14 April 2008 |  Print |  Email

Shanghai, China, April 14 2008: More than 30 karaoke singers from some of Shanghai’s leading 4 and 5 star hotels competed in the annual IBHS (International Branded Hotels of Shanghai) Karaoke competition held on April 8, in the Lyceum Theatre, Shanghai.

The IBHS is an organization that unites Shanghai’s best 4 and 5 star international hotels with a membership of 60 hotels and over 26,000 guest rooms in the city. The IBHS is a division of the Shanghai Hotel Industry Association and has been meeting on a regular basis since it began back in 1993 with just nine member hotels.
This is the third year that the IBHS has hosted the karaoke competition and the caliber of the contestants continues to grow each year.

From the 30 contestants who initially competed in the two semi-finals, the judges had a tough job of picking the ten finalists. This year’s finalists went all out with some even incorporating dancers into their performances.
However there can only ever be one winner and this year the winner was from Elton Lu from Pudong Shangri La; 2nd place went to John Yao from JW Mandarin Hotel and 3rd place went to Phil Chen from the JW Marriott Hotel Shanghai.
The atmosphere in the Lyceum Theatre was overwhelming with supporters from each of the contestants hotels there to cheer their fellow contestant on.

For more information:　　　　　　　　　　
Mr William Hall
Chairman – IBHS & General Manager　　　　　　　　　　　
Hotel Equatorial Shanghai
P: + 86 21 62481688　　　　　　　　　　
E: whall@sha.equatorial.com
　　　　　　
Media enquiries:
Donna Campbell 　　　　　　　　
Director of Communications
JW Marriott Hotel Shanghai
P: +86 21 5359 4969
E: donna.campbell@marriotthotels.com