Monday, 8 July 2013 00:00
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Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts has opened its third hotel in Shanghai.
Located on the Puxi side of the Huangpu River in the very heart of Shanghai, Jing An Shangri-La, West Shanghai is part of one of the city’s most fashionable neighbourhoods.
The 508-room hotel is the centrepiece of the impressive new 450,000-square-metre Jing An Kerry Centre. In 1993, Kerry Holdings Ltd. began purchasing parcels of land where the Jing An Kerry Centre sits with the vision of developing a high-end, mixed-use complex in the very heart of Shanghai, and Jing An Shangri-La breaks new ground for the Hong Kong-based hotel group with a glamorous design.
“The hotel is very Shanghainese in that it is a balance of the new and the traditional,” said Shangri-La President and Chief Executive Officer, Greg Dogan. “Guests will experience Shangri-La’s genuine, heart-warming hospitality, and discover classic Shangri-La design reinterpreted in a luxurious contemporary way that complements the vibrancy of the Jing An district.”
Shangri-La hotels are famous for having an abundance of elegant chandeliers, and the Jing An Shangri-La embraces this tradition but re-envisions it to dramatic effect.
The hotel glistens with more than four million pieces of crystals. Crystals are used as architectural elements, from the thick canopy of lighted crystal rods covering the porte cochere, to the crystal drapery anchoring the double-height reception area and Lobby Lounge.
Guestrooms occupy the top 29 floors of the 60-storey tower.
Pops of colour accent the silvery design scheme which is warmed by rosewood panelling. A sense of arrival continues through to the rooms’ bathrooms, personal spaces of luxury where heated marble floors, satin glass, bevelled mirrors, separate bathtubs and stand-alone showers with mosaic tiles fashioned into art seamlessly combine.
Guests staying in Grand Premier rooms and suites will have access to the largest Horizon Club Lounge in Shangri-La’s collection. Taking up the entire 55th floor, the exclusive lounge offers 360-degree panoramic views of Shanghai and privileges such as complimentary breakfast, all-day refreshments and evening cocktails, and free use of the lounge’s meeting room for two hours per day.
Providing guests an even more personalised level of service, Horizon Club privileges include dedicated Club Concierge service, tea or coffee delivered to the guestroom with a wake-up call, suit pressing and late check-out until 4 p.m.
Free Wi-Fi, a group-standard, is provided to all guests of the hotel.
