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New Chinese-owned resort brand to launch in China

Overlooking Huangxing Park in Yangpu district, the 188-room WH Ming Hotel Shanghai is expected to officially open by the end of 2012

Oct 11, 2012 | By AFPRelaxnews

WH Ming Hotel Shanghai

A China-owned hospitality group is launching a new homegrown five-star hotel brand in Shanghai, reported Travel Daily Media Tuesday.

WH Ming Hotel Shanghai Deluxe room

Overlooking Huangxing Park, the 188-room WH Ming Hotel Shanghai, expected to open by the end of 2012, will tout itself as Chinaā€™s first ā€œYi Po Erh Shihā€ urban resort hotel offering complimentary breakfast and dinner for a nightā€™s stay.

WH Ming Hotel Deluxe room

ā€œYi Po Erh Shih,ā€ meaning ā€œOne night with Two Mealsā€ in Chinese, was a popular Asian holiday concept during the 1990s, as room stays are bound together with a culinary experience.

WH Ming Hotel Shanghai all day dining

Features of the hotel include a 1,200 square-meter Grand Ballroom, a ā€˜Chapelā€™ ballroom to host Chinese wedding banquets and a 5,000-square-meter spa.

WH Ming Hotel Shanghai Ballroom

The Faye Spa will have two distinct settings ā€“ a luxury European-style spa and a Shanghainese bathhouse in a separate garden annex housing 22 traditional Chinese bathhouse suites.

WH Ming Hotel Shanghai swimming pool

One of the highlights of the hotel is MIA Space, a high-tech cultural space where guests will be able to see life-like 3D images of Shanghai in the past, present and future.

WH Ming Hotel Shanghai meeting room

Domestic Chinese hotel brands still have a lot to catch up with their Western counterparts, according to Asia-based market research firm CAP Strategic.

WH Ming Hotel Shanghai lobby lounge

Affluent Chinese travelers do not think highly of domestic hotels as homegrown hotel brands such as Jinjiang and Hanting are perceived poorly by the Chinese.

WH Ming Hotel


 
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