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China's luxury hotel landscape has matured into one of the world's most extraordinary, blending international brands with locally inspired design philosophies that draw on imperial palace architecture, classical garden aesthetics, and contemporary Chinese art.
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Built within the imperial Summer Palace grounds, Aman's 51-suite property occupies a series of 18th-century courtyard pavilions and offers direct access to the palace grounds at dawn before crowds arrive.
The Peninsula's art-deco Bund masterpiece blends 1920s Shanghai glamour with cutting-edge technology in 235 rooms overlooking the Huangpu River and the Pudong skyline.
Occupying the top floors of the Tomorrow Square tower, this hotel offers Shanghai's most spectacular skyline views and a swimming pool seemingly suspended over the Bund.

Occupying floors 63–85 of the CCTV District's Beijing Yintai Centre, the cloud-high Park Hyatt has one of the world's finest hotel swimming pools with 360-degree views of the capital.

Set against the dramatic backdrop of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, this Yunnan luxury resort features private pool villas, Naxi cultural experiences, and a spa using traditional Tibetan treatments.
A soaring tower in the CBD designed by Foster + Partners with 282 rooms whose interiors draw on traditional Chinese crafts, housing Beijing's most celebrated rooftop bar and fine dining.

An atmospheric conversion of a 1970s sugar factory in Guilin's iconic karst landscape, Alila Yangshuo sits directly beside the Li River with some of the most dramatic hotel views in China.

Elegantly integrated into a preserved Ming-dynasty temple complex in Chengdu's historic Taikoo Li district, this 100-room boutique Swire Hotels property is a masterpiece of heritage preservation.

Twelve restored 1930s Art Deco shikumen lane houses have been transformed into 55 extraordinary suites, preserving original mosaic floors and ironwork while adding contemporary luxury.

A wellness retreat at the foot of the Taoist sacred mountain near Chengdu offers hot spring pools, forest bathing programmes, and treatments rooted in Traditional Chinese Medicine principles.
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Built within the imperial Summer Palace grounds, Aman's 51-suite property occupies a series of 18th-century courtyard pavilions and offers direct access to the palace grounds at dawn before crowds arrive.
The Peninsula's art-deco Bund masterpiece blends 1920s Shanghai glamour with cutting-edge technology in 235 rooms overlooking the Huangpu River and the Pudong skyline.
Occupying the top floors of the Tomorrow Square tower, this hotel offers Shanghai's most spectacular skyline views and a swimming pool seemingly suspended over the Bund.

Occupying floors 63–85 of the CCTV District's Beijing Yintai Centre, the cloud-high Park Hyatt has one of the world's finest hotel swimming pools with 360-degree views of the capital.

Set against the dramatic backdrop of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, this Yunnan luxury resort features private pool villas, Naxi cultural experiences, and a spa using traditional Tibetan treatments.
A soaring tower in the CBD designed by Foster + Partners with 282 rooms whose interiors draw on traditional Chinese crafts, housing Beijing's most celebrated rooftop bar and fine dining.

An atmospheric conversion of a 1970s sugar factory in Guilin's iconic karst landscape, Alila Yangshuo sits directly beside the Li River with some of the most dramatic hotel views in China.

Elegantly integrated into a preserved Ming-dynasty temple complex in Chengdu's historic Taikoo Li district, this 100-room boutique Swire Hotels property is a masterpiece of heritage preservation.

Twelve restored 1930s Art Deco shikumen lane houses have been transformed into 55 extraordinary suites, preserving original mosaic floors and ironwork while adding contemporary luxury.

A wellness retreat at the foot of the Taoist sacred mountain near Chengdu offers hot spring pools, forest bathing programmes, and treatments rooted in Traditional Chinese Medicine principles.

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