Alexander Hall Installation Art World Tour will be held at InterContinental Shanghai Sheshan Shimao Hotel on January 16-17, 2019

InterContinental Hotels and Resorts 200 hotel champagne installation art

The entire installation art is composed of 200 hand-painted champagne bottles. Alexander Hall shows the characteristics and individuality of each InterContinental hotel in a bright and smooth drip painting style, including the newly opened InterContinental Shanghai Sheshan Shimao Hotel, with its unique deep pit wonders Very eye-catching. All works will be combined into the form of the number "200" by hanging to celebrate this important milestone of InterContinental Hotels and Resorts.

This installation art work will be unveiled at the InterContinental Shanghai Sheshan Shimao Hotel on January 16-17, 2019. It is the first show in China. It has been exhibited in Cannes, France and London, England before, and will be held in more places in the future. .

InterContinental Hotels and Resorts 200 hotel champagne installation art was unveiled at InterContinental Shanghai Sheshan Shimao Hotel

(From left to right: Mr. Tom Rowntree, Vice President of Global Luxury Brands of InterContinental Hotels Group, Ms. Ginger Taggart, Vice President of Global Luxury Hotel Marketing of InterContinental Hotels Group, London Contemporary Artist Alexander Hall, Ms. Wang Lin, Chief Marketing Officer of InterContinental Hotels Group Greater China, Mr. Jeffrey Seward, General Manager of InterContinental Shanghai Sheshan Shimao Hotel)

Ms. Wang Lin, Chief Marketing Officer of InterContinental Hotels Group Greater China, said: "Having 200 InterContinental Hotels and Resorts in more than 60 attractive destinations around the world is an important milestone for the brand. Champagne is undoubtedly the most appropriate form of expression to interpret the demeanor and characteristics of the 200 InterContinental brand hotels around the world, and the exhibition of this art series at the 200th InterContinental Hotel - Shanghai Sheshan Shimao InterContinental Hotel also has a special Significance. Shanghai is the city with the most InterContinental hotels in the world. In the future, we will continue to steadily expand the business territory of the InterContinental brand in the Greater China region, and bring the brand charm of "InterContinental Life, Knowledge and Action" to more Chinese and foreign guests."

The legendary InterContinental Shanghai Sheshan Shimao Hotel is located in the deep pit of Tianma Mountain in Sheshan Scenic Area, Shanghai. Most of the main building is located below the surface, with only two floors "exposed" to the ground, and the remaining 16 floors, including the two underwater floors, are deep on the ground level. the following. This natural miracle hotel, instead of constantly challenging the traditional architectural concept of new heights, opened up the architectural space to 88 meters underground, which has become a revolutionary pioneering work in human architectural design concepts, and has also brought subversive breakthroughs in the concept of human settlements. A model of living in harmony with nature. As the 200th InterContinental brand hotel, InterContinental Shanghai Sheshan received a custom painting from Alexander Hall.

Exterior view of InterContinental Shanghai Sheshan Hotel

For this collaboration, artist Alexander Hall said: "I originally chose to create on the champagne bottle because I wanted to pass on the lightness, joy, celebration and joyful qualities represented by champagne to more people. I hope that through this art form, It shows the unique personality and design of each InterContinental hotel, as well as the unique style of its location; at the same time, I also want to highlight the pioneering spirit and brand heritage of Mr. Juan Trippe, the founder of the InterContinental brand. It is a great honor for me to create this installation art, and I hope that when I am 80 years old, I will have the honor to create to celebrate the opening of the 400th InterContinental Hotel in the world."

Founded in 1946, InterContinental Hotels & Resorts is committed to creating engaging travel experiences and cosmopolitan sophistication for guests. Since its establishment, the brand has been at the forefront of luxury hotel brands, maintaining steady and rapid growth worldwide, and creating a series of classic hotels. As one of the most important markets for InterContinental Hotels and Resorts in the world, Greater China is developing extremely fast. Since the opening of the first hotel in 2000, the brand has opened 45 hotels and resorts in the Chinese market, including 6 distinctive InterContinental hotels in Shanghai alone, providing Chinese and foreign guests with a distinguished stay experience and rich quality Life, including the InterContinental Shanghai Sheshan Shimao Hotel, which astonishes the world with its groundbreaking architectural design, the InterContinental Shanghai Hotel at the National Convention and Exhibition Center, which combines extraordinary business and leisure enjoyment, and the InterContinental Shanghai Ruijin Hotel, which is rooted in profound history and culture, etc.

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About InterContinental Hotels & Resorts

InterContinental Hotels and Resorts has more than 70 years of operating history and excellent market insight. It currently has 200 hotels in more than 60 countries and regions around the world. InterContinental Hotels and Resorts is committed to creating a fascinating travel experience for guests, and feeling the brand charm of "InterContinental Life, Knowledge and Action".

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