1990年代，凭借着“三来一补、两头在外、大进大出”的发展模式，东莞经济迅速崛起，成为举国皆知的“世界工厂”。多家酒店也是在那个时期如雨后春笋般建成开业。
据东莞市国民经济和社会发展统计公报显示，1997-2007年这十年间，东莞的GDP增长率一直保持在18%左右的水平，远高于广东省的GDP增长率。
1996年，总投资超过1亿元的东莞寮步金凯悦大酒店建成，这是东莞首家四星级酒店，也是中国首家乡镇四星级饭店。随后，越来越多的民营资本进入酒店市场，黄河山的常平梵尔赛酒店正是其中之一。
据东莞市国民经济和社会发展统计公报显示，从2003年到2008年，东莞市星级酒店数量依次为75家、85家、88家、96家、97家、99家，呈现出逐步上升的趋势。一直到2008年前后，东莞星级酒店的数量都在全国排名第三，仅次于北京和上海。
然而，盛况只延续到2008年。据东莞市国民经济和社会发展统计公报，自2008-2014年，东莞的GDP增速开始波动下滑。2012年，东莞市GDP增速为6.1%，全省垫底，2009年到2014年这6年间，东莞有4年的GDP增速未达预期。
2014年初，扫黄打非风波又让东莞酒店业雪上加霜，危机全面蔓延至整个东莞酒店业。此后，东莞酒店业进入了发展的瓶颈期。
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The hotel is situated in a really old shanty pocket of Shanghai, but conveniently close to Sichuan North Road commercial area (shopping) and the former art district (culture including Luxun Museum etc.) and lines 4 (SH railway station convenient) and 10(?); through the latter one may reach line 2 with ease. The hotel is suitably clean for a local establishment though many of the appliances and cupboards are functionally sub-par. I stayed 2 nights and the cleaning service never came even when I asked for it which was amazing as I think I was the only guest at the hotel that time. The front desk staff are constantly asleep or look annoyed when you ask them for things (ie. cleaning service or whatever). The TV had horrible static though the internet was pretty fast. Overall, this is a hotel with a lot of potential (old building with a lot of original structures), but suffers from bad housekeeping and unprofessional general management and staff training.
会员1924：好评
服务一般，酒店设施尚可，可以住住。
会员8055：好评
很不错，很有老上海的感觉