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HotelChatter - Tag: Shanghai Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T17:26:17Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Shanghai%20Hotels Shanghai: They Love the Holidays This Much: The Shangri-La Pudong Built the World's Longest Yule Log http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/11/23/102131/42 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/Yule_Cake_2.JPG" class="top"> Like it or not, the holiday season has officially begun. And no one enjoys the holiday season more than hotels. From now through New Year's Eve, we'll be featuring all the holiday hotel news, deals, events and over the top decorations, we think are the best (or the worst.) Got a question about booking a hotel over the holidays or what to do when staying in a hotel over the holidays? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Let us know!</a>The holidays make hotels do crazy things. Like erecting Christmas trees <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/12/16/32432/652/hotels/The_Emirates_Palace_Celebrates_Christmas_The_Only_Way_It_Knows_How_With_Money">adorned with money</a> or oversized <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/12/23/10393/250/hotels/How_Long_Before_a_Hotel_Decorates_Their_Gingerbread_House_with_Diamonds_and_Rubies_">gingerbread houses</a> or life-sized <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/12/9/10193/0766/hotels/You_Can_Look_But_You_Can_t_Sit_on_the_Lap_of_This_Life_Sized_Chocolate_Santa_">chocolate Santas</a> (nom, nom.) So it comes as little surprise that the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Pudong+Shangri-La+Shanghai/local/4107">Shangri-La Pudong Hotel</a> in Shanghai, China attempted juliana 2011-12-02T13:40:01-05:00 Shanghai: Wait, What? OMG, Andaz Shanghai is Now Open! http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/10/20/172520/71 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/AndazShanghaiXLKing.jpg" class="top">Just <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/9/30/164052/125/hotels/Andaz_Shanghai_to_Open_January_1_Andaz_Amsterdam_is_Coming_Soon">a few weeks ago</a> we got word that the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Andaz+Shanghai/local/4893">Andaz Shanghai</a> would be opening on January 1 but something must have happened because the hotel actually opened on Tuesday!<s>All</s> Some of the 307 rooms and suites are now open as well as the hotel's restaurants and bars, although the event spaces and the Optime spa are coming later. And as always, the Andaz brand standards of free WiFi, free minibar goodies and nonalcoholic drinks are included as well as light snacks in the Andaz Lounge and free telephone calls.However, this is the most technologically advanced Andaz Hotel to date thanks in part to the LED lighting on the ceiling which allows guests to choose the juliana 2011-10-21T09:05:01-05:00 Shanghai: Andaz Shanghai to Open January 1, Andaz Amsterdam is Coming Soon http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/9/30/164052/125 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/andazshanghai_openingjan1.jpg" class="top"> UPDATEAndaz Amsterdam ran into some problems the other month. Scroll down for more.The other day we were combing through our inbox when we spotted an email about the forthcoming <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Andaz+Shanghai/local/4893">Andaz Shanghai</a>. A tipster visiting Shanghai a few weeks ago was having drinks with friends at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/7/12/153134/659/hotels/The_New_Shanghai_Sisters_The_Andaz_and_The_Langham_Xintiandi">The Langham Xintiandi</a> which opened nearly a year ago. He reports: <blockquote>I can tell you right now, when I return to Shanghai in November, the get together with my friends will be in Andaz. Wow, the hotel is not open, but when I was there, they were doing some sort of training. Yes, I could see. They have what it appears to be a really cool restaurant, with outdoor seats, juliana 2011-10-03T13:37:07-05:00 Shanghai: Shanghai's JIA Hotel Briefly Goes Up in Massive Flames http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/9/22/144330/828

In case you need another reminder that gas leaks are no joke, an entire hotel went up in flames today because of one. The hotel, the designy-boutique JIA Shanghai, suffered exterior damage, as it was mainly the facade that caught on fire after "work being done by the government on a gas main that ruptured," according to Shanghaiist.

Almost as quickly as the gas leak caused tongues of flame to reach each balcony at the hotel, the fire was put out and all guests safe and accounted for. This is the reason hotels have emergency escape plans posted on the back of every room door.

[Photo: @dave1447]]]> JetSetCD 2011-09-22T15:50:02-05:00 Shanghai: Inside The Fairmont Peace Hotel's Nine Nations Suites http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/8/10/124238/535 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/Fairmont_Peace___Indian_Suite.jpg" class="top"> Shanghai's legendary <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Peace+Hotel+Shanghai%2C+a+Fairmont+Hotel/local/1649">Fairmont Peace Hotel</a> just got even more, wait for it...legendary with the recent unveiling of their Nine Nations Suites and Sassoon Presidential Suite. The Nine Nations suites were actually a part of the hotel when it first opened back in 1929 as The Cathay Hotel and they paid homage to the "cultural and stylistic influences" of both East and West on Shanghai life. Now the suites are open again as the final pieces in the hotel's extensive three-year renovation. The Chinese, Indian, English and American suites have been preserved, while the French, Italian, Spanish, Japanese and German suites were redesigned but in line with their original concept. And we've got glorious photos of all juliana 2011-08-11T14:49:58-05:00 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/