Opened in 2008, the hotel has 290 rooms, which include standard, business, deluxe and garden view rooms, as well as business, deluxe and regency suites. The hotel is an upscale property, and offers office spaces, a variety of restaurants and a shopping mall as well as comprehensive banqueting facilities. It has a 500 m² pillarless, high ceiling Grand Ballroom, which can accommodate up to 350 guests for a reception and 300 guests for a banquet style dinner. Its state-of-the-art technology provides digital point-to-multipoint systems delivering high speed broadband, voice, data and Internet services. The air-conditioned establishment also has a lobby area with 24-hour reception and check-out service, hotel safe, currency exchange facilities, lift access and a hairdressing salon. Other shared facilities include a café, bar, pub, auditorium, WLAN Internet access and a kids' club. Room and laundry services are provided and guests arriving by car can leave their vehicles in the nearby car park or undercover parking garage. Hotel lobby imbues a sense of refinement and style. Neo-Asian lines inspire the elegant interior with exquisite Asian artwork adorning the hallways.

The hotel is centrally located in Beijing's Xicheng district close to Chang'an Avenue, the finance avenue, the Forbidden City and the Beihai Park. It is just a 10-minute walk from Tiananmen Square.

The hotel offers all kinds of food with a variety of flavours, a professional cook specialising in fine Cantonese cuisine, or an extensive à la carte menu including traditional specialities such as Sichuan food. Additional to this, guests can select their favourite dishes from an extensive buffet in the West Restaurant. Special dietary requirements can be catered for.