THE Shanghai New Union Building Co Ltd, a Hilton Hotels Corporation subsidiary, which is to manage the Waldorf Astoria On The Bund in Shanghai, is due to open in 2011.
The hotel will comprise two buildings and house 266 rooms. The main entrance at the heritage building will be located at the place on the Bund which housed the infamous Shanghai Club, an exclusive Gentlemen’s Club in the 1920s. This building will be connected by a courtyard to a new build modern tower located behind the Bund on Sichuan Road.