Chengfangyuan™
September 30, 2024
【Tianjin Binhai Crowne Plaza Hotel. Suite】 New District Essay
🛏 【️Tianjin Binhai Crowne Plaza Hotel】
📌 Hotel Overview Overview
❶. Comprehensive evaluation: Tianjin has 5 Express, 4 Crowne Plaza, 3 Holiday Inn, one InterContinental (this IC also has the attributes of an executive apartment, and is currently the only InterContinental executive apartment in China. The other Chengdu Yanlord InterContinental Apartment has been delisted) and one Holiday Inn Suite; Specifically, the 4 CPs are all old and have opened earlier, including the ill-fated Binhai CP. It used to be Sheraton. After Starwood was acquired by Marriott, it was owned by Marriott Group. Now it has switched to InterContinental Group. Such cases are not uncommon, such as Dameisha InterContinental, which was previously a star-rated hotel under the Marriott system;
❷. Local brief: Next to the hotel is the equally old-fashioned conference hotel - Renaissance TEDA. When it comes to "Binhai", the first thing that comes to mind is Raffles in Singapore's Marina Bay. In fact, there are many good hotels scattered around Tianjin's Binhai New Area, which are especially suitable for conferences. The price is low and the cost performance is extremely high compared with Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. It should be distinguished that Shengguang CP is located in Dongli District, and Binhai CP is located in the new district, so don't confuse them.
🏨 About the guest room In Room
❶. Guest room layout: There is no shoe wipe or shoe towel in the shoe basket in the guest room; the proportion of Korean guests is high, so KBS is added on the basis of basic international and regional TV channels; the Crowne Plaza brand focuses on business + conference + business trip, but the room is not equipped with any stationery, letter paper, pen, letter paper, envelope, etc., which is too unreasonable; the door of the guest room is directly opposite the passenger elevator, which is convenient for travel, but the disadvantage is that it will be a little noisy and less private; the base of the coffee table spreads out in all directions, and it is easy to bump into it if there are children; this time the hotel arranged for me the smallest 52-square-meter open-plan suite in the suite, and the hotel also has 80 and 120-square-meter large suites;
❷. Welcome gift: no welcome letter, no pre-trip phone communication, and welcome fruit.
☕️ Dining
❶. Gourmet glimpse: The breakfast opening time of InterContinental hotels in Tianjin varies. For example, Dongli Express is 7:00, Jingji CP is 6:30, and Binhai CP is 6:00, which is very friendly for business travelers who are rushing to catch a flight; many Express hotels do not provide coffee paper cups in the restaurant, such as Dongli Express; and Crown Hotel 100% has paper cups, which is reassuring. For example, this one is very eye-catching and placed next to the freshly ground coffee machine; there is beef noodles for breakfast, and they are all clearly prepared;
❷. City gluttony: The executive lounge is on the top floor. Looking at the hustle and bustle of the main road downstairs, I feel a sense of "seeing all the mountains at a glance". I usually go to the executive lounge when happy hour is about to end (19:30-20:00). At this time, most of the family travelers who are crazy about taking meals have already had enough food and drink. When they leave, the lounge will be very quiet.
🏊 Hardware Facilities
❶. Hotel environment: There is no doorman, but there is a usher. Generally speaking, the security department and the porter are relatively casual; the hotel decoration style is similar to Taiyue Wyndham, with a strong business and palace style, which is particularly in line with the old cadre aesthetics of middle-aged and elderly people. It is indeed somewhat out of touch with the trend of this era, but on the other hand, such a stable decoration tone is quite suitable for holding political meetings, which has both advantages and disadvantages;
❷. Recreation and fitness: Similar to Dalian, Shanghai, and Beijing, Tianjin’s football culture is also extremely strong. Many Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei teams like to stay in this hotel when they come to Tianjin to play games, such as Cangzhou Lions. The gym is large, well-equipped, and the swimming pool is well-regulated.
🌟 Unforgettable Moments
❶. Star Employees: The smile of the little girl in the executive lounge is so bright, it really touches people, full of sincerity - this is similar to airlines, excellent stewardesses will be in charge of first class, the same principle;
❷. Number of stays: I have stayed in this hotel 14 times, and this is the 15th time. I have hosted too many events in this hotel, such as the relevant press conference of China Petroleum, the series of performances of Yang Lduo, etc., and I have a lot of feelings for it.
📍 Brief Summary Conclusion
❶. Wonderful moments: Due to work reasons, I travel every week. Whenever I go to the airport or high-speed rail station, I always meet crazy fans chasing stars. The crowds of people make the scene chaotic. At that moment, I thought of myself as a small person, which was more relaxed and contented. I could hide at any time, enjoy life steadily and quietly, and be my "hotel control". So every time I stayed in a hotel, it was not so much a rest as a treasure hunt and precipitation; every time I went on a business trip, my wife gave me words like "Be careful, take care of your body" instead of "Get lost again!", which was really chilling. It was as if in her eyes, my business trip was a vacation. On the contrary, I worked non-stop every day on business trips, slept only three or four hours a night, and wandered around different hotels every day. In addition to doing my job well (hosting 5 shows a day, each lasting 20 minutes, pure talk show, without hand cards and teleprompters), I also had to use my spare time to write thousands of words of hotel reviews every day, and edited the videos myself. If you don't have superhuman spirit, ordinary people can't handle it at all;
❷. Regrets: Many new auto show hosts will read "can't hold back" as "can't bear it". For laymen, this is naturally harmless, but if insiders hear it, it will be really laughable; this Crowne Plaza Marina Bay has a similar problem. Although it has been "recruited" by IHG, it is obviously not familiar with the operation and management methods of the InterContinental Group, and more improvements are needed in the details.
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