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Originally Posted by EdinVan
Oh dear God, those pictures! They look like they came right out of Architectural Digest --- you know, the back part where they keep all the over-the-top historicist stuff. It's just too much. I think that's where many of these hotels get their ideas; they just go to the drug store, pick up an AD, and flip through the pages until they find something that's completely over-the-top.
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Any self-respecting 5-star hotel in Asia would not be complete without a grand marble-clad lobby with some subtle or not-so-subtle feng shui features (and I've been in some 3-star hotels in China that still had 5-star lobbies).
Given that Shangri-la's name recognition is strongest in Asia, I suspect that's where most of their clientele will be from. Hence, a marble lobby with massive chandeliers is a minimum requirement.
With the exception of the Kowloon Hotel, I've stayed at the hotels pictured, and the lobbies are actually quite impressive in person.
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