IEEE ICWS 2008 Hotel Info 

Beijing Friendship Hotel
(largest garden hotel in Asia)
1 Zhongguancun Nandajie, Beijing, China

The best way from the Beijing airport to the Friendship hotel is by taxi, taking about 30 minutes and approximately 120 Chinese yuan (about $18). You can ask the taxi driver to drive directly to the building where you will live (you can find the building information from your room reservation). You can check in from that building. (You don’t need to go to some generic registration desk.)

ICWS/SERVICES 2008 will be held in the building of Friendship Palace (the center of the hotel). We will occupy the entire 2^nd floor for our conference. You will have breakfast & lunch in the 1^st floor of the Friendship Palace. Our registration desk will be set up in the 1^st floor.

Below are three links regarding hotel map, hotel location, and conference place layout: (You will also get these maps from your Advance Program.)

Plan of Friendship Hotel:

http://www.bjfriendshiphotel.com/images/map_apartment3.gif

Map of Hotel in Beijing:

http://www.bjfriendshiphotel.com/images/pic_home_map2.gif

 Layout of Friendship Palace (1^st & 2^nd Floor):

http://www.bjfriendshiphotel.com/Article/ShowArticle.asp?ArticleID=32

All reservations will be made by individuals through two ways:

The Friendship Hotel (Beijing Youyi Binguan) is located in the commercial and business district of Beijing, adjacent to the city's Silicon Valley as well as several technical institutes and universities, and only a stone's throw from the Contemporary Shopping Center(the largest shopping center in Beijing).

The Friendship Hotel is uniquely Chinese in style. As the largest garden hotel in Asia, Beijing Friendship Hotel is recorded into World Architecture Annals published by Cambridge in UK for its large area and typical folk style. Its Chinese taste may be found in its garden architectures, and more history might be discovered with more understanding.

Business facilities in the Friendship Hotel include translation services, conference facilities and stages for performances.The hotel's multi-purpose rooms and conference halls of various sizes are furnished with high tech facilities. There are also good sports facilities on the premises including a gym, sauna, swimming pool, video-games room, bowling alley, tennis court, dance hall, karaoke room and a golf training course.

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