- The 236ft high-rise was given a 9.6 rating out of 10 on website booking.com
- 224-room hotel has Wi-Fi, air conditioning and a free continental breakfast
- Impressed guests praised the 'deep bath tub' and 'excellent eggs' on offer
- Was followed by Old Town Chambers, Edinburgh and Paradise Hotel, Bath
- Number of Chinese visitors has double since 2009 and could treble by 2020
Another said the scrambled eggs were 'very salty and probably powder form'.
The hotel has 224 air-conditioned bedrooms, each with Wi-Fi. According to the hotel's website, Snow Hill is 'ideally located in the heart of Birmingham city centre'.
The city's Bullring Shopping Centre is a 10-minute stroll from the hotel, while Cadbury's World, the Sealife Centre and Drayton Manor Theme Park are also nearby. It is also close to the National Indoor Arena and the ICC.
TOP FIVE UK HOTELS AS RATED BY CHINESE VISITORS
1) Holiday Inn Express Birmingham – Snow Hill, Birmingham, 9.6
2) Old Town Chambers, Edinburgh, 9.4
3) Bath Paradise House, Bath, 9.4
4) Broadlands Guest House, Windermere, 9.3
5) Tower Guest House, York, 9.3
2) Old Town Chambers, Edinburgh, 9.4
3) Bath Paradise House, Bath, 9.4
4) Broadlands Guest House, Windermere, 9.3
5) Tower Guest House, York, 9.3
The figures about the Chinese visitor were released by Booking.com, which said there had been a significant rise in the number of tourists coming to the UK from China.
There has been a 50 increase in the number of Chinese tourists in the first quarter of this year, compared to 2013, when there were 231,000, it said.
According to VisitBritain, visitors from China have doubled in the last five years and tourism leaders hope these numbers will treble again by 2020.
Jason Grist, the UK Area Manager of Booking.com, said: 'In line with industry trends, we have experienced a 50 per cent increase in UK bookings by Chinese tourists in the first quarter of 2014 compared to the same timeframe in 2013.
Paradise House Hotel in Bath was voted as the third best place to stay, with a 9.4 rating
'In addition, we have seen the range of accommodations stayed in increase by almost a third. We believe this growth is just the beginning.
'By enhancing our service for Chinese visitors, it will help drive interest not only for us, but also for UK tourism.'
The website released the figures after it became a member of the VisitBritain ‘GREAT China Welcome’ Charter (GCW) campaign.
The charter, which was launched in March 2014, involves 170 members working to provide 'exceptional tourism' for Chinese visitors.
The initiative involves making it easier for Chinese visitors to identify hotels, attractions and tour operators that are providing information in Chinese and generally making it easier for these tourists.
A TYPICAL 'MODERN HOTEL': THE UK'S NUMBER ONE HOTEL
After a six-hour, traffic-saturated journey from London to Birmingham, I arrived in the second city at 10pm with nowhere to stay.
The landlord my new apartment block wasn't picking up the phone, and my sat nav had conked out.
And so it was that I came to stay at the nation's favourite hotel: the Holiday Inn Express in Snow Hill, Birmingham.
Imagine a typical ‘modern hotel’: that’s what it looks like.
You are greeted by the sight of a sleek white reception desk, striped carpets, glossy walls, and leather chairs.
It was late but staff were phenomenally cheery.
They set me up with a double room and helped me lug my car-load of bags and boxes into the lift.
With crisp white bed sheets and a strong smell of air freshener, it screamed 'CLEAN'.
There was a small kettle with tea bags ready and waiting, and a toothbrush to save me digging around.
I don’t have any distinct memories about the mattress, but the pillow was a cushy heaven.
In the morning, I was greeted like a chum, offered breakfast, and – when I said I was in a rush – swiftly given a hand packing myself up.
The landlord my new apartment block wasn't picking up the phone, and my sat nav had conked out.
And so it was that I came to stay at the nation's favourite hotel: the Holiday Inn Express in Snow Hill, Birmingham.
Imagine a typical ‘modern hotel’: that’s what it looks like.
You are greeted by the sight of a sleek white reception desk, striped carpets, glossy walls, and leather chairs.
It was late but staff were phenomenally cheery.
They set me up with a double room and helped me lug my car-load of bags and boxes into the lift.
With crisp white bed sheets and a strong smell of air freshener, it screamed 'CLEAN'.
There was a small kettle with tea bags ready and waiting, and a toothbrush to save me digging around.
I don’t have any distinct memories about the mattress, but the pillow was a cushy heaven.
In the morning, I was greeted like a chum, offered breakfast, and – when I said I was in a rush – swiftly given a hand packing myself up.
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