The new Shangri-La Hotel will feature modern version of the traditional Tibetan architectural motifs to complement the location. Interiors will display locally produced arts, crafts and fabrics. All the guest rooms will be designed to offer views of the Potala Palace. The design will incorporate alleviating the effects of the high altitude location and will help travelers in getting accustomed to it. The hotel will also feature a full service clinic to attend to the guests.
The hotel will be encircled with wide-ranging garden landscaping featuring indigenous plants to increase oxygen levels in the area. The garden design has been inspired by the window boxes of flowers usually found outside traditional Lhasa homes.
A host of dining and entertainment options will be featured including an all-day dining restaurant, a Chinese restaurant, a bar and a lobby lounge. Recreational facilities such as an indoor swimming pool and health club will also be featured apart from meeting and banqueting facilities.
Located on Lingkor Road, Shangri-La Hotel, Lhasa will be 1.5 kilometers from the Potala Palace, and half a kilometer from other notable Lhasa landmarks including Chokpori, known as Iron Mountain and one of the four holy mountains of central Tibet; Norbu Lingka, the summer palace originally built in 1755; and the Tibet Museum.
Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts currently own and manage 66 hotels under the Shangri-La and Traders brands.
