Mr. Hu Zhiqiang, the Vice President of Chinese Nationalist Party visited The Astor Hotel Tianjin recently. The Managing Director Mr. Ugur Talayhan and DGM Mr. Zhao Jie greeted the visiting group, welcomed them to Tianjin to participate in the 8th Matsu Culture Festival.
Mr. Hu Zhiqiang stayed at the Sun Yat Sen suite and visited the Astor Museum. He gave high evaluation of hotel's reception and catering service and looked forward to visiting again. Leaders of both State Council and Tianjin Taiwan Affairs Office satisfied with hotel's reception and excellent catering service and said, "as Tianjin's landmark, The Astor Hotel Tianjin is an important window for external publicity, which plays an important role on strengthening Cross-Strait exchanges."
With 153 years history, The Astor Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Tianjin has hosted many global leaders and landmark events, and was titled as a '€˜Diplomatic Hotel'. Several international treaties - including the Sino-Denmark and the Sino-Holland treaty - were signed here, and for a few years Dr Sun Yat Sen presided over China from The Astor Hotel. In 1957, the Premier Zhou En Lai met the visiting Polish Premier here.