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The latest adoption rumors…. suck. Since it is only the beginning of the week I am sure the rumor mill will get quite a work out by Friday. In case you were still trying to pick your self off the floor after the 3- year wait rumors from last week, you might want to just go ahead and lie down. It seems that the White Swan Hotel will be closing in December for 10 months.

Source: www.lifeofguangzhou.com
The White Swan Hotel in Guangzhou will embark upon a 10-month renovation this December, after the recent approval from Guangdong Provincial Government.

The five-star hotel plans to close its business entirely during the large-scale renovation, which will cost 530 million yuan (67.9 million USD).

The facade, rooms, lobby, air-conditioning systems, power supplies and parking lots will all be renovated. A new 1,000-square-meter convention center and a multi-floor underground parking lot will be built.

Following the re-development, rooms will be larger, but somewhat fewer than the present 843.

The renovation designers are the ones who drafted the original design of the White Swan Hotel some twenty years ago, in order to maintain the style continuity.

The hotel is the fourth five-star hotel in the city to undergo significant renovations in recent years, following the Dong Fang, Garden and China hotels, following increasingly severe competition in the top-end hotel business, with more premium hotels entering the Guangzhou market.

(By Ronald Li and David Kelleway)