Comments on: Shanghai’s Peace Hotel to Reopen Soon

By: Chris Devonshire-Ellis

Chris Devonshire-Ellis — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:04:12 +0000

Thanks Karel, I think the Peace Hotel would be interested in your Father’s momento’s. I’d recommend contacting Kamal Naamani, the hotels General Manager about this. Their website: http://www.fairmont.com/peacehotel
Best wishes – Chris

By: Karel Nikkels

Karel Nikkels — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 21:12:22 +0000

Hello Chris,

Do you happen to have information/pictures from the Cathay Hotel in the 1920′s? So before 1929. In the early years it must have been a fancy hotel as well. I found a travelbulletin from my father who stayed in the Cathay Hotel. In 1924 he payed $ 25.- for a single. First class he wrote.
Coming friday i visit Shanghai so i was spitting in my dads photo archives but i found nothing from the city of Shanghai. The weather wasn’t that good, for light was essntial for a nice picture in those days. Anyway, i think i will have tea in the Shanghai Peace Hotel and taste a bit of the grandeur from the old days…

Karel Nikkels
The Hague/Holland

By: Chris Devonshire-Ellis

Chris Devonshire-Ellis — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 07:20:21 +0000

I’m sure they will!

By: joel waldman

joel waldman — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 06:52:47 +0000

will the jazz band be back?

By: Chris Devonshire-Ellis

Chris Devonshire-Ellis — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 06:12:22 +0000

That’s a beautiful hotel; I hope they have done justice to it. I stayed there the first time I ever went to Shanghai, years before any of the city had opened up. One of my Great Aunts also lived there in the 1920’s. I stayed (somewhat fortuitously it turns out) in the Indian suite, one of eight massive country suites they have there, views opening out onto the Bund. There was nothing across in Pudong in those days. The entire suite – big enough for a long term big budget traveling 1920′s family, children and maids – cost about USD50 a night, paid in FEC. Now it’d be more like USD2,000 a night. I went back there when we had the book launch of the second edition of our Shanghai Business Guide; the China Briefing launch party was held in the Peace Hotel ballroom, some of our readers might remember that night. Great memories of that hotel. – Chris