Anchor: Style? It's said that was always something better suited to Shanghai. But, in the run-up to the Olympics and after the big event, several boutique hotels hit the Beijing hotel scene, helping to transform the capital into a trendier destination. To find out more about these fashionable places to stay, our reporter Zhou Jing talked to Shelagh Lester-Smith in charge of marketing and communication of the Duge Courtyard Boutique Hotel, a hip small hotel tucked away in the small lanes near the latest trendsetters hotspot, Nanluoguxiang. Despite the challenge posed by the current economic downturn, Lester-Smith believes boutique hotels occupy a growing niche in China's hotel industry.