Opened in July 2006, the Shangri-La Hotel, Suzhou sits in the heart of the Suzhou New & Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone, and is located in the Metropolitan Tower, one of the tallest buildings in Jiangsu Province. The hotel offers 390 beautifully appointed rooms that are among the largest in Suzhou, including 100 exclusive Horizon Club rooms and 30 elegant suites. The lower levels of the tower also contain a shopping arcade.The hotel is home to variety of Asian, Western and International restaurants that each offer the highest quality ingredients and gracious Shangri-La service. The hotel also hosts the best nightlife of the city with the magnificent Club Red bringing people from all over the city to enjoy its dance floors and private rooms.The hotel meeting facilities are preeminent in the area. The Grand Ballroom has a capacity of up to 800 seated dinner guests or over 1,200 people at a standing cocktail reception. The Metropolitan Ballroom, the hotel's second ballroom, can hold up to 220 dinner guests. The hotel's five function rooms cater to more intimate meetings or social gatherings. All rooms feature state-of-the-art audio & visual and lighting systems, and can be outfitted with multi-lingual translation and video/teleconferencing resources.