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The award-winning InterContinental Qingdao, managed by InterContinental Hotels Group, is located at the waterfront in the Olympic Sailing Centre, next to Qingdao International Conference Center, the holding venue of SCO Summit. Surrounded by various dining, shopping and entertainment venues, it provides easy access to yachting, sailing activities and Qingdao’s brand new International Conference Center. By a 10-minute walk to the No.2 Subway line, you can easily reach Qingdao Railway Station and other famous attractions. With the dramatic views of city’s skyline and amazing neon light show at night, the hotel is designed to suit the needs of any business and leisure traveler with its 410 guest rooms and suites, 9 stylish restaurants and bars. Luxury facilities with charming service staff deliver you a memorable experience
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Haier InterContinental is always my first choice for business trips in Qingdao. The service is beyond words, and the hotel location is also excellent. I also thank the sales manager Ma Yihua for sending the InterContinental Group's five-night fast platinum registration invitation in advance, which feels even more worthwhile! When you come to Qingdao, you can't go wrong by choosing to stay at InterContinental
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Date of stay: November 2023Trip type: Travelled on business
Room Tip:酒店可以免费停车
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Great location at the sea with excellent view & nice hospitable staff
Rooftop bar lounge serves excellent king prawns, lamb chop & several other nicely cooked dishes
The view is soothing & the overall experience is great , BF is elaborate & huge variety of dishes
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Date of stay: July 2024Trip type: Travelled with friends
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We decided to spend our last night here on our own after the end of our Shandong tour. We wanted to stay near the May 4th Square and this was our choice. Wise decision on our part. We have stayed in many IHG hotels which we enjoyed and this was no exception. We were lucky that our room had a partial view of the oceanfront which made it even more special. Breakfast was on our own which turned out to be good. The walk from the hotel to the Haisense Mall and the May 4th Square was manageable even for us. Everything was sparkling clean and well-appointed. Would love to go back someday.
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Date of stay: September 2019
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Response from AdamHaywood0532, 总经理 at InterContinental Qingdao, an IHG hotel
Responded 24 May 2020
Dear ROCruiser, Thank you very much for choosing InterContinental Qingdao as your prior hotel to stay. We are glad to know that you are satisfied with our hotel location. Our hotel is an international branded 5-star hotel in the real heart of Qingdao, which is becoming a very popular landmark of the whole city now. Thank you again for your continuously support. Looking forward to welcoming you back in the near future and hopefully we can provide a more satisfied experience at here! Adam Haywood General Manager
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The hotel is well located near the Sailing Center, that was the reason for me to book it. The room I got smelled like cigarettes and was very hot 24’C. I requested another room explaining that I booked a non-smoking room and I need a room where AC is working properly and the temperature can go below 20’C. It took them more than an hour to confirm that they didn’t have that. I left.
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Date of stay: August 2024Trip type: Travelled solo
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Lovely hotel, smothering staff yet they don’t achieve making you welcome. Typical chinese hotel, the room was a sauna with no way to cool it. We were provided a fan, which, in the middle of the night, started to sound like a jet was landing. The next day we realised that it had a water facility that had dried up and there was no way to fill it. Major disappointment was the fact that every meal we had in the hotel was cold. When we requested the food be served hot, The waitress laughed. I suggested that we were paying for the food so we expected it to be edible. She said that she would pass the message on. But it came cold again. Much apologies, and then she didn’t charge for the meal, but then again, the next day everything was stone cold. It is as if it trades on its reputation, not on the actual service or pleasure of your stay.
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Date of stay: March 2023Trip type: Travelled on business
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In time of Covid-19 you would expect a better attention on cleanliness. Moldy shower, stained carpet, sofa and bed head, obsolete furniture. Even in the elevator there was a tag about cleaning every hour, but the big hand sanitizer was empty, that shows the ridiculous and fake promise of cleaning every hour.
The most disappointing part was the night I tried to drink a cocktail at the bar at rooftop. Me and my girlfriend were rudely approached by the two ladies at the hostess desk, they were removed from their lazyness on mobile and had to attend us, so the tone was very offset. We being asked if we purchased a voucher, and we were surprised to hear, as nobody in the hotel told us about it. Once agreed on buy it, we understood that only limited cocktails and drinks were to be consumed with it, I asked if could change for a negroni, but got declined. So, I went to the bar for a classic cocktail, but couldn't get it and have been treated as an outside bugger!!! I went to complain to duty manager and he laughed on my face, shrugging shoulders and saying it was not hotel fault as the bar is managed by third party company, I told I was a guest and he still laughed at me, ASHAMING.
Ridiculous hotel with shameful costumer service and pathetic hygiene standards
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Date of stay: March 2021Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Response from InterContinental Qingdao, 总经理 at InterContinental Qingdao, an IHG hotel
Responded 13 May 2021
Dear KaOrikaOri Thank you very much for sharing your comments from your recent stay with us. We are sad to know you didn’t enjoy your stay with us and that we didn’t meet your expectations and we sincerely apologize for that. I can assure you that at InterContinental Qingdao, your health and safety are paramount to us, we are committed in providing you with a clean and safe environment throughout your stay. All of our employees have done through strict health and safety checks to ensure that you are able to focus on what matters to you during your stay. Regarding the experience you encountered at the roof top bar, we apologize for this. It is true that this bar is operated by a third party and not our hotel, however I have shared your comments with their management team to ensure that such things don’t happen again and matters like this are handled in a more professional manner that represents both our hotel brand and our guests expectations. Thank you again and we look forward to welcoming you back to our hotel on your next visit. Kind regards Adam Haywood General Manager
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Club Access makes no sense here. "Cocktails with premium wines..." , well in reality no cocktails with a couple of primitive wines. Certain items are stocked out and there aren't even proper wine glasses. Very poor value. On a positive note, the sea view is nice but you can have it from your room. Then why will you pay for the club lounge?
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Date of stay: April 2024Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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This hotel has a great location, a great view of Qingdao CBD area and marina view. If you stay in a sea view room in Tower C, you can enjoy all of the beautiful sights in your room. But, another thing such as breakfast. It was awful! It was very, very hard for me to find something that I can eat during breakfast time. Nothing in the restaurant was hot, even the omelette that I ordered from the chef. It took me around 20 minutes to get my omelette! And finally, a nice gentleman from the coffee station helped me to find my omelette from the live cooking station. Without help from that nice gentleman, I have no idea if I could eat my omelette at that time or not. No surprised the omelette was already cold. And, by the way, they are not serving yoghurt anymore. OMG, THAT IS AN INTERCONTINENTAL. Even Holiday Inn Express has the yoghurt during breakfast! And the breakfast in Holiday Inn Express is free for every customer! It is time to do some change in the kitchen, and also the person who in charge of the Food&Beverage department, this person should be fired right away. This person has no idea how to manage an all-day dining restaurant. And this person has no idea how breakfast should be like in an InterContinental hotel.
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Date of stay: April 2020
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Room Tip:Avoid this hotel, do not waste your money.
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Response from AdamHaywood0532, General Manager at InterContinental Qingdao, an IHG hotel
Responded 15 Apr 2020
Dear QDSWX Thank you for choosing the InterContinental Qingdao to stay during your recent visit to the city of Qingdao We do appreciate you taking the time to share with us your experience as this allows us to continuously improve our services so thank you It is clear that we dropped the ball on this occasion and we sincerely apologize for the inconvenience you encountered. We pride ourselves on our level of service and quality of food and what you experienced is certainly not a true reflection of this. Our Food and Beverage offering in our hotel is very important to us an we take such comments very seriously. Upon receiving your comments immediate action has been taken to ensure such things don’t happen again We hope that you will give us another chance and allow us to redeem your confidence in us. Please contact myself at adam.haywood@ihg.com and I will be happy to arrange your next booking with us. Thank you again and we look forward to welcoming you back soon Kind regards Adam Haywood General Manager
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The hotel locates at a great place, on the sea shore in Qingdao downtown. The decoration of rooms are old and out of date, also the size of room is limited.
Some rooms' view is good, which facing the sea, but generally just normal sea view.
The service part is somewhat disappointing. when check in, the reception printed my Spire Ambassador benefits on a paper, which is nice, but I was told there is an identical copy on my room's desk and the reception refuse to give me her copy. But there is not actually in the room. Thus when I walked to Executive Lounge, I was told that I'm not granted access. And I have check the benefit policy and it is stated the Spire member will not be granted Executive Lounge access in Intercontinental hotels, which is also somewhat different in other Intercontinental hotels that I lived, but it fits the public policy. It is OK that the hotel controls how to benefit the members, but if a clear list is already printed and shown to me when check in, I don't understand why I wasn't receive it in person at the beginning but after humiliated at Executive Lounge entry. So I have to place this hotel as my last choice in Qingdao, and fortunately there are many alternatives surrounding.
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Date of stay: April 2021
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Response from InterContinental Qingdao, 总经理 at InterContinental Qingdao, an IHG hotel
Responded 1 Apr 2021
Dear Tripadvisor VIP: Thank you for choosing InterContinental Qingdao as your hotel of choice for your recent visit to Qingdao. Thank you for taking the time to share with us your valuable feedback. We sincerely apologize for your unpleasant experience. We are glad to know that you are satisfied with our hotel location, surrounded by the sea on three sides, you can have a general view of the floating mountains and golden sea view and the night light show. Our IHG Clean Promise is to ensure that our hotel provides a safe and clean environment for you our guests. At the same time, the hotel management attaches great importance to the service problem you mentioned, we will continue to carry out and strengthen the service awareness training, improve our value of humanized service. We would like to apologize to you again for these problems. Please give us time and opportunity, and we will work harder to continuously improve to bring the most perfect experience for guests. All the staff of InterContinental Qingdao look forward to meeting you again, and wish you a happy life! General Manager: Adam Haywood.
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Staff at this hotel - and I mean all staff, from the amiable and highly professional General Manager to every other manager, the chamber maids, restaurant and club lounge staff and porters, leave no stone unturned to anticipate guest preferences and provide excellent service. I have no hesitation in recommending this hotel. Warm and caring hospitality that goes beyond expectation.
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Date of stay: April 2020
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Response from AdamHaywood0532, General Manager at InterContinental Qingdao, an IHG hotel
Responded 3 May 2020
Dear Wayfarer1844： Thank you for staying at InterContinental Qingdao. We would like to do our utmost to create a more satisfaction environment for your stay, dining, entertainment and relaxing. What we do is to meet or even transcend your expectations. Hopefully InterContinental Qingdao could be your priority destiny hotel in Qingdao. Thank you again for your continuously support.
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There are more places to choose from in the Qingdao area.
PRICE RANGE
S$99 - S$139 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
ALSO KNOWN AS
青岛海尔洲际大酒店
LOCATION
ChinaShandongQingdaoMunicipal Government / Shinan District
NUMBER OF ROOMS
410
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