A Rosewood Beijing room, showing chaise lounge next to wood window seat to its left
I always wonder why more owners, and designers of luxury hotels, do not realise that when there is a view, maximise it. Rosewood Beijing opens end August 2014, and its 284 bedrooms have wood window sills, and chaise lounges-type sofas, by the all-wall windows. All the better to look out.
When the owners of Shangri-La Sydney renovated a couple of years ago, they put padded windowseats by all windows. There, of course, roughly half the rooms look far down to Circular Quay and its criss-cross of boat traffic. Ahead is the Opera House. Turn to your left for the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Whichever, it is a fabulous view.
Rosewood Beijing is owned by New World, and Sonia Cheng is renowned for having lots of style. She chose Stuart Robinson (BAR Studio) to do the hotel – he also redesigned Park Hyatt Sydney, so you get an idea of the look, here in Beijing. But here the hotel’s pool will be a full 24-metres, with a high glass conservatory ceiling over, and real trees around. And here, overnight-stay spa suites have private terraces. Lots to look forward to when this luxury hotel opens…
