In my experience, having stayed at this hotel off and on for about 20 years, The China Hotel is far different during the Canton Fairs that between the Fairs. In the old days when the Fair was 100 yards away, this was THE hotel to stay in. Now with the new new Fair location, the Marriott China Hotel needs to compete during the Fair, and there are also a lot more nice western hotels. In the old days it was a challenge to get a girl to the room, but these days is it not as difficult. Frankly, as I have an educated local friend who looks like a HK business woman, I just get 2 keys, meet her offsite or in the Starbucks, and she walks up easily. Last year I brought back local talent after hours, and was required to register her as my guest. This was a pain, but still not a big issue. When it's not Fair-time (April and October), the hotel seems far more relaxed to local talent.