New Century Hotel Ningbo – 宁波开元大酒店
New Century Hotel Ningbo (宁波开元大酒店) is an upscale 4 star hotel located about 5 minutes from Ningbo Stadium and about 12 minutes by taxi from Tianyi Square. Opened in 1987, the New Century Hotel has been totally refurbished in 2002. It offers a total of 378 rooms and suites.
Ningbo New Century Hotel offers a lot of facilities including an indoor swimming pool of 25 meters long, a gym center, a bowling alleys with 4 lanes, billiards, table tennis, sauna, foot massage and a spa center.
New Century Hotel Ningbo
| Hotel Name (English) | New Century Hotel Ningbo |
| Hotel Name (Chinese) | 宁波开元名都大酒店 / Ningbo Kaiyuan Da JiuDian |
| Category / Rating | Upscale / 4 star |
| Address (English) | no.812 East Baizhang Road – Jiangdong District – Ningbo - Zhejiang - PC 315040 - China |
| Address (Chinese) | 中国浙江省宁波市江东区百丈东路812号 邮编： 315040 |
| District / Location | Jiangdong - Auchan shopping area |
| Geo Position | Lat 29°48'50.28" N - Lon 121°33'8.88" E or 29.813967° - 121.552467° Click here: Ningbo Hotel Map to see the exact location of this hotel. |
| Telephone / Fax | 86-(0)574-8706 8888 / 86-(0)574-8788 7406 (only dial 0 if inside China & outside Zhejiang) |
| Credit cards accepted | Visa - MasterCard - American Express - Diner's Club - JCB - Pacific - Great Wall - Peony - Dragon - Golden Spike |
| Distance from | 3 kms to city center / 20 kms to Ningbo airport |
| Shuttle bus | No |
| Hotel opened in | 1987 - Refurbished in 2002 |
| Number of buildings | 1 main building |
| Number of stories | 28 stories - (lifts display 30 floors but no level 13 and 14) |
| Total rooms & suites | 378 rooms and suites |
| Lifts leading to rooms | 4 elevators + 2 elevators leading to restaurants, facilities and conference halls (from level 2 to level 5) |
| Foreign TV channels | 7 foreign channels including BBC-NHK-HBO-Discovery-Now-Bloomberg-Channel News Asia |
| Internet access / Wi-Fi | Free broadband internet access in rooms / Wi-Fi available |
| Bars & Lounges | Lobby Bar (08:30-24:00) |
| Executive/Club Lounge | Yes on 28th floor - Closed when we visited hotel (February 2010) |
| Restaurants & Buffets | Vienna Café offers Asian and Western dishes (07:00-10:00 / 11:00-14:00 / 17:00-01:00-buffet) - Sea View Chinese restaurant offers seafood and Ningbo cuisine (11:00-13:30 / 17:00-20:30) - Clear River Chinese restaurant offers Guangdong cuisine (11:00-13:30 / 17:00-20:30) |
| Breakfast hours / place | From 7:00am to 10:00am / Ground level in Vienna Café |
| Swimming pool | Yes on the 3rd floor - size= 25m x 10m x 1,15 to 1,40m |
| Swim. pool open. hours | Open everyday from 7:00am to 11:00pm |
| Fitness center & Spa | Fully equipped gym - Billiard - Table tennis - Bowling alleys (4 lanes) - Foot-care center - Spa - Sauna center |
| Underground car park | No but reserved parking lots beside hotel (about 150 parking spaces) |
| Service apartments | No |
| Shopping area nearby | Auchan Jiangdong shopping area |
| Scenic spots around | x |
| Miscellaneous | Flower Club/jazz bar and KTV (19:00-02:00) - Business Center (7:30-22:30) - Souvenirs shop (08:30-22:30) |
