Hengshan Picardie Hotel Gears Up for Expo 2010 in Shanghai, China

By Janice Pelayo

From May 1 to October 31 this year, Shanghai will be the center of an economic, technological, scientific, and cultural exchange of innovative ideas as the Expo 2010 World Fair launches in the vibrant Chinese city. Focusing on the theme “Better City – Better Life,” this important event aims to help our world find ways to improve its future urban environment for better living. Expected to generate an estimated 70 million visitors and 200 participants from all over the world, Expo 2010 is sure to be a unique eye-opening experience, one that is both fun and educational.

In support of this significant event, Hengshan Picardie Hotel is encouraging its guests to take part in the many activities lined up at the World Fair. Conveniently located along Hengshan Road in the Xuhui District, the hotel is near the planned Expo Site which will be spread throughout key areas of Shanghai. Just a five-minute walk away from the subway station, it provides guests an immediate means of transport for easily getting around the city. Aside from this, it is also close to local tourist destinations including Shanghai Stadium, People’s Square, Shanghai Museum, South Shanghai Station, The Bund, Yuyuan Garden, Shanghai Station, and East Pearl TV Tower. The hotel is accessible from Shanghai’s two major airports, the Pudong International Airport, which is 45 kilometers away, and the Hongqiao International Airport, which is nine kilometers away.

Hengshan Picardie provides its guests with accommodations that balance elegance and comfort. With its Art Deco design and classic European décor, the hotel exudes class and style at every turn. Each of its 254 air-conditioned guestrooms is fitted with high-speed Internet, cable TV, telephone, mini-bar, coffee maker, room safe, hair dryer, iron with ironing board, and a private toilet and bath that is fully furnished with a phone, robes, and bath products, with room service and housekeeping made available round-the-clock.

The hotel also makes sure that guests’ dining, wellness, and event venue concerns are well taken cared of. It houses five restaurants, a hydropathic center that offers cerumen clearing, acupuncture, naprapathy, and pedicure services, a beauty salon, and seven function rooms that can accommodate 24 up to 200 guests. Other services made available include laundry, free parking, currency exchange, 24-hour front desk and security, a fully-equipped business center, and concierge.

To learn more about the hotel and to book Shanghai accommodations during Expo 2010, visit http://www.hengshanpicardiehotel-shanghai.com/. Instant confirmation of online bookings is guaranteed.

Shanghai Brings Hangzhou, China Into This Year’s Expo 2010 By: Jeanie Sison

In 2009, Shanghai made a step to bring the World Expo into other cities of China. In the same year, Shanghai and Hangzhou launched a promotional campaign for Hangzhou which lasted for one week and served as preparation for this year’s World Expo.

This year, preparations are underway for the exciting expo that will introduce Hangzhou, China to the world. Tagged as “Exciting Expo, Quality Hangzhou,” the exhibition is set to feature the city’s famous silk, West Lake and Longjing tea. It will also present the history of the World Expo, also known in the past as the World’s Fair. The central attraction of the exhibition will be water via a display of Hangzhou’s Urban Best Practices Area (UBPA) and water control practices. This is in line with the “Better City, Better Life” Expo theme as the goal is to move towards creating a more sustainable lifestyle for future urban environments around the world.

If you’re looking to attending the expo, be sure to book your accommodations early as the event is said to confirm hundreds of participants and thousands of visitors. You may be glad to know then that Zhejiang Xizi Hotel in Xihu District, Hangzhou, China offers online booking via their official website. Accommodations can be confirmed just by going through a four-step online process which includes making a 10% downpayment via WorldPay.

Zhejiang Xizi Hotel is an elegant and classy hotel in the West Lake Area which boasts of 207 spacious and luxuriously decorated rooms. All accommodations come with plush beds and breathtaking views of the garden or lake. The hotel also has nine restaurants that serve a wide range of international and local cuisine, as well as function rooms for your business needs. For relaxation and recreation purposes, the hotel has an indoor swimming pool, sauna, massage service, gym, KTV, tennis court, and billiards room.
If you want to know more about this hotel in Hangzhou, China or if you want to book your accommodations online, log on to www.zhejiangxizihotel-hangzhou.com.

More Fireworks Will Explode as Chinese New Year Falls on Valentine’s Day This 2010 By: Jeanie Sison

Awesome fireworks, sumptuous Chinese delicacies, throngs of people partying, and cash giveaways in small red envelopes…these are just some of the things that draw thousands of people to China during their annual Chinese New Year festivities. This year, Chinese New Year becomes an even bigger celebration when it coincides with Valentine’s Day.

If you are heading for the longest and most important festivity in the Chinese calendar, it would be wise to book your accommodations early before all the hotels get packed. For four-star accommodations in Zhejiang, China, the New Jingdu Hotel boasts of classic European-inspired accommodations.

All accommodations in this China hotel come with air-conditioning, en suite bathroom, cable/satellite television, safe, IDD telephone, free high-speed Internet, in-house movies, hair dryer, and mini-bar.
If you’re in the mood for a sumptuous treat, the hotel houses the Jing Yuan Restaurant, which serves delicious barbecue and fresh seafood and the Conrad Café, which serves European and Asian buffets. For events, parties or business gatherings, the hotel also has various private rooms, a ballroom, and meeting rooms.

If you want to relax, unwind and rejuvenate within hotel premises, New Jingdu Hotel has a gymnasium, fitness center, chess and cards room, sauna, KTV rooms, and shopping arcade.
For more hotel information or for direct online reservations, log on to www.newjingduhotelningbo.com.