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Following
its recent announcement of a new Shangri-La
Hotel in Suzhou, China, Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts is to open another
property in China, in the capital of China's southern Guangdong Province in the Pearl River Delta area,
Guangzhou, early 2007.
The first Shangri-La property in Guangzhou city, the Shangri-La
Pazhou, Guangzhou is situated in the city's Hai Zhu District, adjacent to the new
Guangzhou International Convention and Exhibition Centre, one of the largest convention centres in the world. Conveniently located, the hotel
is merely 15 minutes from the city's downtown area and 30 minutes from
the new Hua Du International Airport.
The Shangri-La Pazhou, Guangzhou will overlook the renowned Pearl
River, with most of its guest rooms enjoying spectacular views of the river.
The hotel
will feature 750 luxurious guest rooms designed in a contemporary yet classical style, with a minimum room size of 44 square
metres. Each guest room will have a spacious work area to meet the needs of modern
business travellers. All rooms will offer a range of Shangri-La
amenities and services, such as same day laundry and valet service,
satellite TV, data ports and broadband Internet service. The three
Horizon Club floors will provide an exclusive retreat for discerning
corporate travellers, with special amenities and privileges such as daily
complimentary breakfast and cocktails in the Horizon Club lounge, express
check-in and check-out service, personal butler service and more.
The hotel will offer a variety of dining and entertainment choices, including
a lobby lounge, a coffee shop, a Cantonese restaurant with 30 private dining rooms, an entertainment centre, as well as two innovative speciality
restaurants.
Recreational facilities will include indoor and outdoor swimming pools, a health club and spa of 2,000 square metres. The meeting and banqueting rooms will be
among the largest hotel facilities in the city with a pillar-less grand
ballroom of 2,350 square metres that can accommodate up to 2,000 guests,
and a 1,000-square-metre junior ballroom that can host up to 830 guests for
banquets or conferences. Another 18 function rooms of various sizes will
also be available with a total space of 3,600 square metres, all supported by
state-of-the-art equipment. |
