Unless you like sleeping in a sauna room, this is not the hotel to be staying especially during the cooler months. I have been staying in this hotel everytime I am around Hangzhou for business. I have noticed the hotel turns off the air conditioning during the cooler months. And this is not an one off observation. It was exactly the same last year during the Autumn months. Despite, giving feedback to the front desk, obviously this a management decision to cut cost. This time round it is further verified by the night duty manager. He told us that they can't turn them on due to strict instructions and could only provide us a fan.
Appalling. In the end I had to open the sliding doors to the balcony to allow cooler air into the room. With the hotel situated in the Wetland areas, there are swarms of mosquitoes and getting bitten throughout the night was unbearable. In end I had to close the sliding doors, and wake up in a pool of sweat in the morning.
At check out, I have specifically asked to speak to the GM, as I knew it was pointless talking to the front desk staff. After all, they are just doing as instructed. Lo and behold, all they had were excuses and sent an assistant front desk manager to speak to me.
The assistant front desk manager tried her best to downplay the situation, offering freebies which I feel as good as trying to buy their way out of the situation. Obviously I have rejected and I will be instructing everyone in my office never to patronise here again