The PuLi Hotel and Spa | |
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![]() The exterior view of The PuLi Hotel and Spa | |
Location: | 1 ChangDe Road, JingAn District, Shanghai 200040 China |
Opening Date: | 4 September 2009 |
Architecture: | Kume Sekkei Japan |
Owner: | Shanghai Cross Ocean Property Development |
Management: | Urban Resort Concepts |
General Manager: | Martijn van der Valk |
No. of Floor: | 26 [1] |
No. of Rooms: | 209 rooms and 20 suites |
Website: | www.thepuli.com |
![The final version of The PuLi Hotel and Spa's Logo](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/PuLi_Logo_final_version.jpg/109px-PuLi_Logo_final_version.jpg)
The PuLi Hotel and Spa is a luxury hotel in China that is located in Shanghai JingAn District, between NanJing West Road and Yan An Road. The PuLi hotel and Spa is the first hotel of Urban Resort Concepts and is the sixth member hotel of The Leading Hotels of the World[2] in China. On March 2010, the hotel has been included in Design Hotels network as a member hotel.
Urban Resort Concepts is a brand created by Zeitgeist Projects. The hotel restaurant, Jing'An Restaurant is located on the second floor while other hotel facilities, including gymnasium, sauna, steam rooms, jacuzzi, swimming pool and the hotel's spa operated by Anantara Spa Group, are located on the third floor.
The Chinese name of The PuLi Hotel and Spa (Chinese: 璞麗酒店 Pinyin: pú lì jiŭ diàn) literally represents as beautiful (麗[3]) un-carved gem (璞[4]).
The hotel logo is inspired by a phoenix and the phoenix tree [5].
Architecture and Designs
editThe interiors of hotel's public areas, guestrooms, as well as garden and landscape around the hotel are designed by Australian design firm Layan Design Group and Indonesian design firm Jaya & Associates. The hotel lighting is designed by Australian lighting design firm The Flaming Beacon.
Bamboo block planting and shallow reflection ponds are used for the hotel's landscaping. In the hotel lobby, a 32-meter solid Teak bar is used as reception desk, concierge as well as bar (called Long Bar). Next to the main lobby, there is a library with bookshelves that is 5.0m high with collections of over 2,500 books and with a fireplace in size of 290cm width by 109cm height by 72cm depth.
Building Materials
editChinese materials, including dark local timbers, cast bronze, air dried clay tiles, grey Shanghai brick and local flamed and handmade stone were used as building materials for hotel's public areas and guestrooms.
Examples of building materials application in the hotel:
- Stingray leather panels above the Library fireplace in size of 309cm width by 218cm height by 83cm depth
- Bronze wall at the end of the swimming pool
- Beijing Hutong Bricks is re-used as the Jing'An Restaurant wall paneling
Art Collection
editThere is a collection of paintings by artist Li Jing Bin (李晶彬 1970- ) in the hotel lobby commissioned by the hotel. The drawings outlining the female body are pierced by a fragment of blue and white porcelain. Another collection of paintings by artist Yi-Zhou (一舟 1968- ) is located in Jing'An Restaurant.
Different artifact such as brass incense burner, timber foo dogs, stoneware headrest, porcelain plate and bronze mirror can also be found in the hotel.
Book Collection
editThe library has a collection of over 2,500 English and Chinese books including The collected Lu Xun manuscripts of works (鲁迅著作手稿全集) (Publisher: Fujian Education Publisher, Publish year: Nov 1999, Edition: No. 1820 edition in 2000 limited editions.) and Chinese Antique Handbook (古玩宝典) published by BS Book Publisher.
Notable Events
editDate | Organizer | Event |
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2009-12-10 | Patek Philippe | Patek Philippe Appreciation Meeting of Aquanaut Luce |
2009-11-28/29 | Christian Dior | Christian Dior 2010 Cruise Collection Trunk Show |
2009-09-15 | Bulgari | Bulgari Serpent Launch |
2009-09-06 | Louis Vuitton | Louis Vuitton Ready to Wear Trunk Show 2009/10 in Shanghai |
Awards
editDate | Awards |
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2010-01 | 101 Best Hotels in the World – Tatler Travel Guide[6] |
2010 | Top 20 Resort Hotels in Greater China 2009 – awarded by Travel & Leisure Magazine |
2010-01-20 | Best Hotel Design - Trends Style 10 Hotel Awards 2009 |
2009-10-30 | Modern Shanghai Reputation Award 2009: Hottest Venues Selected by Expatriates, awarded by Oriental Morning Post |
2009-9-7 | Best New Hotel in China’s Travel and Meeting Industry Awards 2009 by readers of Travel Weekly China [7] |
2009-5 | Condé Nast Traveler Hot List – 10 Ones To Watch |
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ "The PuLi Hotel and Spa Fact Sheet" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-01-10.
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