Five-star Millennium in Shaghai to Open Summer 2006
NEW YORK, NY, March 15, 2006. Millennium & Copthorne (M&C) Hotels plc's first hotel in China, the Millennium Hongqiao Shanghai opens this summer. The five-star rated property is located in Hongqiao, Shanghai's, commercial and residential district which is also located nearby the Shanghai Exhibition and Convention Centre, approximately ten minutes away from Hongqiao Airport.
The Millennium Hongqiao Shanghai will be wholly managed by M&C and owned by the Shanghai Workers Union, which owns hotels, villas and spas amongst other investments in China. The five-star international standard hotel will have 12-floors of 350 spacious deluxe rooms and suites. The rooms will be designed with the needs of business and leisure travelers in mind. The hotel will also serve as a corporate retreat destination with extensive conference services and facilities.
Unlike most city hotels in Shanghai, the Millennium Hongqiao's design also places emphasis on the balance between contemporary architectural design and the surrounding ecosystem. For instance the hotel's landscaping design will feature lush greenery (garden, trees), water-based formations and other environmentally friendly creations to provide guests with a sense of serenity and spaciousness. At the same time guests will be able to experience the cosmopolitan vibrancy of Shanghai which boasts some of the world's most elegant shopping establishments, entertainment venues and restaurants.
The Millennium Hongqiao Shanghai joins a list of growing properties that have just recently become part of the Millennium group of hotels including the Millennium Sukhumvit Bangkok in Thailand (scheduled for completion in 2007), a soon-to-be completed Millennium Hotel in Southampton, England; and the Copthorne Hotel Reading, an 83-bedroom property in Reading, England. M&C also recently opened the Coral Beach Diving Hotel in Egypt, a 206-room property situated on the promenade of the Port Ghalib International Marina. M&C also owns 19 hotels in North America including the historic Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, the Millennium Bostonian Hotel in Boston, the Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel in Chicago, and the Millennium Broadway and Millennium UN Plaza Hotels in New York City.
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