Days Inn... A Hotel Chain Turns Upscale in China | nytimes.com

TRY to picture a Days Inn in a provincial Chinese city. Forget the rows of rooms facing a parking lot — that’s the American version — and think instead of a palatial lobby with marble floors and walls and ornate crystal chandeliers. Like hotels built in China by other American chains, Days Inns are almost unrecognizable to those familiar with their American counterparts.