Managed by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc., The Westin Bund Center Shanghai are ideally located within the Bund Center - a corporate. Opened in October 2002, it is one of Shanghai''s largest, most modern and comprehensively-integrated commercial and residential developments to date, offering an enviable lifestyle suited to the city's corporate and social elite. Designed by Hirsch Bedner Associates, the world's first and foremost hospitality and interior design firm, the hotel heralds a new era for Westin's definition of a world-class luxury hotel. It offers the most impeccable choice of unparalleled accommodation, dining, conference, entertainment, spa and recreation facilities. In early 2004, The Westin Bund Center Shanghai was voted to Conde Nast Traveler's Gold List by its savvy readers. Rising 26 storeys high, with 331 rooms and suites, the hotel is the first and new 5-star hotel in the prestigious Bund area, setting international hotel standards amid an enclave of European architectural landmarks from the 1920s and 1930s. Staying at The Westin Bund Center Shanghai, guests enjoy easy access to the city''s business, shopping, sightseeing and entertainment districts. A mere 5-minute walk away is the elegant waterfront of the Bund - sometimes referred to as the birthplace of Shanghai - where the glorious Huangpu River reigns supreme, with the vibrant district of Puxi to its west and the financial district of Lujiazui in Pudong to its east.
