Sitting in the Fairmont Beijing right now. It's a pretty nice hotel. Getting to it from the airport is easy. Grab the Airport Express to the last station, take Line 2 to the Jianguomen Station and take Line 1 to the Yonganli Station. Leave the station using door C. Turn right at the top of the stairs and walk down the street until you see the Fairmont on your left. It can be hard to see the signage until you're immediately across from the hotel. Trust me....I had to go back to the station and start over once this afternoon.
When I was checking in, the Assistant Guest Services Manager was called to come and greet me to the hotel. She also escorted me to my room before leaving me to relax. Today's the first time that I've traveled on my b-day. The checkin agent and the Assistant GS manager both greeted me with "Welcome to the Fairmont Beijing and Happy Birthday". Another GS rep and one of the doormen went to great lengths to assist me getting a SIM card from the small store across the street and dealing with China Mobile.
I used my BOGO and suite upgrade on this stay. The upgrade room is huge. Literally 2x the size of my apartment back home. Massive living area with it's own washroom, large bedroom and a full walk-in closet. The main bathroom is very large and has a tub to ceiling glass wall looking into the bedroom.
So far, I'm very impressed. Much nicer than the Fairmont Winnipeg....