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Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the Bund was honored with a Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star Award at the 2012 Shanghai Inaugural Ratings Award Ceremony on April 25, 2012. The list has defined the industry’s highest standard for excellence in hospitality for over 50 years. As a Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star Hotel, Waldorf Astoria Shanghai is one of only two hotels to receive this coveted award in Shanghai, joining an elite group of 59 Five-Star Hotels worldwide.

Luxury heritage hotel Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the Bund is celebrating its 1st anniversary as a bespoke new address for China and the world’s elite with a “Celebration of Romance” package.

Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the Bund has been added to the 2011 “IT List” of the World’s Best New Hotels according to Travel + Leisure USA, one of the leading modern travel and lifestyle magazines in the world, and has also hit the 2011 “Best Hotels Hot List” by Conde Nast Traveler.

The first Waldorf-Astoria hotel to open in Asia evokes the inimitable spirit and style of the original Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on Park Avenue in New York, which has been a global meeting place for royals, leaders and captains of industry, celebrities and high society, and for discerning luxury travelers since it opened in 1893.

The first Waldorf-Astoria hotel to open in Asia evokes the inimitable spirit and style of the original Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on Park Avenue in New York, which has been a global meeting place for royals, leaders and captains of industry, celebrities and high society, and for discerning luxury travelers since it opened in 1893.

Reigniting a grand British social tradition in Shanghai, the inaugural Shanghai International Debutante Ball was held at Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the Bund on 7 January, 2012.