Pan Pacific Hotels & Resorts

Suzhou, 1 June, 2010 – Pan Pacific Suzhou bags two prestigious awards recently, “China Top 10 Popular Resort Hotels of 2010” in the 7th Golden-Pillow Award of China Hotels and Prix d’Excellence Award of World FIABCI. With its soft opening of just 6 months ago, these two awards are high recognitions for both Pan Pacific Suzhou and Pan Pacific Hotels Group.

 “Golden-Pillow Award of China Hotels” is jointly held by China’s top financial medium 21st Century Business Herald and China first “Business + Travel” magazine Business Travel and has been successfully held since 2004, aiming to provide guidance and analysis for China Hospitality Industry. The evaluation of Golden-Pillow Awards involved professional judges from business, expert, media, artistic judge panels and voters from netizens.

FIABCI is the French acronym for the International Real Estate Federation which organizes the annual Prix d’Excellence, an international competition for real estate developers to showcase excellence in all aspects of their development. Pan Pacific Suzhou received this award based on the sensitively preservation on a view corridor to the 1,000-year-old pagoda and respect for the traditional Suzhou architecture.

“Respecting the local community and its culture has been one of the cornerstones in Pan Pacific’s philosophy,” said Jeffrey Ong, General Manager of Pan Pacific Suzhou. “These two awards set to encourage our efforts to establish Pan Pacific Suzhou as a cultural landmark and icon in China – where guests can experience modern comforts and Pan Pacific brand hospitality.”

Pan Pacific Suzhou (formerly Sheraton Suzhou Hotel & Towers) officially opened on 11th January 2010. The landmark 481-room property located in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, , features traditional Suzhou gardens and ancient Chinese aesthetics fused with modern comforts and luxury.