{"id":20250,"date":"2014-02-14T09:32:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-14T09:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/shanghai-major-hub-for-international-conventions\/"},"modified":"2014-02-14T09:32:00","modified_gmt":"2014-02-14T09:32:00","slug":"shanghai-major-hub-for-international-conventions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2014\/02\/shanghai-major-hub-for-international-conventions\/","title":{"rendered":"Shanghai \u2013 major hub for international conventions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 21px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">The old adage strength comes in numbers certainly applies to Shanghai, population 22 million.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 21px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\" style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1.3em;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">In recent weeks the major China city took giant strides in capturing a bigger slice of the international conventions and exhibitions market by opening yet another massive multi-million dollar state-of-the-art centre, bringing the tally to three.<\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Bund\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-455154\" data-mce-src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/The-Bund-300x248.jpg\" height=\"248\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/The-Bund-300x248.jpg\" style=\"border: 0px; cursor: default; float: right;\" width=\"300\" \/><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\" style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1.3em;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">In time for what will be a busy 2014 is the multi-million dollar Shanghai Convention &amp; Exhibition Center of International Sourcing&nbsp;<a data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.shcec.com.cn\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shcec.com.cn\/\"><b>www.shcec.com.cn<\/b><\/a>, complete with 25 meeting rooms, the largest measuring 3000 square metres, and two exhibition rooms, 6500 sq m each.<\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\" style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1.3em;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Conveniently, within walking distance of the centre is the Shanghai Marriott Hotel Changfeng Park, which boasts more than 500 guest rooms.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1.3em;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">The latest addition to Shanghai joins the already established Shanghai International Convention Center&nbsp;<a data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.shicc.net\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shicc.net\/\"><b>www.shicc.net<\/b><\/a>, which has as many as 30 meetings rooms (the largest 4400sqm) and an adjacent five-star hotel with 273 guest rooms. Nearby hotels, within walking distance of the cetre are the Pudong Shangri-La, East Shanghai (952 rooms), Grand Hyatt Shanghai (555 rooms), Park Hyatt Shanghai (174 rooms), Grand Kempinski Hotel Shanghai (678 rooms), and the Ritz-Carlton Shanghai, Pudong (285 rooms).<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1.3em;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">On the site of the highly successful 2010 World Expo is the Shanghai Expo Center which has 85 meeting rooms, the largest 7200sqm, an auditorium with 2600 seats, a banquet hall with 4520 sqm, and a meeting room with 1890 sqm&nbsp;<a data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.secc.com.cn\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.secc.com.cn\/\"><b>www.secc.com.cn<\/b><\/a>. Nearby hotels include the Inter-Continental Shanghai Expo (384 rooms), Sheraton Shanghai Pudong Hotel &amp; Residences (525 rooms) and the Four Points by Sheraton Shanghai, Pudong (316 rooms).<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1.3em;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Details:&nbsp;<a data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.meet-in-shanghai.net\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.meet-in-shanghai.net\/\">www.meet-in-shanghai.net<\/a>&nbsp;or phone Sydney (02)&nbsp;<strong>8267 7212<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The old adage strength comes in numbers certainly applies to Shanghai, population 22 million. In recent weeks the major China city took giant strides in capturing a bigger slice of the international conventions and exhibitions market by opening yet another massive multi-million dollar state-of-the-art centre, bringing the tally to three. 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