Located on the banks of the Huangpu River at the intersection of East Nanjing Road and the Bund, this high-profile Shanghai landmark has been Shanghai's social hub and a popular stop for celebrities and politicians for more than 80 years. After three years of renovation, the Shanghai Peace Hotel, which reopened in 2010, was renamed "Fairmont Peace Hotel" and belongs to the luxury five-star brand Fairmont.
作为全球知名古董酒店，和平饭店揽获多项国内外权威大奖。位列美国《康泰纳仕》2016读者之选大奖中国最佳酒店榜首，被评为《胡润百富》2016至尚优品之Shanghai星级地标酒店、2016猫途鹰奖之旅行者之选、美国康泰纳仕《悦游》2015“读者之选”之第四名，被《Travel & Leisure》杂志评为中国10大豪华酒店，是感受老Shanghai风貌的最佳选择。
Known as the first modernist building in the history of modern architecture in Shanghai, the Peace Hotel consists of two buildings, north and south. Originally known as "Huizhong Hotel", the South Building, built in 1906, is the earliest existing hotel in Shanghai, imitating the balanced apartment building of the Renaissance period, solemn and elegant. The north building of the Chicago School Gothic building, formerly known as the "Chinachem Hotel", is luxuriously decorated, and the biggest feature is the pyramid-shaped green copper roof, which has the reputation of "the first building in the Far East". There is a small history museum on site, and the history of the Peace Hotel is free for in-house guests.
Peace Hotel has a total of 270 unique luxury rooms and suites, all of which are more than 45 square meters in size, due to the limited height of the building, some room types can not have a view, or can only view the courtyard in the courtyard, and there is a situation that it is difficult to open the curtains with the window of the opposite room, try to confirm with the front desk before booking. Ordinary rooms can be booked within 2,000 yuan a night, and about 2,200 yuan can enjoy the treatment of Fairmont Gold rooms. Feather bedding is provided, and hypoallergenic pillows are available upon request. Bathroom amenities from the luxury brand Le Labo Rose 31 are both strong and feminine with a warm and refreshing floral scent and woody scent, suitable for both men and women.
Among them, the Sassoon Presidential Suite, one of the most prestigious luxury hotel suites in Shanghai, is named after Victor Sassoon, the founder of the "Chinachem Hotel", and occupies all the space on the top 10 floors of the hotel, with a panoramic view of the Bund and the bustling Pudong on the banks of the Huangpu River. The nine suites facing the river accommodate the historical styles of China, Britain, the United States, India, Japan, France, Germany, Spain and Italy, each with an area of about 178 square meters and an average daily room price of about 5,000 yuan.
The Jazz Bar at Peace Hotel Shanghai is a must-see, with a jazz band of six musicians with an average age of 82 starting at 6:30 every night, making you feel like you're in a private club in Shanghai from the twenties and thirties of the last century. Over the decades, they have been adored by a large number of domestic and foreign tourists, celebrities, and even national leaders such as U.S. Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan.
IN TERMS OF DINING, THERE ARE DRAGON AND PHOENIX HALL SERVING TRADITIONAL SHANGHAI AND CANTONESE CUISINE, CHINACHEM COURT WITH A FULL-ANGLE OPEN TERRACE, JASMINE LOUNGE AND VICTOR'S CAFÉ WITH OLD SHANGHAI ENGLISH AFTERNOON TEA, WHICH CAN MEET THE VARIOUS NEEDS OF GUESTS. Jasmine Lounge is also the CNPP100 restaurant on Shanghai's list of the best English afternoon teas.
Shanghai Peace Hotel is very thoughtful in business services, with a total of 1,800 square meters of meeting space and 15 meeting rooms, salon 1929, peace hall, Jiuxiao Hall, England Hall and other distinctive halls can provide dinner, ceremony, private meeting and other business services. All rooms are equipped with work desks, laptop-safe and additional office services such as printing, binding, fax, business equipment rental, courier and teleconferencing. Guests staying on the Executive Floor can enjoy the Fairmont Gold Lounge on the 9th floor of the hotel, with a sumptuous continental breakfast, a lounge buffet bar, complimentary pre-dinner cocktail receptions, domestic and international calls, iPad and laptop computers, shoeshine services and a variety of books and magazines.
The overall service level of the hotel is acceptable, because many foreigners have the habit of tipping, Chinese people may encounter different treatment in service, which is also a common problem of five-star hotels in Shanghai.
