I was not expecting to spend the night in Chengdu but a mix up in planes resulted in me needing to stay the night near the airport. Having experienced the need to have the Chinese charters written out to get to the hotel (and even then this does not always help but always necessary since very few taxi drivers speak English - it isChina after all), so they had the hotel car at the airport to greet me. Check- in was a breeze and gave me a room on the non-smoking floor.

For once, a hotel where the sheets and towels did not reek of smoke in the non-smoking rooms. Was staying on the executive floor so went up to have a drink of water and the place was empty - it was 10pm but it was a surprise for a Saturday night for the place to be empty.

Thoughts put going for a swim sowentand checked the pool - great pools and jacuzzis. Asked about booking a massage for the next day and was told they could give me one then and there. I had spent five hpursat the Forbidden City beofregetting on the flight. The masseuse was excellent. She got the knots out and I slept a dream.

The rom had a window that opened and anawesomeshower with so many different shower heads and great toiletries. Not much bench space but I was only there one night and tea and coffee making facilities. Only two small bottles of water.

The lounge had a nice spread for breakfast.

Check-out took a while but I was not in a hurry.

The hotel car was not available to take me to the airport but the concierge made sure the taxi ran the meter and gave mean indication of the approximate fare to expect.

And oh a bizarre item - I use the hotel laundry bags for my dirty washing but this hotel asked for their bagbackatcheck-in. Fortunately it was in my carry-on luggage so could easily retrieve it. Never had that happen before (being asked for the laundry bag). Of course it meant that dirty laundry was not self-contained. As i said, somewhat strange.

The WiFi worked very well AT&T is hotel. I never lost the connection. Adored during this stay in China.

If I needed to stay the night near Chengdu airport again would stay here.