

China Bound and our partners already own and operate two lodging businesses around Mu-tianyu,The Schoolhouse Homes and the Brickyard Inn & Retreat Center The Schoolhouse Homes
The Schoolhouse Homes
Schoolhouse Homes is a dispersed resort lodging currently comprised of 11 rental homes originally designed and built for private clients by Jim Spear in Mutianyu and Beigou Villages When the owners are not in residence the homes are for use by our guests.Registration and services are centered on The Schoolhouse.There are 30 bed-rooms in total across the 11 homes but we rent only entire homes,not just rooms.The houses,which range from about 100 to 500 square meters in size,all have private gardens and specacular views of the Great Wall with modem comforts including wireless intemet while retaining sense of the original peasant dwelling and surrounding rural communi-ties.We expect the number of homes to grow to aboout 20 in the next several years.Guests of Schoolhouse Homes have day privieges at the Brickyard Spa.
Schoolhouse Homes was selected in both 2009 and 2010 as one of the top five hotels in China by WildChina.
Visit consumer website www.theschoolhouseatmutianyu.com/TheSchouseHomes.html for more information on this lodging business as well as links to webpages for each home.
Brickyard lnn & Retreat Center
The Brickard opened in March 2010 with 16 guest rooms,all with priwate terraces and story-and-a-half window walls with panoramic views of the Great Wall clinging to the craggy mountains above.The facility also includes lodge,cafe,meeting rooms,busi-ness center,other public areas and extensive lushly landscaped grounds.This property was converted from a working glazed tile factory with over-all design,including furniture,by Jim Spear. The orginal kilns,office,and dorrnitory were repurposd and salvaged materials were used for construction and decoration.The property employees a complete LED light-ing strategy for environmentally friendly and low-cost operation.
The Brickyard Spa is under development The zen garden and yoga platform opened at the end of August 2010. The Jacuzzi Terrace and Treatment Center (exercise room, indoor and outdoor treatment rooms, sauna) will open in Spring 2011. The Infinity Pool and Sun Deck are slated for Spring 2012.
Phase 2 of the Brickyard is in the planning stage and will include 12 additional rooms and two standalone executive suites.These rooms are projected to come on line in Spring 2012_For more information please visit www.brickyardatmutianyu.com
Schoolhouse Hotels
China Bound and its partners have established an umbrella brand,Schoolhouse Hotels,to tie our existing lodgings together and provide a foundation for additional proper-ties around Mutianyu and elsewhere in China .Schoolhouse Hotels aims to provide a unified reservations and sales & marketing front end and common management systems for a variety of boutique properties lcoated 60-90 minutes outside majpor Chinese cities in scenic locations.
Schoolhouse Hotels aims to provide a unified front end reservations and sales & marketing front end as well as common management systems for boutique hotels based on the same principles of sustainability pioneered by The Schoolhouse.
Please visit the consumer website www.schoolhousehotels.com for an impression of this brand.