Shangri-La Hotel, Diqing

Hotel presentation

Owned and operated by Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, the 228-room hotel opened on 3 August, 2015 in Shangri-La City. Located at an altitude of 3,260 metres (about 10,695 feet), Shangri-La Resort, Shangri-La is the first international full-service hotel in the city, offering every convenience and comfort a traveller journeying to this remote land could want

Meeting Facilities

Shangri-La Resort, Shangri-La offers a variety of roof spaces and ground level terraces for guest and community functions, some shaded by verandas. One of the largest expanses is called Little Moon & Sun Square. (Shangri-La means “sun and moon in one’s heart” in Tibetan.) There are two Tibetan pavilions in the square as well as a stage for theatre, dance performances and other celebrations. 
The hotel also has the city’s largest ballroom as well as four other meeting rooms. A stunning Winter Garden enclosed in Plexiglas can be used as a pre-function area year-round.

Restaurant & Bars

Ani’s Kitchen The hotel’s restaurants include Ani’s Kitchen, which is the only restaurant of its kind in Shangri-La City. It serves a wide variety of cuisines – from Chinese to International – at sleek buffet stations. Designed to cater to local residents as well as guests, Ani’s Kitchen has a casual, welcoming ambiance. Contemporary furniture is artfully mixed with rustic elements such as timber panelling, locally hand-painted Tibetan chests and colourful textiles that are draped across the ceiling. Guests’ photos and nature sketches will be displayed on one of the restaurant’s walls

Location & Access

The hotel is located in the centre of Shangri-La City, just a 10-minute drive from the airport

Surroundings

Pudacuo National Park (about 24 kilometres from Shangri-La City) ， Songzanlin Monastery (about 6 kilometres from Shangri-La City) ， Meili Snow Mountain (75 kilometres from Shangri-La City) ， Yila Prairie & Napa Lake (5 kilometres from Shangri-La City) ， Dukezong Old Town (about 1.2 kilometres from the hotel)

Room Accomodation

Shangri-La Resort, Shangri-La’s 228 guestrooms have all the trappings of modern convenience and comfort – free Wi-Fi, pillow menu, tea brewer and more – and the design borrows elements from regions along the Great Silk Road. Rooms are decorated in warm blues, greens, reds and ochres and ornamented with elements such as turquoise, coral and lacquer.  In particular, the rooms celebrate woven works as weaving is one of the main means of expression and craft in Yunnan

Activities & Leisure

Rounding out the hotel’s full-service facilities are the city’s only indoor pool and fully equipped gym with men and women’s Jacuzzis and changing rooms, where body and foot massages are available.

Services

Upon arrival, guests are greeted by a bellman in a handsome Khampa uniform and escorted along colonnades, past a tranquil water pond dotted with copper lotus flowers and into a double-height lobby vestibule. The play of light from the skylight above a second interior water feature dazzles, creating positive and negative space as light dances through etched ceiling panels and decorative pillars framing the main lobby ahead.