The company was voted in the third annual 21
st Century Business Herald's "China Hotel Golden Pillow Awards".
In addition, Pudong Shangri-La, Shanghai and Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong were both ranked in the Top 10 Business Hotels, and Kowloon Shangri-La, Hong Kong named the Best Regional Hotel in the Pearl River Delta Region.
Shangri-La also scooped nearly one-third of awards in the new category of "Top 10 Best Business Restaurants" due to the excellence and popularity of Shang Palace at the Shangri-La Hotel, Beijing; Aria at China World Hotel, Beijing; and Jade On 36 Restaurant and Bar at Pudong Shangri-La, Shanghai.
In another new category, "Best Hotel General Managers in Greater China," Philippe Caretti, general manager of Pudong Shangri-La, topped the list.
The Golden Pillow Awards, instituted in 2004 by the
Herald, one of China's leading business newspapers, ranks the best hotel chains and individual hotels/resorts and restaurants in mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau.
Categories include brand awareness, brand-satisfaction rates, service, products, development potential, and corporate citizenship responsibility.
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