HotelChatter - Tag: Shanghai Hotels

Shanghai: Please Welcome The Peninsula And Its Fleet Of Phantoms To Shanghai

JetSetCD — 2009-11-20T15:30:58-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/PeninSH1.jpg" class="top"> We can talk about <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Art%20Basel%20Hotels">Art Basel Miami</a> hotels and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/christmas%20hotels">hotels for the holidays</a> all we want, but we can't ignore one of the biggest hotel openings of autumn, that of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Peninsula+Shanghai/ian/324788">Peninsula Shanghai</a>. It officially welcomed its first guests back on October 19, and yet it's already like a landmark on Shanghai's Bundthe street of shops, other high-class hotels, and historical buildings right at the bend of the Huangpu River. The main thing to know about this Peninsula is its relatively low starting room rate: $295. With it, if you can score the deal (and we recommend searching for dates far into the future), you'll be sitting pretty in a room with the feeling

Shanghai: Peninsula Shanghai Opening October 19 for $295 a Night

globetrotting gourmet — 2009-08-03T14:34:19-05:00

The ninth addition to the posh Peninsula collection of hotels, The Peninsula Shanghai, opens on . The first structure to be built on the historic Bund in Shanghai in 60 years, the 235 guestroom (plus 44 suites) hotel is causing a lot of buzz.

The location is out of this world – on the banks of the Huangpu River and conveniently located near the shopping capital of Nanjing Road. But it’s the super huge rooms – larger standard rooms than any other major hotel chain in Shanghai – that have set size queen’s tongues wagging.

Shanghai: We Hope Ray Nagin Has Free Internet at the Jinjiang Inn

juliana — 2009-06-08T12:21:13-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/ray_nagin.JPG" class="top"> There's been another <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/5/8/172737/1523/hotels/Guests_at_Hong_Kong_s_Swine_Flu_Hotel_Are_Freed">quarantine</a> in China for folks possibly exposed to the Swine Flu and this time New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin is amongst the group under lockdown at the <a href="http://www.jinjianginns.com/en">Jinjiang Inn </a> in a suburb of Shanghai. <blockquote>Nagin and his wife Seletha have been in quarantine since Sunday, along with a member of the mayor's executive protection team, after they had the misfortune of sitting within a few rows of a French student now confirmed ill with the A-H1N1 virus on their flight from the U.S.</blockquote>Nagin planned to be in China for several days for trade-related meetings but it looks like he'll just be killing time in the hotel room instead. Authorities are also

Shanghai: Park Hyatt Shanghai Is Serious About Its Service and Its Toilet Lids

amandak — 2009-06-05T09:12:14-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Park_Hyatt_Shanghai.jpg" class="top"> Allegedly the highest hotel in the world, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Park+Hyatt+Shanghai/ian/267455">Park Hyatt Shanghai</a> (which takes up the 79th to 93rd floors of the Shanghai World Financial Center) isn't just amazing for its high views and dizzying heights. It's also one of those hotels that's found all kinds of small and not-so-small ways to make it stand out from the crowd.For one, the service is intense. And we mean intense in a good way as in, there's a lot of it. Every floor has a 24-hour housekeeper and they'll greet you when you arrive, help you unpack and get your first cup of Chinese tea brewing. Apparently there are 750 employees for the hotels 174 rooms. Yep

Shanghai: Sofitel Continues to Conquer China with 23rd Hotel

JetSetCD — 2009-04-16T13:32:50-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/Sofitel_Shanghai.jpg" class="top"> Whoa, we are totally blown away by the fact that Sofitel, after the recent opening of their <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Sofitel+Huanghe+Sheshan+Resort/ian/269365">Huanghe Sheshan Resort</a> outside of Shanghai, now has 23 China properties. That is beyond awesome, considering how some chains tend to tiptoe cautiously into Asia. So what does this extra-urban resort bring to the area besides another Sofitel sign? Apparently, an escape from the bustling city and a whole boatload of objects d'art and Hermes toiletries. Set within the Sheshan National Tourism Resort and only a 35-minute drive from the city, the hotel boasts 368 rooms, including 53 Luxury Suites and an Imperial Suite. An extra seven luxury villas also exist for the express purpose of making government officials