Xiangming Hotel — Hotel in Huangshan

I stayed at the Xiangming hotel for 4 nights during a conference. The hotel is located not too far from the airport, and this greatly facilitated transportation, especially for the conference participants. The common areas are a bit oversized, shining with thousands of lights but sometimes a bit kitsch. The rooms are very nice and big, and the room service is also good. Where the hotel falls short is in all the other services: being located close to the Huangshan mountain, you would expect that they have all the information on how to get there etc.. Nope, they have only very general knowledge, and the concierge service was not very helpful. The chinese food is good (although they indulge a little bit too much on salt) but the western kitchen is not at all at the 5-star hotel. The approach of the staff, finally, is sometimes a little bit too bureaucratic: I went to the mountain the same day I checked out and when I came back I asked if I could have a shower. No way, I had to ask some friends and they could not neither gave a me a towel. This is not really a...

I stayed at the Xiangming hotel for 4 nights during a conference. The hotel is located not too far from the airport, and this greatly facilitated transportation, especially for the conference participants. The common areas are a bit oversized, shining with thousands of lights but sometimes a bit kitsch. The rooms are very nice and big, and the room service is also good. Where the hotel falls short is in all the other services: being located close to the Huangshan mountain, you would expect that they have all the information on how to get there etc.. Nope, they have only very general knowledge, and the concierge service was not very helpful. The chinese food is good (although they indulge a little bit too much on salt) but the western kitchen is not at all at the 5-star hotel. The approach of the staff, finally, is sometimes a little bit too bureaucratic: I went to the mountain the same day I checked out and when I came back I asked if I could have a shower. No way, I had to ask some friends and they could not neither gave a me a towel. This is not really a...

This 5 star hotel is massive - huge rooms and lobbies, great for conferences. I was at a conference, stayed for 4 nights. I was in a VIP room as I understand, very nice. The food is very chinese, do not expect many western choices. It is near the airport, a 15 min drive. You can walk to a supermarket and a typical food store, about 3 blocks - beware of traffic though because it is crazy. the staff is very attentive but they do not speak much english so communication might be a problem. They can arrange trips to historic villages nearby about 1h drive, 200 yuan/cab, as well as to the yellow mountain, 2h drive, i think 400 /cab or the peking opera, which is...