Originally Posted by
staff
I thought the Andaz was originally meant to become a Jumeirah -- or was that the sister building that ended up becoming a Langham?
I thought that the building that was supposed to be a Conrad became the Andaz, and the other one became the Langham, but I will admit that this point is pretty hard to prove/disprove in light of the fact that construction was still under way in 2006, and current resources on the topic are nonexistent.
Here are a couple of morsels from google:
http://www.businesswire.com/news/hom...y-Hotel-Hilton
http://www.asiatraveltips.com/news06/232-Shanghai.shtml