regatta venue for the 2008 Olympic Games. The lobby is illuminated by a massive icicle-shaped chandelier suspended from a high ceiling and includes shining stone floors, dark furnishings, floral arrangements and palm trees. The hotel includes a business center and meeting facilities, five restaurants and a health club. Wireless Internet access is available in public areas of the hotel.
The hotel's restaurants offer a variety of dining choices, including Asian, Western, Indian, Brazilian, Mongolian, Thai, Korean and Japanese fares. Complimentary buffet breakfasts are served daily, and 24-hou r room service is available. One of the hotel's two bars serves afternoon tea and complimentary tea snacks.
The business center offers complimentary analog dial-up and high-speed wired and wireless Internet access. The hotel provides a multi- function room and nine small meeting rooms with seating capacities ranging from 110 to 350 people.
Additional recreational amenities include outdoor tennis courts, a free-form indoor pool, bowling lanes, a spa tub, a billiards and table tennis room and a recreation and sports court.
Guestrooms. The 38-story hotel's 388 guestrooms offer analog dial-up and high-speed Internet access, personal computers, complimentary local calls, safes, desks and cable and satellite television. Rooms also include kitchens with full-size refrigerators and minibars.
Expert Tip. Qingdao Museum, built in the architectural style of a Confucian temple, houses a collection of roughly 50,000 relics. Exhibits include more than 4,000 examples of Chinese painting and calligraphy from the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. Exhibits also include artifacts from the first 100 years of Qingdao's existence.