在青岛遇见美爵
——专访青岛南山美爵度假酒店总经理安东尼
在匆忙的奔波中，完全可以停下脚步，用心感受身边的美好，寻找各种灵感。而酒店住宿，带给客人的不仅是一次次地点的转移，食物的更替和装潢的改变，更能为客人提供一次发现未知、开拓视野的机会。美爵酒店品牌为法国雅高酒店管理集团旗下高端酒店一员，将休闲、度假、时尚融合在一起，带给客人不一样的体验。旗下青岛南山美爵度假酒店是由全国500强实力企业——南山集团倾情打造建设，由法国雅高集团全权管理的一座集商务接待、休闲度假、团体会议为一体的全海景超豪华五星商务度假酒店。美爵从中国传统养生和法式浪漫的融合中汲取灵感，为客人贴心设计了各类身心和谐的体验，让客人在繁忙中卸下疲惫，沉淀无与伦比的温馨与典雅。豪华精致的青岛南山美爵国际度假酒店集中法两国的优雅、美食、和谐于一身专为中国量身打造，是中国客人的最佳之选。来到青岛南山美爵国际度假酒店，停下脚步感受一次悠然小憩。
近日我们有幸采访了青岛南山美爵度假酒店的总经理安东尼先生，他和我们分享了酒店成长的点点滴滴，向我们展示了一家正在展翅高飞且实力雄厚的酒店。
酒店值得称道的一点是其地理位置。执崂山为界，勾画东方迪拜；画黄海为疆，耀世中国岭海。酒店位于青岛市重点打造的蓝色硅谷核心区，雄踞青岛即墨温泉鳌山湾畔10平方公里的国际度假新城——青岛·岭海，尊享200亿倾城巨献的巨型综合配套；紧邻北方最大的国际博览中心、18洞滨海GOLF俱乐部、EMBA、CEO企业高管培训基地等珍稀资源，坐拥温泉理疗康复中心、游艇俱乐部、高端私人会所等御尊配套。天海一色，逸景宜人，在这样的地方驻足，本身就是一种美的享受了，更别提在这美丽的夜色中入梦而息。
而在配置设施方面，酒店也充分利用了每一寸土地，配备了完善的服务设施。酒店总占地面积6.06万平方米，共有三座主体建筑组成，总建筑面积9万平方米。酒店拥有508间心意客房及套房，房内设有国际直拨电话Internet高速接口、Mini吧、电子保险箱、40多个国内外精彩电视频道任客人选择，房间内的免费wifi更是客人畅游网络的最佳伴侣。精心设计与布置的每间客房均为商旅客人量身打造，提供一切的便利来保证客人居停舒适惬意，更会为入住的贵宾提供法式传统甜品马卡龙。另外也配备最大1000多平米的无柱式大型宴会厅可容纳600余人的商务宴请，为商业和其他社交提供豪华设施，包括装有先进视听设备的大型宴会厅和小型会议室。还有专业的服务团队提供高水平的服务，为客人的各类宴会活动保驾护航。其中专业的个性化会议策划人员，会按客人的需求，从专业的角度为客人提供各种豪华会议、婚宴、签约、会见等不同形式的活动策划与服务。灵活、个性化会议一直是酒店管理集团倡导的服务精神，在此环节，客人会有更多机会体验美爵品牌服务的细致与专业。酒店配备的水疗SPA、游泳馆、健身中心、沙滩运动场等娱乐休闲项目，也将带给客人高品质的峰层人生享受，令客人放松身心，精神焕发的迎接新的一天。
安东尼先生是从餐饮总监慢慢成长为酒店总经理的，可见他对于美食的喜爱，所以在美食以及特色菜肴方面他也表明会有更多的投入。而对于美食，美爵品牌会深入了解地方特色，打破东西文化之间的屏障，把客人的入住变成一次地地道道的发现之旅，让客人能亲身体验地道纯粹的地域文化，汲取当地生活精髓，充实自己的人生记忆。众所周知，中国饮食不仅风味多样，更讲究美感，注重情趣，还能食医结合，美容养生。所以青岛南山美爵度假酒店在深谙中国饮食博大精深的同时，将各地酒店餐饮融汇当地饮食文化，让客人能跟随美爵享受极致奢华的美食之旅。酒店的阳光海岸西餐厅汇集了各国特色，品种丰富的自助餐任意选用，更有24小时不间断精选粥品，让客人体会浓郁中国味儿。嶺海轩中餐厅奉上新派海鲜菜品及风格创意包间，让客人尽情享用珍馐佳肴，感受专业服务之美；时尚舒适的尚吧提供丰富的饮料及小食，是客人放松心情缓解压力的好去处；在雪茄吧更有美爵独家葡萄酒甄选，品尝美酒的同时透过鳌山湾畔客人可以观赏到夕阳西下的美景。另设有“凤岛咖啡厅”“蓝吧”“诗香苑茶吧” 在会议中心3楼，诚邀客人共享欢乐时光。
青岛南山美爵度假酒店曾于2015年12月09日晚开启了圣诞树点灯仪式，璀璨的圣诞灯饰照亮了酒店每一个角落，众多嘉宾云集大堂，让大家体验圣诞节带来的快乐，为宾客带来浓浓的圣诞气息。在这个美好的夜晚，酒店行政主厨准备了精彩的圣诞美食，香气扑鼻的圣诞红酒，圣诞鸡尾酒会美味绝伦。酒店总经理安东尼先生邀请了现场的小朋友们一起点亮圣诞之光，开启了华美的圣诞序曲，圣诞老人踏着欢快的步伐来到大堂，为小朋友们派送精致的圣诞礼物。现场抽奖活动精彩连连，为大家带来好运连连，让更多的人能真实的体验到酒店的一切都只为展现“用心感受，身之所在”的服务理念。
青岛南山美爵度假酒店旨在捕捉客人对一切新鲜和未知的渴望，感悟客人对一次与众不同的旅宿的期待。酒店将法式浪漫情愫与中国地域文化完美融合，相辅相成，打造全新的住宿体验。期待客人在中法融合带来的享受中，发现更多乐趣、惊喜和灵感，由心感悟生活的各种美好与精彩。
A Date with Grand Mercure Qingdao Nanshan Resort
-----Exclusive Interview with Mr. Anthony Hezlewood, General Manager of
Grand Mercure Qingdao Nanshan Resort
Amid the hustle and bustle, you may want to pause for a while for an appreciation of the beauty around, which may, in turn, trigger all sorts of inspirations. Staying at a hotel is more a journey of exploration into what is new and what is beyond your horizon, than a shift in physical location, a change for the taste or a change of decorative settings only.
An upscale hotel brand of the Accorhotels Group, Mercure offers unique hospitality experiences with a selective combination of leisure, vacation, stylish lifestyle experiences. Grand Mercure Qingdao Nanshan Resort, a deluxe 5 star business resort hotel built by Nanshan Group, one of China’s top 500 companies, and managed by the Accorhotels Group, commands panoramic sea views and delivers a range of business catering, leisure and vacationing, meeting services. With inspirations drawn from traditional Chinese regime and French romantic appeal, the hotel creates thoughtful packages for busy guests to have a full recharge in unparalleled cozy and elegant ambiances for a harmonious state of body and mind.
Incorporating the elegance and delicacies of both France and China, the exquisite and deluxe hotel is undoubtedly a top choice for Chinese guests. At the doorstep of Grand Mercure Qingdao Nanshan Resort, you cannot help stepping in to take a short rest and have a genuine feel of its charm.
We are honored to have interviewed Mr. Anthony, General Manager of Grand Mercure Qingdao Nanshan Resort, who elaborates on how the hotel has evolved, presenting to us a hotel developing in full swing thanks to strong financial and human resources.
The hotel boasts a premium geographic location. Enclosed by Mount Lao and the Yellow Sea, Grand Mercure Qingdao Nanshan Resort lies in the heart of Qingdao Hi-Tech Industrial Park, the blue Silicon Valley of Qingdao, and within Linghai, the 10 square kilometer international resort alongside Aoshan Bay, which is home to a colossal commercial and residential complex that cost 20 billion RMB. To its north, there is the largest international exhibition center of Northern China, an 18 hole seaside golf club, a training center offering EMBA courses to CEOs and other senior corporate executive. Other leisure and recreational facilities in its vicinity include a spa center, a yacht club, a high end exclusive club. Looking afar, the azure sky seems to have merged with the blue sea with the sea level virtually indistinguishable . It is an absolute enjoyment to linger here, let alone having a good night’s sleep in such picturesque scenery.
A range of modern amenities are available in the hotel, thanks, in part, to thoughtful planning of physical space. Covering an area of 60,600 square meters, the hotel comprises 3 buildings with gross floor area of some 90,000 square meters. It accommodates 508 guest rooms and suites, each of which offers direct international dialing, high-speed internet access, free Wifi, a Minibar, an electronic in-room safe, an LCD TV with over 40 satellite channels from home and abroad. Exquisitely designed and decorated guest rooms are tailor-made for business travelers, with every possible conveniences available for a cozy accommodation experience. Traditional French desserts, such as macarons are prepared for distinguished guests. In terms of meeting and banquet facilities, the hotel boasts a 1000 square meter pillar-less ball room that accommodates up to 600 business guests. To cater for business and socializing events, deluxe amenities such as state-of-the-art audio-visual equipment are in place in both ball rooms and small meeting rooms.
Professional teams offer premium meeting services for optimal outcome for various banquets and events, among which customized, tailor-made solutions are delivered by a dedicated team to each individual client, from event planning to followup services of upscale conferences, weddings, signing ceremonies and formal meetings. Flexible, customized service mentality of the hotel offers clients greater exposure to Mercure’s delicacy and professionalism. In addition, upscale facilities for leisure and recreational activities, including SPA, heated indoor pools, fitness centers, beach courts are available to indulge guests with ultimate experience, to have a full recharge, and get prepared and refreshed for the day to come.
A former F&B Director, Mr. Anthony naturally cherishes passions for delicacies, and explains that more efforts will be devoted to the hotel’s cuisines and signature dishes. When it comes to preparing delicacies, Mercure tends to get an insight into the local cuisines, integrating oriental and occidental cuisines, in order to turn guest’s lodging experience into a journey of exploration, during which they may have a tangible feel of authentic local culture, benefit from its quintessences and have their life enriched.
As is known, Chinese dishes boast a variety of cuisines, a wealth of cultural implications, appealing presentation, as well as its integration with dietary therapy, beauty therapy and regimen. With an in-depth knowledge of the profound food culture of China, Mercure manages to incorporate the local flavor into the food served at its hotels across China, for an ultimate luxurious tour of delicacies. Sunshine Global Coffee Shop serves buffet with a dazzling array of global delicacies as well as a choice of congee on a 24 hour basis. Linhai Xuan Chinese Restaurant presents the art of oriental dining with the finest seafood recipes, and has private rooms where guests are treated with warm and attentive service in a sophisticated ambiance. Fashion bar is the perfect place to escape the stress or just simply relax and unwind with a glass of wine and snacks. The Cigar bar serves a variety of wines as well as a selection of premium cigars. Restaurants and bars, including Blue Bar, on the 3rd floor of the conference center are perfect venues for a happy get-together.
Christmas tree lighting ceremony was held for Grand Mercure Qingdao Nanshan Resort on the night of December 9th, 2015, when the hotel lobby was illuminated by the Christmas lightings and guests gathered for an immersion in the Christmas joy. On that wonderful night, the hotel’s Executive Chef prepared fine delicacies and wine, for a delectable Christmas cocktail. General Manager Mr. Anthony started the activities by having children on the scene join him in the lighting ceremony. Then a staff member dressed up as Santa Claus trotted briskly in and presented hand-picked Christmas gifts to every child. The event wound up with a live lucky draw that filled many with pleasant surprises. The series of activities aimed at fulfilling Mercure’s philosophy of “Revealing Senses of The Place”.
Grand Mercure Qingdao Nanshan Resort is committed to exploring and satisfying the guests’ quest for the new and the unknown, and understanding guests’ expectation for a different lodging experience. By perfectly blending French romance with local Chinese culture, the hotel creates original accommodation experiences, indulging guests with greater joy, more surprises, inspiration, help them discover the beauty within their arm’s reach.