The Holiday Inn (Xinjiang
jiari dajiudian) in Urumqi is the only foreign-owned
hotel in all of Western China. The hotel enjoys a
good central location, about 20km from the airport
and 6km from the railway station.
Meeting top international standards, all the hotel
rooms are fully equipped and nicely decorated. The
hotel has CNN, a non-smoking and executive floor
and good facilities for handicapped guests too.
For business travelers, there is an advanced business
center providing a full range of secretarial services
and different sized conference rooms which are ideal
for meetings and parties.
There are three different restaurants within the
hotel. The Caravan serves good western food, the
Kashgari offers minority and Muslim cuisine, and
the Xi Wang Mu provides Sichuan and Cantonese cuisine.
The hotel lobby bar has live entertainment and the
hotel bar is popular with residents and non residents
for its good drinks, friendly atmosphere and huge
TV screen!
The recreation facilities here are first class.
There is a lovely indoor pool, health club, beauty
salon, sauna, tennis court and steam bath. Silk,
the hotel disco, is popular with both visitors and
locals. The hotel also have an airport shuttle bus
and an in-house travel service.