The hotel is directly opposite Baiyun Airport Terminal 1. It is a non-smoking hotel. International flight is at Terminal 2. There is a shuttle service starting at 0500 I think, and at every XX25 and XX50 after. The shuttle goes from Novotel to Pullman and then to T2.
For smokers, I recommend you take the 2nd floor room, near to RM520X. The smoking point is just on the bridge linking Pullman and Novotel, but the side on Pullman cannot be opened from the outside.
The breakfast is so-so. If you can skip it, there are better options in the airport.
It is about 10mins walk to Terminal 1. I dont remember you have to carry your luggage up any stairs, there are escalators.
To walk to T1, you will need to go down to the ground floor of Novotel, walk to Pullman and go up to the 3rd floor and exit from there. You can see the airport from there onwards.
Sorry i didnt take any pictures of the room but it was for 1 night stay facing the runway but it was quiet.