[photopress:shangrila_suzhou.jpg,full,alignright]The Shangri-La Hotel, Suzhou has now had it grand opening. It is the first international deluxe hotel in Suzhou’s National New and Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone. The hotel, which is especially suited for MICE as in Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, Exhibitions, provides 390 spacious rooms and suites.
There are 100 rooms in the Horizon Club plus a Horizon Club Lounge on the 48th floor with sweeping views of the city. And six restaurants offering a range of Asian cuisines and a Club Red Bar with upbeat music.
This is very much a MICE hotel with meeting and banquet facilities including a 1,310 square meter pillarless Grand Ballroom with a ceiling height of eight meters. This can hold up to 1,200 guests for cocktail receptions or 800 for dinner banquets. There is also the 478 square-meter Metropolitan Ballroom, an auditorium and five function rooms.
Source: Asia Travel Tips