| The PuLi Hotel and Spa | |
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| The final version of The PuLi Hotel and Spa's logo | |
| The exterior view of The PuLi Hotel and Spa | |
| Location | 1 ChangDe Road, Jing'an District, Shanghai 200040 China |
| Opening date | 4 September 2009 |
| Architect | Kume Sekkei Japan |
| Management | Urban Resort Concepts |
| Owner | Shanghai Cross Ocean Property Development |
| Rooms | 193 |
| Suites | 36 |
| Floors | 26 [1] |
| Website | www.thepuli.com |
The PuLi Hotel and Spa is a luxury hotel in China that is located in Jing'an District, Shanghai, 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.[3] 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[4]) un-carved gem (璞[5]).
The hotel logo is inspired by a phoenix and the flame tree (Chinese: 鳳凰树, literally "phoenix tree")[6].
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The interiors of hotel's public areas, guest-rooms, as well as garden and landscape around the hotel are designed by Australian design firm Layan Design Group[7] and Indonesian design firm Jaya & Associates. The hotel lighting is designed by Australian lighting design firm The Flaming Beacon.[8]
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 290 cm width by 109 cm height by 72 cm depth.
Chinese 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:
There is a collection of paintings by artist Li Jing Bin[9] (李景斌 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[10] (一舟 1968–) is located in Jing'An Restaurant.
Different artifacts such as a brass incense burner, timber foo dogs, stoneware headrest, porcelain plate, and bronze mirror can also be found in the hotel.
The 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, published: November 1999, Edition: No. 1820 edition in 2000 limited editions.) and Chinese Antique Handbook (古玩宝典) (published by BS Book Publisher).
| Date | Organizer | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 2010-10-12/15 | Ferrari | Ferrari Workshop |
| 2010-07-23/26 | Christian Dior | Christian Dior 2010 Cruise Collection Trunk Show |
| 2010-06-09 | Bulgari | Bulgari New production media gathering |
| 2010-05-26 | Lancôme | Lancôme Press Conference |
| Date | Awards |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Top 50 Best Hotels in the world by Sydney Morning Herald Traveller |
| 2011 | Top 10 romantic hotels in China by China Travel.net |
| 2010 | The 50 best hotels in the world by The Telegraph (UK) |
| 2010 | Top 40 Best Business Hotels by Wallpaper* Magazine |
| 2010 | The 66 Coolest New Hotels in the World by Condé Nast Traveller’s Hot List |
| 2010 | 101 Best Hotels in the World – Tatler Travel Guide[11] |
| 2010 | Top 10 Best New Hotels in the 7th Golden Pillow of China Awards by 21st Century Business Herald and Business Travel |
| 2010 | Best Design Hotel by Travel + Leisure China Travel Awards |
| 2010 | Diamond Award by China’s Most Successful Design Awards |
| 2010 | Grand Award by Hong Kong Design Center Design For Asia Grand Award |
| 2009 | Best Hotel Design - Trends Style 10 Hotel Awards |
| 2009 | Best New Hotel in China’s Travel and Meeting Industry Awards 2009 by readers of Travel Weekly China [12] |