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Beijing Hotel NUO
Beijing, China · NUO · Core Luxury
Beijing Hotel began in 1900 as a small French-run restaurant with rooms, became the Grand Hotel de Peking, and in 1917 added the seven-storey Beaux Arts wing that is now NUO. From 1950 Mao Zedong used its banquet hall for state galas, and Sun Yat-sen, Khrushchev and Richard Nixon are all on its guest list. The palace-style hall of 1954 survives in a protected heritage building on Chang'an Avenue.
- 549 rooms
- Opened 1917
- Neighborhood: Dongcheng District
About Beijing Hotel NUO
- The hotel was founded in 1900 as a modest restaurant with rooms by French entrepreneurs, and became the Grand Hotel de Peking by 1907.
- NUO is Block B, a seven-storey Beaux Arts wing completed in 1917.
- From 1950 Mao Zedong frequented the hotel and held state-sponsored galas in its banquet hall, built in Chinese palace style in 1954.
- Guests have included Sun Yat-sen, Nikita Khrushchev and Richard Nixon.
- It is a heritage-protected building on Chang'an Avenue in Dongcheng District.
History
Beijing Hotel NUO traces its story to the broader Beijing Hotel on Chang’an Avenue, a property whose roots are commonly dated to 1900 and which has long occupied a privileged position near Tiananmen Square and Wangfujing in downtown Beijing, China. The NUO-branded hotel associated with this address today carries that legacy forward, but the most verifiable modern chapter is the 2008 renovation and reimagining of the historic hotel into its current form. Contemporary hotel listings describe Beijing Hotel as having 549 rooms after that renovation, underscoring its scale as a major city-centre landmark.
The hotel’s historical appeal rests less on a single architect credit than on its setting and continuity: it sits beside the commercial and ceremonial core of Beijing, within walking distance of Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, and Wangfujing. That location made it part of the city’s modern diplomatic and travel landscape through multiple political eras, even as the building itself was renewed over time. Current travel and hotel listings also emphasize its distinctive Chinese-and-Western classical style and its role as a full-service flagship with multiple dining venues and a large room inventory.
Because publicly accessible English-language sources on the NUO branding are thin, the safest conclusion is that Beijing Hotel NUO is best understood as a historic Beijing landmark whose present identity comes from renovation and rebranding. Its significance lies in its continuity at one of the capital’s most storied addresses.
The setting
Beijing Hotel NUO occupies the historic Beijing Hotel site on East Chang'an Avenue in Dongcheng, beside Wangfujing and within a short walk of Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. This is a separate hotel from NUO Hotel Beijing at Jiangtai Road in Chaoyang, near Chaoyang Park.
Amenities
- Spa
- Indoor pool
- Sauna
- Hot tub
- Fitness center
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