Waldorf Astoria

Hilton Hotels Corporation has signed an agreement with Shanghai New Union Building Co Ltd to manage the Waldorf Astoria On The Bund Shanghai. The hotel will be located in a heritage building on the infamous Shanghai strip and is scheduled to open in 2011.


The 266-room Waldorf Astoria On The Bund Shanghai will comprise two buildings. The main entrance at the heritage building will be located at No 2 on the Bund which housed the infamous Shanghai Club, an exclusive Gentlemen’s Club in the 1920s. This building will be connected by a courtyard to a newbuild modern tower located behind the Bund on Sichuan Road. Martin Rinck, President Hilton Hotels Asia Pacific, described the neoclassical architecture of No 2 on the Bund as ‘a perfect fit’ for the Waldorf Astoria brand.


Situated in the former Shanghai International Settlement, the Bund is a waterfront landmark comprising 52 heritage buildings built in the early 1900s that stretch one mile along the western bank of the Huangpu River, overlooking the Pudong skyline.


Hilton Hotels Corporation has also entered a management agreement with Primrose Capital (UK) Ltd, to open its first new build Waldorf Astoria hotel in Europe. The Waldorf Astoria Berlin in
Germany is anticipated to open towards the end of 2011 and will feature 242 luxury guestrooms
and suites.


In recent months, Hilton has reflagged the Rome Cavalieri and Trianon Palace Versailles as part of the Waldorf Astoria Collection. It has also unveiled plans for Waldorf Astoria Collection hotels in the UK and Israel with the anticipated opening of The Bentley in London in 2009, and The Palace Jerusalem in 2010.


Ross Klein, Global Head, Luxury & Lifestyle Brands, Hilton Hotels Corporation, said the Waldorf Astoria brand encapsulated core values of ‘legendary, timelessness and culture’ and that the new hotels would build on the traditions established by the original Waldorf Astoria in New York.
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