Best Western Richmond Hotel and Convention Center is located 20 minutes from Vancouver's downtown core and five minutes from the Vancouver International Airport. Only two blocks away is the center of Richmond city and a rainbow of restaurants and boutique stores. Richmond Center Mall is directly across the street from the hotel and offers 240 brand name stores as well as the Hudson's Bay Department Store. Within walking distance are Minoru Park, public pools, ice rinks and a scenic path minutes away for a pleasant stroll or a bike ride on the Richmond River Walk. The 389 guest rooms are very spacious and well appointed. All rooms are equipped with 25 television, in house movies, in room drip coffee makers and hair dryers. For the business traveler there are rooms with work desks, well lit with a desk lamp, phones with voice mail and data ports for modem hook up. All these amenities are in addition to the little extras available in the Business Center like photocopying, rental of a computer or cellular phone. There are over 15 restaurants and lounges within walking distance and the hotel is also convenient to shopping and entertainment venues.