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| Address |
| 20 Nanjing Road(E), |
| Shanghai, China |
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| Harbour View |
After the
founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the hotel reopened as
Peace Hotel in 1956. And after recent renovation, all the rooms and
restaurants are furnished with first-class facilities to provide guests
with the best comfort and convenience. Peace Hotel is truly a fusion of
ancient and modern, Eastern and Western. The 12-storey Peace Hotel, built
in the Gothic style of the Chicago School, first opened as the Cathay Hotel in1929.The
hotel's granite exterior with its copper-sheathed roof rises 77 metres
above ground level. The first owner of the Cathay Hotel was Victor
Sassoon, an Iraqi Jew of British who had made a fortune trading in opium
and weapons. The hotel was symbolized the most luxurious "Number One
mansion in the Far East " along the Bund for it's the milky-yellow walls,
the revolving hall gate, the white floor of Italian marble, and the
copper-colored chandelier.
Cathay Hotel was well known in Shanghai for its luxury and magnificence. It accommodated mostly distinguished guests from countries all over the world, including Politicians, financiers, entrepreneurs, important Chinese officials and Social celebrities, such as General Marshall, Charlie Chaplin, Bernard Shaw. And it was in Cathay Hotel that Noel Coward completed his famous play "Private lives".
30's Peace Hotel
(North
Building)
20's Peace Hotel
(South
Building)
For decades, the Bund has been the center of Shanghai
in economy and finance. A number of tall buildings stand
alongside the Huangpu River like a multinational
architectural show. Among them, Peace Hotel, with its Characteristic
of the green pyramid, enjoys a glamorous attraction of the
passers-by. Facing the developing Pudong new area and soaring Orient
Pearl TV Tower over the Huangpu River, and next to the Nanjing Road
Shopping Area,