Millennium Hongqiao Hotel Shanghai 上海千禧海鸥大酒店
Address:
2588 Yan’an Xi Lu,
延安西路2588号
Vicinity:
Gubei/Hongqiao
Directions:
near the Gubei Carrefour
Contact:
6208-5888
www.millenniumhongqiao.com
Buy One Get One Free Buffet
When: Ends Aug 31st
It’s seafood buffet on the weekeends. I went to try it and Saturday and it was great. I actually think it’s better than the Hilton’s buffet. On the weekends they have a kids area out for the kiddies. They have lots of room to run around. A nice clean Shanghai 5 star for the kiddies to run around. They buffet was a full range of good seafood. They have 5 stations of food. The kids will love the candy and choclate fountain station.
I also took a tour of the hotel. It’s new so it’s better than a old 5 star hotel in Shanghai.
Located in the heart of the city’s commercial and residential district of Hongqiao, close to Shanghai Mart, Shanghai Int’l Trade Center, and Shanghai Hongqiao Linkong Economic Zone, neighbouring Caohejing Hi-Tech Park, the Millennium HongQiao Hotel Shanghai is at the corner of Carrefour Gubei Store in a Garden setting, it is mere 2 minutes walk from Metro line 10 (Shuicheng Road Station) it also provides easy access to Hongqiao Airport, Hongqiao Transportation hub. Pudong International airport can be reached in 40 minutes. Shopping malls and Consulates and exhibition centers are all close by.
The hotel boasts 368 spacious rooms from 40 square meters featuring the latest in room hi tech facilities. To better serve its business guests, The Millennium HongQiao Hotel Shanghai has recently upgraded its Executive Club Rooms with stylish 42-inch Philips televisions and complimentary high-speed Internet access.
Showcasing a combination of International, Teppanyaki and Chinese cuisine, be amazed by our vast range of culinary delights. If rest and relaxation is what you seek, enjoy a stroll along the riverside or treat yourself to a relaxing spa or sauna treatment.
As venues go, our 840 sq. m. Garden Pavilion and 1,840 sq. m. of meeting space are ideal for weddings and a variety of business functions.
Enjoy a memorable experience in Shanghai whilst staying in a centrally located premiere Millennium HongQiao Hotel Shanghai.
上海千禧海鸥大酒店位于上海虹桥商业和高档住宅区中心，毗临古北家乐福、古北财富中心、东银中心、漕河泾开发区和地铁十号线；距离上海国际贸易中心、上海世贸商城、虹桥临空经济园区更是咫尺之遥。酒店交通便捷，毗邻古北家乐福，2分钟即可步行至地铁10号线水城路站。迅捷可达上海虹桥机场和虹桥交通枢纽中心，40分钟可高架直达浦东国际机场。酒店周边有多家领事馆、购物中心和会展中心。
酒店拥有368间设施先进、宽敞的花园景观客房，每间面积40平方米起。为更好地服务商务人士，酒店升级了行政楼客房：房内配有飞利浦42英寸液晶电视，并可享受免费高速上网服务。
3间富有情调风格各异的餐厅，东西方美食精华在此融合。倘使您想休憩或放松，闲庭信步在清幽雅意的河畔长廊或享受温润惬意的水疗、桑拿，是个理想的选择。
酒店为举办各类会议和庆祝活动提供超过1,840平方米的宴会场所，位于花园的840平方米的花月亭及无柱型大宴会厅是举办婚宴和各类商务活动的最佳场所。
诚邀您来体验上海，亲历上海千禧海鸥大酒店的独特魅力。
Isetan to Double China Stores in 5 Years
Japanese department store operator Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings (3099.TYO) plans to double the number of stores it operates in China within five years, according to Isetan (China) Managing Director Koichi Sagae in an interview with Shanghai Daily. Isetan has five stores in China at present, located in Shanghai, Tianjin, Shenyang, Liaoning province and Chengdu, Sichuan province, said the report. A second Tianjin store will open in the spring of 2011 and another Shanghai store is planned for 2012, the report said. Isetan China currently accounts for 3% of the group’s total revenue, according to the report.
Isetan closed one of its two Shanghai stores, the company’s first mainland store, in December 2008.
Gap to open China stores
Gap unveiled details of its entry into China with plans to open Gap stores in Beijing and Shanghai in late 2010, and simultaneously bring an online shopping experience to all Chinese consumers. The first four Gap stores will feature a full range of Gap adult, GapKids and babyGap product, including all styles of the brand’s stylish and fashionable 1969 Premium Jeans.
This announcement marks the start of a long-term, multi-channel consumer market entry strategy for Gap Inc. that involves more stores in major regions, including Hong Kong, in the coming year.
As vibrant urban centers in China, Shanghai and Beijing have been chosen as the ideal locations for the first Gap stores, which will be wholly owned and operated.
In Shanghai, a 1,796 square meter Gap flagship will be located on the premier Nanjing West Road, occupying two floors in the Venture Tech building. It will be followed by another 1,140 square meter flagship located on Mid Huaihai Road, one of Shanghai’s top high streets.
In Beijing, a 1,165 square meter flagship store will span two floors in the APM building on Wanfujing Street; another 1,800 square meter store will be opened in Chaobei Joy City, a large scale regional shopping center.
As part of its multi-channel entry strategy, Gap Inc. has partnered with Shanghai Yi Shang Network Information Co., Ltd., an e-commerce company with a legacy of delivering online retail experience in China. The online shopping site will give consumers throughout the country the opportunity to shop for Gap products whenever and wherever they want.
To lead these expansion efforts, the company has appointed Redmond Yeung as President, China for Gap Inc., and Lorenzo Moretti, as Managing Director, China for Gap Inc.
“For over 15 years, we’ve been increasing our connection to global consumers by offering Gap’s American inspired casual style to now over 25 countries,” said Glenn Murphy, Chairman and CEO, Gap Inc. “Now, after spending a lot of time listening to Chinese consumers and learning more about their shopping preferences, we’re excited at the prospect of meeting their fashion needs — initially by bringing our Gap designs to our stores and online later this year.”
Murphy continued: “We’ve appreciated all the guidance we’ve received from Chinese government entities as well as business partners, and we’re confident that the combination of a seasoned team of executives as well as our initial investment of four Gap stores in world famous urban centers will help us to successfully integrate our brands over time into China’s dynamic retail market.”
Source: www.fashionunited.co.uk
Soft opening of The Shanghai Apple Flagship store July 8,2010
up loading pictures now of the new Shanghai Apple store. I happen to get get an invite from a old friend Jenny now in Korea. Apple will open its newest retail store in Shanghai, China on Saturday, July 10th. Apple plans on opening three stores in Shanghai and is considering more locations in other first and second-tier Chinese cities as well. The first Chinese Apple Store opened in 2008 in Sanlitun, Beijing but these new locations mark a strategy shift for Apple.
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The first Shanghai location is being revealed right now and 9to5mac found Flickr user Lesh51 who has a growing photo set showing the activities. The design is clearly a take on the classic NYC glass cube, but uses a cylinder surrounded by a large plaza. However, that plaza won’t hold people waiting in line for the next iPhone as the device reportable will not be available in the Shanghai locations. Only China Unicom stores have those. These Shanghai locations will only sell Apple computers, iPods, iPads, and all the accessories.
The new Shanghai Apple store does not carry or show any apple I pad or the new I phone 4. The staff from The United States all use a I phone 4.
The store is huge and it’s almost as big as the one in New York.
How Gecko, a traditional Chinese medicine, helps fight cancer
Gecko, a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), is known to have anti-tumour effects, assists kidney yang, strengthen essence and blood – impotence, day break diarrhea, urinary frequency. however, the mechanisms behind the action have remained unclear. Now, a research team has claimed that it has identified the unknown.
Most studies on action mechanisms of TCM in anti-tumour showed that TCM could inhibit tumours though supporting the healthy energy and strengthening the body resistance.
The team led by Prof. Wang from Henan University of China showed that Gecko could not only strengthen the immune response of organism but also induction of tumour cell apoptosis and the suppress protein expression of VEGF and bFGF, which is critical to cancer development.
Chemotherapy, one of the major methods to treat cancer in Western medicine at present, has a poor selectivity and strong toxic and side effects, thus influencing its anticancer effect.
In the past 40 years, Chinese experts have gained remarkable achievements in cancer treatment by integrating TCM with chemotherapy.
Hilton Hotel closed in China over prostitution ring
Police in Chongqing in China have closed the upmarket Hilton Hotel after arresting 22 people suspected of running a prostitution ring.
Police in Chongqing in China have closed the upmarket Hilton Hotel after arresting 22 people suspected of running a prostitution ring.
The hotel was closed on Monday and customers were sent to other hotels, after police started investigating the owner of the franchised property and his alleged links to an underworld gang, supposedly running a prostitution ring at the hotel.
Hotel management have confirmed the closure, but have insisted the hotel will reopen on July 6th.
Police say they have already interrogated many hotel staff members and have arrested 22 of them, some on drug charges.
While the Hilton International Hotel Group partially manages the business, it is in a joint venture with the accused franchise property company manager.
Chongqing, a municipality of over 30 million people, has recently been engaged in a crackdown on Chinese Mafia members.
That doesn’t help my property in Chongqing. I really doubt that Hilton hotel had a part in it.
Chinese Traditional Medicine (TCM) Diagnostics
Following a macro philosophy of disease, traditional Chinese diagnostics are based on overall observation of human symptoms rather than “micro” level laboratory tests. There are four types of TCM diagnostic methods: observe (望 wàng), hear and smell (闻/聞 wén), ask about background (问/問 wèn) and touching (切 qiè). The pulse-reading component of the touching examination is so important that Chinese patients may refer to going to the doctor as “Going to have my pulse felt.
Traditional Chinese medicine is considered to require considerable diagnostic skill. A training period of years or decades is said to be necessary for TCM practitioners to understand the full complexity of symptoms and dynamic balances. According to one Chinese saying, A good (TCM) doctor is also qualified to be a good prime minister in a country. Modern practitioners in China often use a traditional system in combination with Western methods.
Techniques
- Palpation of the patient’s radial artery pulse (pulse diagnosis) in six positions
- Observations of patient’s tongue, voice, hair, face, posture, gait, eyes, ears, vein on index finger of small children
- Palpation of the patient’s body (especially the abdomen, chest, back, and lumbar areas) for tenderness or comparison of relative warmth or coolness of different parts of the body
- Observation of the patient’s various odors
- Asking the patient about the effects of their problem.
- Anything else that can be observed without instruments and without harming the patient
- Asking detailed questions about their family, living environment, personal habits, food diet, emotions, menstrual cycle for women, child bearing history, sleep, exercise, and anything that may give insight into the balance or imbalance of an individual.
Methods of treatment
The following methods are considered to be part of Chinese medicine:
- Acupuncture(针 灸/針灸) (from the Latin word acus, “needle”, and pungere, meaning “prick”) is a technique in which the practitioner inserts fine needles into specific points on the patient’s body. Usually about a dozen acupoints are needled in one session, although the number of needles used may range anywhere from just one or two to 20 or more. The intended effect is to increase circulation and balance energy (Qi) within the body.
- Auriculotherapy (耳灼疗法/耳燭療法), which comes under the heading of Acupuncture and Moxibustion.
- Chinese food therapy (食疗/食療): Dietary recommendations are usually made according to the patient’s individual condition in relation to TCM theory. The “five flavors” (an important aspect of Chinese herbalism as well) indicate what function various types of food play in the body. A balanced diet, which leads to health, is when the five functional flavors are in balance. When one is diseased (and therefore unbalanced), certain foods and herbs are prescribed to restore balance to the body.
- Chinese herbal medicine (中草药/中药/中藥): In China, herbal medicine is considered as the primary therapeutic modality of internal medicine. Of the approximately 500 Chinese herbs that are in use today, 250 or so are very commonly used.Rather than being prescribed individually, single herbs are combined into formulas that are designed to adapt to the specific needs of individual patients. A herbal formula can contain anywhere from 3 to 25 herbs. As with diet therapy, each herb has one or more of the five flavors/functions and one of five “temperatures” (“Qi”) (hot, warm, neutral, cool, cold). After the herbalist determines the energetic temperature and functional state of the patient’s body, he or she prescribes a mixture of herbs tailored to balance disharmony.
- Cupping (拔罐): A type of Chinese massage, cupping consists of placing several glass “cups” (open spheres) on the body. A match is lit and placed inside the cup and then removed before placing the cup against the skin. As the air in the cup is heated, it expands, and after placing in the skin, cools down, creating a lower pressure inside the cup that allows the cup to stick to the skin via suction. When combined with massage oil, the cups can be slid around the back, offering what some practitioners think of as a reverse-pressure massage.
- Die-da or Tieh Ta (跌打) is usually practiced by martial artists who know aspects of Chinese medicine that apply to the treatment of trauma and injuries such as bone fractures, sprains, and bruises. Some of these specialists may also use or recommend other disciplines of Chinese medical therapies (or Western medicine in modern times) if serious injury is involved. Such practice of bone-setting (整骨) is not common in the West.
- Gua Sha (刮痧)
- Moxibustion: “Moxa,” often used in conjunction with acupuncture, consists in burning of dried Chinese mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) on acupoints. “Direct Moxa” involves the pinching of clumps of the herb into cones that are placed on acupoints and lit until warm. Typically the burning cone is removed before burning the skin and is thought, after repeated use, to warm the body and increase circulation. Moxa can also be rolled into a cigar-shaped tube, lit, and held over an acupuncture point, or rolled into a ball and stuck onto the back end of an inserted needle for warming effect.
- Physical Qigong exercises such as Tai chi chuan (Taijiquan 太极拳/太極拳), Standing Meditation (站樁功), Yoga, Brocade BaDuanJin exercises (八段锦/八段錦) and other Chinese martial arts.
- Qigong (气功/氣功) and related breathing and meditation exercise.
- Tui na (推拿) massage: a form of massage akin to acupressure (from which shiatsu evolved). Oriental massage is typically administered with the patient fully clothed, without the application of grease or oils. Choreography often involves thumb presses, rubbing, percussion, and stretches.
- Some TCM doctors may also utilize esoteric methods that incorporate or reflect personal beliefs or specializations such as Fengshui (风水/風水) or Bazi (八字).
A saying a day keeps the fun away
One World one dream was the saying for the Beijing Olympics. The saying ment that Beijing people wanted to be like the rest of the world. They wanted to share everything with the world. It was a very big party in Beijing for the opening of the Olympics in Beijing China.
Then you have Shanghai
The Expo, the saying was Better City Better life. For the Shanghainese that ment, have class come to Shanghai and if you don’t, don’t come. A very Shanghainese saying!!. I heard the 2 saying and I was laughing all day. Shanghai threw just as big of a party as Beijing and spent just as much as Beijing for the event. Shanghai is not to be out done by Beijing.
A night mid week in Shanghai
It’s mid week Shanghai, Wednesday night. The things I love about Shanghai. I’m in bed and ready for sleep around 12 midnight and I get a sms, the message reads, we are t Shanghai Park 97 table 302 come come come. So I check to see who the message is from.
It’s from a cute Shanghai girl, well a little more mature than the young Shanghai girls. I get dress and roll out of bed. I get to the Park 97 at 1:00 and the place is full and still pumping. Looks great for a mid week night in Shanghai.
I get to the table and see 4 girls and 3 guys. The table is full of bottles and the drinking secession starts. The later it gets the more fun it gets as were drinking soo fast!!. The club was playing hip hop but it was still goig fast!!. A lot of drinking games with dice, a lot of drinks and then the formula for a great night. By 2 the table has only 1 guy left and me. The interesting thing is that the women at the table are all older then 30 and they were having fun.
I love Shanghai when the women pick out the guy that’s going to get lucky!!!. The more mature the women the more they are in heat!!!. Another crazy night in Shanghai.
Rush hour extended in Shanghai
The government use to give the retired and over 65 people an amount of money for transportation every month. Now they have done away with that idea.
They came up with a new idea, let’s give them free access to the buses and subways instead of giving them money. Now the usual rush hour tops off around 9 but now it’s 10. The 9 o’clock rush is all the retired people on the move. The buses are packed with retired people everyday now. Then again at 11-12 moon they try to get home for lunch.
It’s not a real good idea given they are old and fragile, they don’t have that much energy to hold on to the bars. When the bus moves and jerks the elderly all go flying. The yellow seats are for the elderly, but the youth of Shanghai pay no attention to that. They usually get on and close their eyes and pretend they are asleep.
