Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts unveiled its third luxury hotel in Shanghai on 29 June on the Puxi side of the Huangpu River.

　　Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts unveiled its third luxury hotel in Shanghai on 29 June on the Puxi side of the Huangpu River. Positioned in the very heart of Shanghai, Jing An Shangri-La, West Shanghai is part of the city’s most fashionable neighbourhood and features a glamorous design inspired by Shanghai’s vibrant past, present and future.

　　The 508-room hotel is the centrepiece of the impressive new 450,000-square-metre Jing An Kerry Centre. In 1993, Kerry Holdings Limited began purchasing parcels of land where Jing An Kerry Centre sits with the vision of developing a high-end, mixed-use complex in the very heart of Shanghai, and Jing An Shangri-La breaks new ground for the Hong Kong-based hotel group with a glamorous design.

　　“The hotel is very Shanghainese in that it is a balance of the new and the traditional,” said Shangri-La President and Chief Executive Officer Greg Dogan. “Guests will experience Shangri-La’s genuine, heart-warming hospitality, and discover classic Shangri-La design reinterpreted in a luxurious contemporary way that complements the vibrancy of the Jing An district.”

　　Shangri-La hotels are famous for having an abundance of elegant chandeliers. Jing An Shangri-La embraces this trademark but re-envisions it to dramatic effect.

　　The hotel glistens with more than four million pieces of crystals. Crystals are used as architectural elements – from the thick canopy of lighted crystal rods covering the porte cochere to the crystal drapery anchoring the double-height reception area and Lobby Lounge.