voyages to antiquity - Parallels Plesk Panel

HOTELS
The
Fairmont Peace
Hotel 1920s Art Deco meets the 21st century at this
iconic Shanghai enclave.
In Shanghai, Imperial China
shakes hands with the latest
technology and Western amenities.
On a recent visit, Luxury
Travel Advisor stayed at the
über-luxe Fairmont Peace Hotel
(www.fairmont.com/peacehotel),
the perfect embodiment of the
Shanghai spirit.
A Shanghai icon for over 80
years, the Peace Hotel sits on
the city’s world-famous Bund, a
prestigious promenade overlooking
the Huangpu River,
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flanked with the world’s top
retailers (think Cartier, Ermenegildo
Zegna and Armani). It
was built in 1926 as a private
residence for Sir Victor Sassoon,
a British businessman
and tycoon living in Shanghai.
The top floors of the building
were used as a hotel, called the
Cathay Hotel, which opened in
1929. Throughout the decades,
the property became a social
center for Shanghai’s high
society, in addition to holding
other roles in the shaping of the
city’s history. In 2007, the hotel
closed its doors for an extensive
$64 million restoration, and
having regained its former glory,
recently reopened waving the
Fairmont flag.
The hotel oozes 1920s Art
Deco flair, and your most elite
clients will feel instantly transported
back to the days of jazz,
flappers and sexy cocktails in
smoky bars.
One of the biggest draws of
the hotel is its riverside location,
overlooking Shanghai’s futuristic
Pudong area. Your VIP clients
will not want to miss this view,
so we suggest booking them in
a Signature Riverview Suite or
one of the Nine Nations Suites
(American, English, Chinese,
Italian, Japanese, French, Spanish,
Indian and German).
Of course, for your truly
imperial clients, we recommend
the Sassoon Presidential Suite,
which was once the private quar-
THE SASSOON SUITE
is the Fairmont
Peace Hotel’s
most lavish guest
accommodation.