Dong Fang Hotel was built in 1961. It was a hotel particularly for senior government ministers and foreigners. Dong Fang Hotel is honored with The International Five Star Diamond Award by The American Academy of Hospitality Sciences from 2006 to 2007. After over 40 years development, Dong Fang Hotel is still one of the best hotels in Guangzhou. The new renovation in 2006 combined historical cultural and modern concept to create a brand new image which is a luxury commercial five-star hotel.The Dong Fang Hotel located at downtown, east to Liuhua Lake and west to Yuexiu Hill, just opposite to Chinese Import & Export Commodities Fair and Jinhan Exhibition Center. The Hotel boast its unique transportation conveniences: only 2-minute-walk to the Metro Entrance, and it is all less than 30-minute-drive to the Airport, Railway Station, Guangzhou-kowloon Express Station and Guangzhou (Pazhou) International Exhibition Center.
Covering an area of over 6,000 square meters including a 10,000 square meter central garden, the Dong Fang Hotel offers both picturesque surroundings and breath-taking scenery.
The Dong Fang Hotel features 1,100 elegant and comfortable guest rooms in a combination of Chinese and Western styles located on two blocks. The West Block offers a sense of Western architecture, with Western-style settings in each room. The furniture is made of high-grade white oak in an original wood grain design that is extremely popular. The East Block can be described as a type of Chinese classical architecture with high rooflines and spacious rooms decorated in a mational style.
Both East and West Block suites are well equipped with the modern facilities including five main systems: central air conditioning, closed circuit TV, stereo, computerized telephone, and smoke alarms, all up to international standards of course.
The hotel features a multi-function international convention center. There are also over 40 banquet halls and dining rooms offering seating for 3,000 people and tasteful Chinese cuisines including: Guangdong, Chaozhou, Sichuan, Yangzhou, Shandong, as well as Western food. Coffee shops and bars are all on-site. |