For instance, Shanghai city officials pressed the state-run company that owns the Peace Hotel, an Art Deco icon, to undertake a multimillion-dollar renovation.
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One of the clearest examples of the Shanghai Deco style is the old Bank of China headquarters building next to the Peace Hotel on the Bund.
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It seems that the Peace Hotel, closed for two years while a renovation by the Fairmont was underway, was once again the place to be seen.
The old Cathay Hotel, which had been used as city government offices, recently reopened as the Fairmont Peace Hotel.
The Peace of Mind Hotel was a dream come true for Jean-Gilles, 57, and Marie, 59.
The centerpiece is a waterfront district known as the Bund, lined with majestic art deco buildings such as the newly restored Peace Hotel.
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In 2003, they cashed out their U.S. investments, returned to Haiti and began building the Peace of Mind Hotel, looking to make a future for themselves and the people of their homeland.
The hard-boiled Hong Kong action god (last seen in 1995's Peace Hotel) officially blasted off his Hollywood film career when his long-planned American movie, The Replacement Killers, began shooting in Los Angeles on Feb. 10.
Palestinian officials said EU Middle East peace envoy Miguel Moratinos would visit the militants in the Flamingo Beach hotel on Saturday.
For a slice of Italy, head one block west of the circus to Marco Polo Pizza, or try Pizza de la Casa: its outlets are on Peace Avenue (west of the State Department Store) and across from the Ulaanbaatar Hotel.
UN's long-time headquarters at the Canal Hotel did its best to look like a neutral body in a country at peace.
Both Mr Museveni and Mr Bizimungu said that peace could be achieved only by Mr Kabila talking to the rebels, a delegation of whom had arrived at the hotel where the meeting was taking place.
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