The Ocean Hotel (Yuanyang binguan) is located in central Guangzhou. It is 5km from the airport, 2km from the railway station and 10km from the port.

A four star hotel, the Ocean, has a total of 230 rooms and suites. All of the rooms are equipped with DDD/IDD telephones, TVs, and central air-conditioning, and room service is available.

The hotel offers various recreational facilities including a cafe, a swimming pool, a fitness center, a sauna, a disco, a beauty salon and a flower shop. More functional are the shopping arcade, the foreign currency exchange desk and the ticket booking center. For business, there is a business center (that provides photocopying, FAX, internet access, & secretarial services), a conference hall and several meeting rooms.

The five Chinese and Western restaurants can comfortably seat 1000 people. The Chinese food served here can mainly be classified into Cantonese, Sichuan, Shandong, Yangzhou and Chaozhou cuisines. Western dishes mainly feature French specialties (also available is Japanese sushi).