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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

Beverly Hills: Pinky Up For High Tea at The Peninsula Beverly Hills

Heidi Atwal — 2009-11-18T14:53:06-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/32083/hightea.jpg" class="top"> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/los angeles">Los Angeles</a> is a city whose locals are fueled by lattes, energy drinks, or sated by cocktails. Yet, that doesn't mean that Angelenos are averse to taking a breather and enjoying tea time, that serene mid-to-late afternoon tradition that's become fashionable at high-end hotels like <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Peninsula+Beverly+Hills/local/550">The Peninsula Beverly Hills</a>. The hotel's cushy, semi-Victorian decor is redolent of a traditional salon, and like most swanky tea rooms, it also bears a "you break it and you buy it" air. That just means you'll have to <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/3/22624/0073/hotels/Five_Etiquette_Tips_for_Hotel_High_Teas">mind etiquette rules</a> when sitting down with that pot of Darjeeling. Tea is served in the hotel's Living Room, where a harpistsadly not Joanna Newsomsets the mood. There are

Chicago: We Ate 'Whipped Chlorophyll' At The Peninsula Chicago's Avenues

JetSetCD — 2009-10-22T14:02:45-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/9Av500.jpg" class="top"> Only days before Chicago's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Peninsula+Chicago/ian/193520">Peninsula Hotel</a> was voted second in <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/10/16/91217/873/travel/Virgin+America%2C+Singapore+Airlines+Take+Tops+In+Cond%E9+Nast+Traveler+Awards">CN Traveler</a>'s Top Hotels in the United States, we finally sat down for a meal at the hotel's celebrated and highly awarded Avenues Restaurant. Already intimately familiar with the hotel, including their <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/8/22/91628/1401/hotels/Peninsula_Chicago_is_the_Holy_Grail_of_Hotel_High_Teas">afternoon tea service</a>, we expected that this last missing piece to completely blow us away. And the thing is, our meal at Avenues did so much more than delight our tastebuds; it caused an epiphany in response to the service from the maitre d' and wait staff. Read on for the whole story and the drool-worthy concoctions including "whipped chlorophyll."Having lived in Chicago for a period and experienced most every hotelnot an

Chicago: Peninsula Chicago Offers Pink Ribbon Dining and Spa Specials

Jennifer Kester — 2009-10-05T09:28:54-05:00

Jumping on the pink-ribbon-filled Breast Cancer Awareness Month bandwagon, The Peninsula Chicago offers month-long specials to benefit the cause.

The hotel shows its true colors with a rosy-hued backlit entrance and logo as part of the Lynn Sage Cancer Research Foundation's annual Light the Way to Find a Cure campaign to remind ladies about the importance of doing self-exams on their tatas. The two marble lions flanking the Pen's entrance also got swathed in pink ribbons for the occasion.

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.