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JW Marriott Hotel Shanghai named
The JW Marriott Hotel Shanghai can now add another accolade to its already long list of awards and acknowledgements with the recent listing in the prestigious 2008 USA Travel + Leisure magazine’s sixth annual World’s Best Hotels survey which lists the ‘Top 500′ hotels in the world.
Each year Travel + Leisure’s USA magazine assembles a list of reporters and editors from around the world to rank hotels and allocate them points out of 100. The JW Marriott Hotel Shanghai received a total of 84.03 points. The judges use a number of criteria including what differentiates hotels from their competitors, services, rooms, amenities and any special touches.
General Manager Andrew Houghton congratulated all the hotel’s associates and acknowledged that it takes a team effort to continue to excel in an ever increasing competitive market.
The JW Marriott Hotel Shanghai opened back in November 2003 and since that time has received a number of awards including: Forbes China – 2006 Best Business Hotels Award; 2005 & 2006 & 2007 Condé Nast Traveler – Gold List; 2005 Business Traveller China –‘Best New Business Hotel in China’; TTG Asia – ‘Best New City Hotel in Asia’ and DestinAsian – “Most Romantic Hotel” in Asia, Urban Oasis Category.
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