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LEFT: Waldorf Astoria On The Bund,
Shanghai will be housed in a
heritage building connected to
a newbuild tower ABOVE: Waldorf
Astoria Berlin will be Hilton’s ﬁrst
newbuild project for the brand
WALDORF ASTORIA – SHANGHAI / BERLIN
HILTON’S LUXURY BRAND TO MAKE ASIA PACIFIC DEBUT ON THE BUND AND EUROPEAN NEWBUILD DEBUT IN BERLIN
Hilton Hotels Corporation has signed This building will be connected by overlooking the Pudong skyline. for Waldorf Astoria Collection hotels in
an agreement with Shanghai New a courtyard to a newbuild modern Hilton Hotels Corporation has also the UK and Israel with the anticipated
Union Building Co Ltd to manage the tower located behind the Bund on entered a management agreement opening of The Bentley in London in
Waldorf Astoria On The Bund Shanghai. Sichuan Road. Martin Rinck, President with Primrose Capital (UK) Ltd, to open 2009, and The Palace Jerusalem in
The hotel will be located in a heritage Hilton Hotels Asia Pacific, described its first new build Waldorf Astoria hotel 2010.
building on the infamous Shanghai the neoclassical architecture of No 2 in Europe. The Waldorf Astoria Berlin in Ross Klein, Global Head, Luxury
strip and is scheduled to open in 2011. on the Bund as ‘a perfect fit’ for the Germany is anticipated to open & Lifestyle Brands, Hilton Hotels
The 266-room Waldorf Astoria On Waldorf Astoria brand. towards the end of 2011 and will Corporation, said the Waldorf Astoria
The Bund Shanghai will comprise two Situated in the former Shanghai feature 242 luxury guestrooms brand encapsulated core values of
buildings. The main entrance at the International Settlement, the Bund is and suites. ‘legendary, timelessness and culture’
heritage building will be located at a waterfront landmark comprising 52 In recent months, Hilton has reflagged and that the new hotels would build
No 2 on the Bund which housed the heritage buildings built in the early the Rome Cavalieri and Trianon Palace on the traditions established by the
infamous Shanghai Club, an exclusive 1900s that stretch one mile along the Versailles as part of the Waldorf Astoria original Waldorf Astoria in New York.
Gentlemen’s Club in the 1920s. western bank of the Huangpu River, Collection. It has also unveiled plans www.hilton.com
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