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We were surprised with the resort area of the hotel in the middle of the Changbaishan resort, although early days, still a work in progress, it has the potential to be a great area, for sightseeing and skiing in the winter season. Good range of Hotels and restaurants all in walking distance. Airport shuttle is provided, west side of mountain is close, north side is still a 2 hour drive away.

The Westin, Sheraton, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Resort and two to be opened Hyatt hotels are all located within the same Wanda compound. Same location, same facade and suspectingly, same level of comfort and facilities. Hence, I could not understand the huge price differentiate among them. The Westin, of course is the most expensive of them all. The Westin has well-appointed rooms with all the usual amenties in the room, but lacking in F&B options. In fact, there are only 2 restaurants (a buffet restaurant and a Korean restaurant), which gave us not much of an option. Travelling to the Songjianghe town would require almost 20-30 mins travel. Service-wise, this Westin is way behind its sister hotels in other cities. Check-in line was long & slow, considering that it was already 7pm when I checked in. The receptionist made me write down my SPG card number on a piece of paper even though I had passed her my card. When I asked for an extra bottle of shower gel, it took them 30mins to get to my room. Within this 30mins, I made two calls to the operator to inquire about the slowness. It was during the second call that the operator revealed to me that both the Westin and Sheraton share the same operator and housekeeping staffs. The housekeeping staff was busy at Sheraton and would get over to the Westin to pass me my shower gel when she's done over there. For the rate that I am paying, I do not even get a housekeeping staff dedicated to Westin guests? This is absurb for an international top-tier hotel. Buffet spread was alrite but mostly Chinese. Waffles were terrible. The yogurt had turned bad but was proudly displayed. I will definately return to Changbaishan Wanda again to snowboard during this winter but would turn twice about staying at a Starwood hotel. Perhaps the Park Hyatt and Hyatt Regency would be ready by then to give me more options.

Hotel is located further on then 300 m from the station in the main street, on the right side. Put your glasses on to read the name- so small that it is very easy to miss! Be prepared for the worst. Nobody in the reception speaks English. They do not know about your reservation, they do not know your name. They do not know the word "voucher". I used translator to communicate with them. This is the last frontier. They offer airport drop-off for 80 yuan and round-trip taxi service to National Park gate for 200 yuan round trip.