Vancouver Sun article on Beijing Olympics
 

for those of you looking to fly to the beijing olympics, you better book your hotels soon.


When The Vancouver Sun asked for a quote on a 23-night stay at the Kempinski Hotel in downtown Beijing during the Olympics, the price given was $22,000, or $956 a night. Normally, rooms at the hotel are $163 a night.

http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/n...aa9fb6&k=96601

I wonder if at that price, the room will come with complimentary "Great Firewall of China" Internet service?

the amusing thing is even a hotel TWO HOURS AWAY from downtown beijing is $400 a night now

"The Sun was also quoted $9,600, or $418 a night, for a 23-night stay at the Holiday Inn Express, which is about a two-hour drive from downtown Beijing."

I will watch the games in the comfort of my gazebo with a tall cool one this summer.

Cheaper too.....:)

Plus some other extras? (I hear foreigners, including white males, are in demand given the emigration potential.) :D

I'm curious if they got quoted some crazy rack rack for Western foreigners and if there's some alternate means to book at a fairly reduced rate. It's not really comparing apples to apples but... when we booked a tour for Beijing (air, hotel, local transportation, & guide) from an agency in Hong Kong, the difference between the English speaking tour and the Chinese speaking version was more than double (if not close to triple) if I recall correctly.

Definitely. That's always the case, regardless of the country.