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Distinguished Guests from Five Continents All Get Together at Hua TingHua Ting Hotel

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Hua Ting Hotel is located in Xujiahui, one of the city's booming commercial centers, with excellent transport links including the metro service and the city ring road. Major department stores, offices, bars and restaurants are within walking distance.

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Hua Ting Hotel has one of the most striking buildings in Shanghai. The seamless blend of classic and modern designs, together with a perfect combination of Eastern and Western styles, made the hotel one of the “Ten Top Buildings” in 1989, and the “Symbolic Hotel of Chinese Tourism” in 1997. Also in 1997, the banquet hall and the lobby of the hotel were awarded the “Gold Prize of the Symbolic Architecture of Chinese Tourism”.

Hua Ting has accomplished many “firsts” —

●When it opened in 1986, Hua Ting became the first highly rated international business hotel in Shanghai.

●In 1988, Hua Ting gained the first place among the “World's Best Hotels” in the Conde Nast Traveller readers' poll.

●In 1990, Wall Street Journal described Hua Ting as the “best hotel for business travellers in Shanghai”.

●In 1999, Hua Ting received the “International Five Star Diamond Award” from the American Academy of Hospitality Sciences.

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Besides its pursuit of the perfect design in architecture, Hua Ting is also devoted to the pursuit of perfect service. For first-class service, Hua Ting has received commendations from guests from all over the world.

Mr. Jiang Zemin, former Chinese President, has written a poem for Hua Ting, which says, “Distinguished guests from five continents all get together at Hua Ting.” Hua Ting has hosted many important central and district leaders of China, including Hu Yaobang, Li Xiannian, Jiang Zemin, Li Peng, Zhu Rongji, and Wu Bangguo. It has also hosted leaders from many countries such as former U.S. President George H. Bush, former U.S. Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger, George Shultz and Alexander Haig, Thailand's former Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun, Britain's former Deputy Prime Minister Michael Heseltine, Canada's former Prime Minister Jean Chretien and Chile's former President Ricardo Lagos.

Mr. Ying Changqi, the famous entrepreneur from Taiwan wrote a poem for the hotel in 1990 during his stay. Mrs. Anna Chan Chennault (Chen Xiangmei) considers the hotel her second home. She not only wrote a poem for Hua Ting, but also held her 80th birthday party there in 2004.

From film stars like Charlton Heston and Gregory Peck, to Sarah Brightman, the famous British singer and Asashoryu, Japan's highest ranked Sumo Wrestler; from world top fashion designers and models, to the best women volleyball players, tennis players and footballers; all guests coming to Hua Ting are deeply impressed by its high-level service. An interesting story goes that when the world famous violinist, Professor Lina Yu celebrated the 1,000,000th sale of her CD — Butterfly Lovers in the café of Hua Ting, she happened to be the 1,000,000th guest of this café.

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Designed for business and leisure travelers who are accustomed to high standards, the Hua Ting Hotel comprises 810 guest rooms including 40 suites. All rooms are facilitated with an en-suite bathroom,a king size or twin double beds, an IDD phone, a colour TV with international TV channels and a well-stocked minibar. Business meetings of up to 1,200 people can be easily accommodated and the hotel also provides a fully equipped 24-hour Business Center. When you want to relax, you will be pampered with superb facilities including a newly renovated health club, with swimming pool, sauna and billiards. There is also a wide selection of bars and restaurants offering international specialties.

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Hua Ting Hotel

Star rating: ☆☆☆☆☆

ADD: 1200 North Caoxi Road, Shanghai 200030, China

TEL: 86-21-64391000

FAX: 86-21-64812070

WEB: www.huating-hotel.com