After Eight-Nation Alliance's invasion, Beijing became a place for intruders to have fun and eat and drink, and some hotels and restaurants serving these foreign soldiers opened one after another. There are two very business-conscious French people who have opened a pub in Suzhou Hutong area, selling a few cents a cup of wine and some simple snacks. Because of the crowded customers, this pub with only three facades can no longer satisfy the diners, so the French small boss moved the pub to the northwest corner street of Dongdan archway the next year and hung up the brand of "Beijing Hotel".
There is a time difference in the operation of this expanding Beijing hotel, and the boss has changed hands many times. With the expansion of business, the hotel was moved to its current address by the Italians when they were operating in the Sino-French Industrial Bank. When Beijing was liberated, it was a seven-story red brick building with a building area of 26,000 square meters and more than 0/00 guest rooms/kloc.
1952, next to the west side of the former Beijing Hotel Building, a new building with eight floors, more than 200 rooms and a capacity of 1000 people was started. The new building was completed on 1954, and it was customarily called "West Building" after it was put into use.
1973 Beijing Hotel was expanded again, and the red building on the east side of the original Beijing Hotel was demolished. It took a year and a half to build the tallest building in Beijing at that time, with * * *17th floor, with a construction area of nearly 90,000 square meters and more than 600 rooms. After use, it was once called "East Building".
* * * * After the reform and opening up, with the support of Henry Fok in Hong Kong, a luxurious "VIP Building" was built on the west side of the third floor, with a building area of 43,000 square meters and 208 guest rooms. This is a hotel with world-class standards and facilities. ****
Four Beijing hotel buildings stand side by side. In contrast, the original Jinghua Hotel building, known as the "Middle Building"-the beige building built in 19 17 years after the French operator demolished the "Xie Wei Auditorium" more than 80 years ago, looks a bit old.
The Beijing Hotel, which consists of the "Middle Building", the East Building, the West Building and the VIP Building, is very attractive to pedestrians and Chinese and foreign guests.
Today's Beijing Hotel has a building area of nearly 200,000 square meters, which is eight times that when it took over after liberation. Beijing Hotel is praised by Chinese and foreign guests for its famous chefs and dishes, and its service level is first-class.
This restaurant has received heads of state and distinguished guests from many countries. Former US President Nixon praised the quality of food and service after dining in Beijing Hotel. Mrs. Nixon personally visited the kitchen and praised the chef's cooking skills. Many countries have invited chefs from Beijing Hotel to send them scriptures and treasures. Beijing Hotel is famous all over the world.