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The Astor Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Tianjin
Tianjin, China · The Luxury Collection · High Luxury
John Innocent, a British Methodist missionary, built the Astor Hotel in the summer of 1863, and two treaties, China-Denmark and China-Netherlands, were signed there that year. Puyi, the last emperor, danced in its ballroom, Sun Yat-sen stayed, and Herbert Hoover was a regular. It stands at 33 Taierzhuang Road in the old British Concession, reopened in 2010 as China's first Luxury Collection hotel, with 152 rooms.
- 152 rooms
- Opened 1863
- Neighborhood: Heping
About The Astor Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Tianjin
- The Astor Hotel was built in the summer of 1863 by John Innocent, a British Methodist missionary, in Tianjin's British Concession.
- In 1863 the China-Denmark and China-Netherlands treaties were signed at the hotel, and in 1879 Ulysses S. Grant met Li Hongzhang there.
- Puyi, the last emperor, stayed and danced in the ballroom with his empress, and Sun Yat-sen and Herbert Hoover were also guests.
- It reopened in 2010 after a major renovation as China's first Luxury Collection hotel, at 33 Taierzhuang Road.
History
Opened in 1864 and designated a Major National Historic Site, it is reputedly the oldest international luxury hotel in modern China — the U.S.
The setting
The Astor Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel, anchors a storied address at 33 Taierzhuang Road in Heping District, on the Haihe River in Tianjin's former British concession. Opened in 1864 and designated a Major National Historic Site, it is reputedly the oldest international luxury hotel in modern China — the U.S. consulate operated within its walls until 1929, and luminaries from Herbert Hoover to the last Emperor Puyi have stayed here. The Heping financial district surrounding it, once called Tianjin's Oriental Wall Street, retains its grand European concession-era streetscapes, and the illuminated riverside promenade along Jiefang Road places this cluster of landmark hotels at the heart of the city's historic prestige. 10-minute walk to Tianjin Concert Hall.
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