Fuyang International Trade Center Hotel — Hotel in Hangzhou City

I had stayed a few years ago but this stay refreshes my memory. The hotel is in a nice riverside location but the view from the back is mainly not great looking homes (see attached photos). Problem is that you wound not likely visit this place unless you are on business, it is a heavily polluted city / town due to the large and poorly regulated paper and board industry here. Air / Water pollution and soil pollution are the major problems. The hotel is built with a curved and very steep driveway but they said this is due to "good fengshui" design, so?? Anyhow the huge lobby is very nice. After checking in at the front desk, manager Peter took me to my room. I like the little touches such as fruits, little gifts left by housekeeping staff and nice notes. When i checked out the next morning, i was surprised that they prepare a "on the road pack" for me with 2 bottles of water and some snacks , "one for the road" so to say, and the front office manger came personally to say goodbye, by my departing car. The room is large with also nice size bath and showers and everything works like a song. They have wifi but it is censored and very slow , as with all in China, and there is again nothing you can do about it, it is under control of the Communist Party. The evening of my stay i checked out the lobby restaurant and found mostly local families eating the "buffet". I feel hotel stay guests are limited. For the morning breakfast also was tasty but a few tables were smokers. Again this is a local condition because this region is known for brash hard smoking hard drinking businessman and no directions from government can stop them. The breakfast food is quite reasonable. I like the porridge and steamed buns (always stay with...

I had stayed a few years ago but this stay refreshes my memory. The hotel is in a nice riverside location but the view from the back is mainly not great looking homes (see attached photos). Problem is that you wound not likely visit this place unless you are on business, it is a heavily polluted city / town due to the large and poorly regulated paper and board industry here. Air / Water pollution and soil pollution are the major problems. The hotel is built with a curved and very steep driveway but they said this is due to "good fengshui" design, so?? Anyhow the huge lobby is very nice. After checking in at the front desk, manager Peter took me to my room. I like the little touches such as fruits, little gifts left by housekeeping staff and nice notes. When i checked out the next morning, i was surprised that they prepare a "on the road pack" for me with 2 bottles of water and some snacks , "one for the road" so to say, and the front office manger came personally to say goodbye, by my departing car. The room is large with also nice size bath and showers and everything works like a song. They have wifi but it is censored and very slow , as with all in China, and there is again nothing you can do about it, it is under control of the Communist Party. The evening of my stay i checked out the lobby restaurant and found mostly local families eating the "buffet". I feel hotel stay guests are limited. For the morning breakfast also was tasty but a few tables were smokers. Again this is a local condition because this region is known for brash hard smoking hard drinking businessman and no directions from government can stop them. The breakfast food is quite reasonable. I like the porridge and steamed buns (always stay with...

I've stayed at this hotel 4 times over the past 15 months, as it's quite close to one of our business partners. It's well appointed, clean and the standard rooms are relatively spacious making it a very good destination for business travel.||||In room wifi is hit and miss. Of the three people in our delegation, one had great connectivity, one had mediocre and one had virtually none. Wifi seems to work fine in the common areas.||||The lobby cafe serves a decent breakfast, and you can get standard western fare (omelettes to order, waffles, bacon etc) along with Chinese breakfast standards. The club lounge on the top floor is a bit more up scale in decor (recently renovated) but the food is similar. ||||The gym (4/10) is barely acceptable. Only open 10am - 10pm so before work or jet lagged workouts are not available. One each of a treadmill, elliptical and a stair stepper, with the elliptical operational but in need of maintenance. A very small number of machines. Saving graces were a good selection of dumbbells and a smith machine. ||||Front desk staff have ok English language skills and most situations can be addressed with patience. I have not used any business facilities (meeting rooms etc) so cannot comment.||||There is a music bar on the back side of the building that can be fun, but smokey of course.||||All in all, good value and accommodation for...