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Two Lobbies Fit for Hotel Geeks at the Shangri-La Singapore
Reception at the Tower Wing (left) and reception at the Valley Wing (right)
It's really a tale of two lobbies, the Shangri-La Singapore. There's the original, red and gold grand lobby of the Tower Wing, opened in the early 1970s. Then, there's the white marble and gold of the modern Valley Wing next door. While the Valley Wing has its exclusivity and free champagne and fancy breakfast in the Summit Room, the Tower Wing has that classic appeal plus many mega chandeliers and the many decades of afternoon tea enjoyed on the Rose Veranda.
Yes, you already know what major hotel geeks we are—heck, you are reading this on HotelChatter.com, but please let us stress the appeal of the main Shangri-La lobby to those who really appreciate these things. It's a proper grand dame lobby, but with the added intricacies of Asian feng shui and luck-influenced interior design.
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Inside a Deluxe Suite in the Valley Wing of the Shangri-La Singapore
Did you know...that the Shangri-La Singapore is the original of the Shangri-La chain of properties? Did you also know that it is a hotel with three distinct wings, each with a different feel and luxury level? Serious hotel geeks will have answered yes to both, but it's no matter because right now, we're taking you inside the a Deluxe Suite in the Valley Wing, a one-bedroom abode with butler service, signature Shangri-La orchids all over the place, and—joy of joys—free champagne and decadent nibbles.
You can't get much fancier than this at the Shangri-La Singapore; there's only two room categories higher than the Deluxe (a 2-bedroom and the Shangri-La Suite), and its location in the Valley Wing means a separate, more private entrance and lobby, complimentary breakfast in the formal Summit Room, and round-the-clock extras (like afternoon tea or mini dessert cakes) at a lobby bar. This is where you'll find the complimentary, free-flowing champagne...and wine...and everything else. Pour your own Perrier? Pssh! In the evening, there's a proper attendant—starched shirt and welcoming smile—to do all that bothersome cap-twisting for you.
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Pack Your Trainers and Don't Forget to Grab the Hotel Jogging Map
It's official; hotels have finally figured out that maybe—just maybe—guests will want to venture beyond the fitness center and into the wild streets of a strange city in order to get that runner's high. Thus, increasingly we're opening up hotel desk drawers to spy more than just the requisite stationery and Gideon's Bible; there's also little jogging maps of the area.
Granted, you've got to be staying in a hotel that goes above and beyond in other ways than just a jogging map; you won't find extras like this in a Holiday Inn or Best Western. For example, we recently spotted a jogging map lanyard in the rooms at the Shangri-La Singapore, and a jogging map wristband at the Ritz-Carlton Millenia Singapore.
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The Shangri-La Singapore Has Its Very Own Orchid
"Dendrobium by Shangri-La Singapore." It sounds like a perfume, right? Close, as that is the full name of a variety of orchid that graces several vases in each room at the Shangri-La Singapore hotel. Yes, this hotel has its very own flower and, though you'll spot larger, white orchids around the property as well, these sweet little greenish yellow blooms with their faint violet shading are the ones to watch for.
And if you thought we were joking with that official name of the flower, here's the full details (for you gardeners and flower geeks):
A long-lasting specialty orchid named after the golden sunsets of the Palolo Valley in Oahu, Hawaii. Dendrobium by Palolo Sunshine is the mother plant. The father plant is Dendrobium Pink Spider, a Singaporean hybrid created from Dendrobium Black Spider and Dendrobium Lucian Pink. The Dendrobium by Shangri-La Singapore was named in commemoration of Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore's 35th Anniversary.
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They Love the Holidays This Much: The Shangri-La Pudong Built the World's Longest Yule Log
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? Let us know!
The holidays make hotels do crazy things. Like erecting Christmas trees adorned with money or oversized gingerbread houses or life-sized chocolate Santas (nom, nom.) So it comes as little surprise that the Shangri-La Pudong Hotel in Shanghai, China attempted yesterday to break the Guinness Book of World Records for the longest yule log cake.
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Breaking Away from Escoffier: Shangri-La Paris Adds Shang Palace to Its Restaurant Roster
Craving Chinese food in the City of Light? Tough luck. Paris, a city whose food landscape is dominated by Michelin-starred giants and scads of butter, butter, butter, has a slim selection "World" options for those who grow weary of eating confit something-or-other meal after meal. Yet, Paris is making an effort to break away from its Escoffier-centric roots, with fusion restaurants and diverse foreign cuisines garnering some attention as of late.
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The Intended Shangri-La Vienna ISO of Love, Companionship and an Operator
While the former Mandarin Oriental Marrakech recently got snapped up by Taj Hotels, the planned Shangri-La Hotel Vienna is still searching for the perfect companion. We reported that Shangri-La shockingly pulled out back in February and since then, the hotel has been sitting empty.
A tipster tells us that the local media refers to it as a "ghost hotel" and that despite everything being finished and furnished, there's been no takers from the operational standpoint.
That sounds surprising for a completely finished property with 207 rooms and an indoor swimming pool but then again the Shangri-La dumped it because of poor construction quality. So that probably rules out any other luxury brands like Four Seasons and Ritz-Carltons to come in and snap it up. But perhaps there is a "lifestyle" brand that would consider it? (Since they've been known to open up in former Holiday Inns and the like.)
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Shangri-La Debuts Its New, Laid Back Kerry Brand In Shanghai
There’s yet another new hotel in town for Shanghai, but for once we’re more interested in the brand than the specifics of the hotel itself.
The Kerry Hotel Pudong, Shanghai, is the first Kerry hotel – the new five star lifestyle brand from Shangri-La. The aim of which is, apparently, to:
Appeal to the business traveler who prefers a vibrant and relaxed environment without compromising on service or quality. The hotels are contemporary in style and provide a seamless link between business, entertainment and recreation. Extensive leisure facilities are designed to become a social activity hub for both hotel guests and the local community
Although we’re not keen on the name, which doesn’t exactly have the romance of a Shangri-La or the hustle of a Traders, we’re liking the sound of the place. The main restaurant, COOK, is a huge round-the-world affair with 11 open kitchens from Chinese and Japanese to a butcher’s block, patisserie and – stem your desire – a “cheese vault”. Ie, it’s like a super-posh buffet, only you order a la carte. Awesome.
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Shangri-La London Gets A Foxy Early Check In
Only last week we were lusting over the photos of the forthcoming Shangri-La London being built in the Shard – set to be the highest building in the EU. Seems like we weren’t the only ones, either – over the weekend, it emerged that a fox was discovered to be living at the very top of the building site, 954ft up on the 72nd floor.
To be fair, the Shangri-La will occupy floors 34 – 52 of the building, but we like to think that Romeo, as he’s been named (ah, Brits) was admiring the stonking views that hotel guests will enjoy.
According to an amazing article in The Sun, he was living on a “squash court-sized platform” and is thought to be less than six months old. And a followup says that it took pest control two weeks to trap him because the little guy really didn’t want to leave. Can you blame him? Those rooms are gonna go for loadsamoney!
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The Shangri-La London Is Being Worked On 24/7
With the news that the Shangri-La Vienna has been given the chop, we thought we’d check-in on the Shangri-La Hotel London to make it’s still going ahead. After all, it will be housed in the tallest building in London, and with that PR hook surely they can’t pull out now.
And the good news is they haven’t, the plans are still going full speed ahead with the hotel hoping to open in time for the Olympics. Workers are said it be working on site 24 hours a day, 6 days a week to make sure it is complete in the quickest time possible.
The Shard can already be seen from miles around and when it is finished it will be a whopping 1,016 feet high! The outside will be covered in 11,000 panes of glass to make sure it shimmers all day long.
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Shangri-La Dumps Its Vienna Plans, Will Never Open
Wiped off the map. Gone but not forgotten.
Sometimes, with all these hotel openings, we forget there’s that small matter of wavering economies. But today we’ve been brought back to reality with a jolt, with the news from a tipster that the Shangri-La Vienna will never open.
The hotel has already been removed from the Shangri-La website, as if it never existed. Very secret agent.
It was originally down to open in 2009 and Shangri-La had bought up an entire city block on the 19th century Ringstraße in order to turn it into a 207 room hotel. But things haven’t gone to plan, because, according to our tipster:
Shangri-La has terminated the management contract with immediate effect due to poor construction quality
Shoddy work in precise Austria? Wow. Also, that’s a pretty major step to take – things must really have been dire.
The move has left about 70 pre-opening staff laid off (saddies). And there’s no word yet on what will become of the property instead.
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The Shangri-La Paris Opens Today at 825 Euros a Night (But There is Free WiFi)
Ooh, it's a big day in Paris. For fashionistas, there's both good news and bad. The bad news? Carine Roitfield has quit as the editor of French Vogue. The good: there's now one more tres chic place to stay in the City of Light, with the opening of the Shangri-La Paris.
If you've ever wanted to stay in an historic French home, this is your chance: the hotel is located inside an 1896 mansion that was home to Napoleon's grandnephew Prince Roland Bonaparte.
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