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发帖数: 29846 | 1 Michelle Obama 2-Day Hotel Stay in China Costs $222K
First lady's group used 144 rooms at Shangri-La Hotel.
10:09 AM, Apr 29, 2014 • By JERYL BIER
Michelle Obama wrapped up her March visit to China with a stop in Chengdu,
arriving on March 25 and departing for the United States on the following
day. But that one leg of the trip alone required about 900 room nights,
ranging from 21 rooms beginning on March 13 for the advance team to a peak
of 144 rooms when the first lady herself was at the hotel.
The documents prepared in support of the stay estimated the cost at around 1
,393,500 yuan (RMB), or $222,000 at current exchange rates:
According to the documents, one of the factors in choosing the Shangri-La
Hotel was a security consideration that "will allow party to occupy the
entire top two floors for the visit."
The documents also state that the local Ritz-Carlton had expressed interest
in hosting the first lady, but:
in preliminary price comparisons, the cost was sufficiently more than
the Shangri-La. We requested a price reduction but a great cost difference
remained for the both the Executive Junior Suites, that will serve as
control rooms, and the Presidential Suite.
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The cost of the first lady's hotel room for the Beijing portion of her trip,
reportedly $8,400/night, raised some eyebrows at the time. As THE WEEKLY
STANDARD reported, the prices of the Westin Chaoyang Hotel where Mrs. Obama
and her group stayed had been deemed "prohibitive" for Vice President Biden'
s trip to China in December 2013.
So far, the documents for the Chengdu portion of Mrs. Obama's trip are the
only ones that have been posted online by the State Department. Mrs. Obama
was in China March 19-26. | k*******3
发帖数: 3113 | 2 以后应该每年奖励总统家庭比如20万，如果他们不出去玩的话。
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【在 l****z 的大作中提到】
: Michelle Obama 2-Day Hotel Stay in China Costs $222K
: First lady's group used 144 rooms at Shangri-La Hotel.
: 10:09 AM, Apr 29, 2014 • By JERYL BIER
: Michelle Obama wrapped up her March visit to China with a stop in Chengdu,
: arriving on March 25 and departing for the United States on the following
: day. But that one leg of the trip alone required about 900 room nights,
: ranging from 21 rooms beginning on March 13 for the advance team to a peak
: of 144 rooms when the first lady herself was at the hotel.
: The documents prepared in support of the stay estimated the cost at around 1
: ,393,500 yuan (RMB), or $222,000 at current exchange rates:
| m********8
发帖数: 7463 | 3 一国之母抛头露面巡幸万里远播皇恩，车马仪仗甚简。你们为何还要讽刺朝政？
户部发行宝钞，源源不断，取之不尽，略有糜费有何不妥？
【在 k*******3 的大作中提到】
: 以后应该每年奖励总统家庭比如20万，如果他们不出去玩的话。
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