The Empress of Xaoming International Business Hotel

The Empress of Xaoming International Business Hotel (commonly know as "The Empress" and formerly the 'Grand Sorbet Business Hotel') is a hotel located in Amstrad, Hansea.
== History ==
The Grand Sorbet Business Hotel was constructed and opened in 115BGE by Rupert von Hossenbag, an Amstrader businessman with ties to House Fernweh. The hotel was constructed in a "Pemblish inspired" New Proportionalist-esque style. The choice of architecture was heavily influenced by Hossenbag, who was a self-described "Pemblophile" . 
The hotel originally served middle-end businessmen visiting the Commodity Exchange in the neighbouring Zitruspalast, or otherwise seeking business in the busy port and mining city of Amstrad. The hotel's reputation quickly grew due to its convenient location an unorthodox architecture. Today, the Empress hotel serves wealthy business clientele who primarily frequent the Commodity Exchange and Stock Market. 
=== Alleurian State Visit ===
The hotel hosted the king of Aleuria on his state visit in 66BGE and for several years after it featured a picture of the king above the grand staircase. The painting was frequently defaced, with a large moustache being drawn on the king repeatedly. The painting was later moved to storage after numerous restorations, as the moustache could no longer be removed. 
=== Visit by Pinxue Shulong, renaming & remodelling ===
Following the visit of "Pinxue Shulong, Empress of Xaoming" in 43GE, the current owner, Hum von Hossenbag, renamed the hotel in her honour. Shulong gifted a window to the hotel that still features above the hotel's staircase (which was converted specifically to host it). The "Empress Window" still features prominently in the hotel's promotional material. Hossenbag remodelled the hotel in 45GE in a "Xaoming style" that was invented entirely by himself, albeit loosely leaning on third-hand accounts of Far Eastern architecture. 
It later transpired that the "Empress" was in fact an infamous con-artist and spy. The window that she bequeathed to the hotel had actually been funded by local artesan Arno von Sugar jr, who had hastily commissioned it on her request. Despite this, the hotel continues to promote its well-received (albeit somewhat gaudy and tasteless) "Shaoming-inspired" décor. The hotel also features a surprisingly authentic Shaoming-themed buffet for brunch and dinner. 
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