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China’s weird, amazing hotels

  • Pengheng Space Capsules Hotel opened a few months ago in Shenzhen, in China's Guangdong Province. The hotel has robots performing menial tasks and rooms shaped as tiny space capsules.
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    Pengheng Space Capsules Hotel opened a few months ago in Shenzhen, in China's Guangdong Province. The hotel has robots performing menial tasks and rooms shaped as tiny space capsules.

    Pengheng Space Capsules Hotel opened a few months ago in Shenzhen, in China's Guangdong Province. The hotel has robots performing menial tasks and rooms shaped as tiny space capsules.
    Pengheng Space Capsules Hotel
  • Pengheng Space Capsules Hotel opened a few months ago in Shenzhen, in China's Guangdong Province. The hotel has robots performing menial tasks and rooms shaped as tiny space capsules.
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    Pengheng Space Capsules Hotel opened a few months ago in Shenzhen, in China's Guangdong Province. The hotel has robots performing menial tasks and rooms shaped as tiny space capsules.

    Pengheng Space Capsules Hotel opened a few months ago in Shenzhen, in China's Guangdong Province. The hotel has robots performing menial tasks and rooms shaped as tiny space capsules.
    Pengheng Space Capsules Hotel
  • Pengheng Space Capsules Hotel opened a few months ago in Shenzhen, in China's Guangdong Province. The hotel has robots performing menial tasks and rooms shaped as tiny space capsules.
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    Pengheng Space Capsules Hotel opened a few months ago in Shenzhen, in China's Guangdong Province. The hotel has robots performing menial tasks and rooms shaped as tiny space capsules.

    Pengheng Space Capsules Hotel opened a few months ago in Shenzhen, in China's Guangdong Province. The hotel has robots performing menial tasks and rooms shaped as tiny space capsules.
    Pengheng Space Capsules Hotel
  • Aside from being shaped like a doughnut, China's Sheraton Huzhou Hot Spring Resort offers 321 spacious guest rooms, including 44 suites and 39 villas, all with private balconies.| Photos courtesy of the hotel website.
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    Aside from being shaped like a doughnut, China's Sheraton Huzhou Hot Spring Resort offers 321 spacious guest rooms, including 44 suites and 39 villas, all with private balconies.| Photos courtesy of the hotel website.

    Aside from being shaped like a doughnut, China's Sheraton Huzhou Hot Spring Resort offers 321 spacious guest rooms, including 44 suites and 39 villas, all with private balconies.| Photos courtesy of the hotel website.
  • Aside from being shaped like a doughnut, China's Sheraton Huzhou Hot Spring Resort offers 321 spacious guest rooms, including 44 suites and 39 villas, all with private balconies.| Photos courtesy of the hotel website.
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    Aside from being shaped like a doughnut, China's Sheraton Huzhou Hot Spring Resort offers 321 spacious guest rooms, including 44 suites and 39 villas, all with private balconies.| Photos courtesy of the hotel website.

    Aside from being shaped like a doughnut, China's Sheraton Huzhou Hot Spring Resort offers 321 spacious guest rooms, including 44 suites and 39 villas, all with private balconies.| Photos courtesy of the hotel website.
  • Aside from being shaped like a doughnut, China's Sheraton Huzhou Hot Spring Resort offers 321 spacious guest rooms, including 44 suites and 39 villas, all with private balconies.| Photos courtesy of the hotel website.
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    Aside from being shaped like a doughnut, China's Sheraton Huzhou Hot Spring Resort offers 321 spacious guest rooms, including 44 suites and 39 villas, all with private balconies.| Photos courtesy of the hotel website.

    Aside from being shaped like a doughnut, China's Sheraton Huzhou Hot Spring Resort offers 321 spacious guest rooms, including 44 suites and 39 villas, all with private balconies.| Photos courtesy of the hotel website.
  • A panda-themed hotel in Hong Kong.
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    A panda-themed hotel in Hong Kong.

    A panda-themed hotel in Hong Kong.
    Panda Hotel
  • ��An employee dressed in a panda costume poses for a photo during the soft opening of a panda-themed hotel at the foot of Emei Mountain, in southwest China's Sichuan province,
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    An employee dressed in a panda costume poses for a photo during the soft opening of a panda-themed hotel at the foot of Emei Mountain, in southwest China's Sichuan province,
    Reuters
  • Sanya Nanshan Treehouse Resort and Beach Club offers furnished tree houses located inside a theme park in Sanya.
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    Sanya Nanshan Treehouse Resort and Beach Club offers furnished tree houses located inside a theme park in Sanya.

    Sanya Nanshan Treehouse Resort and Beach Club offers furnished tree houses located inside a theme park in Sanya.
    Imagination X Wiki
  • In 2011, China announced plans to build this odd Ping Pong Paddle Hotel, shaped as an upside-down paddle, in Huainan.
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    In 2011, China announced plans to build this odd Ping Pong Paddle Hotel, shaped as an upside-down paddle, in Huainan.

    In 2011, China announced plans to build this odd Ping Pong Paddle Hotel, shaped as an upside-down paddle, in Huainan.
    Huainan Municipal Bureau of Sports
  • Grand Hyatt Shanghai claims to have the world's largest laundry chute, which is 400-metres tall, and one of the world's largest atriums.
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    Grand Hyatt Shanghai claims to have the world's largest laundry chute, which is 400-metres tall, and one of the world's largest atriums.

    Grand Hyatt Shanghai claims to have the world's largest laundry chute, which is 400-metres tall, and one of the world's largest atriums.
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  • Sky-high hotels and resorts are invariably impressive – shooting up as if to kiss the clouds. But what if a resort was created inside a deep gorge - would it look equally spectacular? Here are some artist impressions of the Songjiang Shimao Hotel project by engineering and design consultancy, Atkins. Songjiang Shimao Hotel is a resort that includes extreme sports facilities, visitor centre and a five-star luxury hotel with some levels of the hotel situated under water.
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    Sky-high hotels and resorts are invariably impressive – shooting up as if to kiss the clouds. But what if a resort was created inside a deep gorge - would it look equally spectacular? Here are some artist impressions of the Songjiang Shimao Hotel project by engineering and design consultancy, Atkins. Songjiang Shimao Hotel is a resort that includes extreme sports facilities, visitor centre and a five-star luxury hotel with some levels of the hotel situated under water.

    Sky-high hotels and resorts are invariably impressive – shooting up as if to kiss the clouds. But what if a resort was created inside a deep gorge - would it look equally spectacular? Here are some artist impressions of the Songjiang Shimao Hotel project by engineering and design consultancy, Atkins. Songjiang Shimao Hotel is a resort that includes extreme sports facilities, visitor centre and a five-star luxury hotel with some levels of the hotel situated under water.
  • Fuyulou Changdi Inn in China's Yongding County consists of clusters of traditional round earth buildings called Hakka tulou.
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    Fuyulou Changdi Inn in China's Yongding County consists of clusters of traditional round earth buildings called Hakka tulou.

    Fuyulou Changdi Inn in China's Yongding County consists of clusters of traditional round earth buildings called Hakka tulou.
    Fuyulou Changdi Inn
  • Chinese developer unveils replica Austrian village
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    Chinese developer unveils replica Austrian village

    Chinese developer unveils replica Austrian village
Pengheng Space Capsules Hotel opened a few months ago in Shenzhen, in China's Guangdong Province. The hotel has robots performing menial tasks and rooms shaped as tiny space capsules.
Pengheng Space Capsules Hotel opened a few months ago in Shenzhen, in China's Guangdong Province. The hotel has robots performing menial tasks and rooms shaped as tiny space capsules.
Pengheng Space Capsules Hotel opened a few months ago in Shenzhen, in China's Guangdong Province. The hotel has robots performing menial tasks and rooms shaped as tiny space capsules.
Aside from being shaped like a doughnut, China's Sheraton Huzhou Hot Spring Resort offers 321 spacious guest rooms, including 44 suites and 39 villas, all with private balconies.| Photos courtesy of the hotel website.
Aside from being shaped like a doughnut, China's Sheraton Huzhou Hot Spring Resort offers 321 spacious guest rooms, including 44 suites and 39 villas, all with private balconies.| Photos courtesy of the hotel website.
Aside from being shaped like a doughnut, China's Sheraton Huzhou Hot Spring Resort offers 321 spacious guest rooms, including 44 suites and 39 villas, all with private balconies.| Photos courtesy of the hotel website.
A panda-themed hotel in Hong Kong.
��An employee dressed in a panda costume poses for a photo during the soft opening of a panda-themed hotel at the foot of Emei Mountain, in southwest China's Sichuan province,
Sanya Nanshan Treehouse Resort and Beach Club offers furnished tree houses located inside a theme park in Sanya.
In 2011, China announced plans to build this odd Ping Pong Paddle Hotel, shaped as an upside-down paddle, in Huainan.
Grand Hyatt Shanghai claims to have the world's largest laundry chute, which is 400-metres tall, and one of the world's largest atriums.
Sky-high hotels and resorts are invariably impressive – shooting up as if to kiss the clouds. But what if a resort was created inside a deep gorge - would it look equally spectacular? Here are some artist impressions of the Songjiang Shimao Hotel project by engineering and design consultancy, Atkins. Songjiang Shimao Hotel is a resort that includes extreme sports facilities, visitor centre and a five-star luxury hotel with some levels of the hotel situated under water.
Fuyulou Changdi Inn in China's Yongding County consists of clusters of traditional round earth buildings called Hakka tulou.
Chinese developer unveils replica Austrian village
Updated

China's odd selection of hotels includes some space-capsule shaped and panda themed accommodations.