Sofitel Jinan Silver Plaza Celebrates Its 18th Anniversary
济南索菲特银座大饭店隆重庆祝18周年纪念

        济南索菲特银座大饭店隆重举行开业18周年庆典。作为济南市第一家国际五星级奢华酒店，自1999年开业以来济南索菲特银座大饭店将法式生活艺术和当代中国酒店和设施设计体验相融合。
        过去近二十年来，济南索菲特银座大饭店取得了多项里程碑式的成就，并赢得了辉煌的声誉。2001年，被评为国家五星级酒店。2009年酒店经历了首轮翻新改造；2013年进行了第二次翻新，使客房、餐厅和大堂焕然一新，更显时尚优雅。济南索菲特银座大饭店还赢得了多项省级和国家级大奖和荣誉，包括中国酒店业金橄榄奖和中国饭店金星奖。

        济南索菲特银座大饭店为承继中国文化传统，组织了多项以古代齐鲁文化为主题的传统文化项目。在庆典仪式上，济南市旅游饭店评定委员会向济南索菲特银座大饭店颁发了优秀传统文化进饭店示范企业奖项，以表彰酒店多年来为推动中国传统文化做出的努力。此外，济南市旅游发展委员还宣布推出优秀传统中国文化进饭店项目，旨在旅游业中宣传传统山东文化。济南索菲特银座大饭店近期还以在济南出生或者成长的历史人物为灵感，包括舜帝、孔子、诸葛亮和诗人李清照等熠熠生辉的人物而特别推出了齐鲁文化名人盛宴。酒店在美食佳肴中融入中国元素，并且获得了孔府菜国家级大厨的认可，这是赠予酒店的一份独特殊荣。

Sofitel Jinan Silver Plaza celebrated its 18th anniversary. Ever since opening its doors in 1999, Sofitel Jinan Silver Plaza has set the benchmark as the first international five-star luxury hotel in the city of Jinan with an artful blend of French art de vivre and contemporary Chinese designer accommodations and facilities. 

Over the past two decades, Sofitel Jinan Silver Plaza has achieved a number of milestones that supported its stellar reputation. In 2001, it was recognised as a national 5-star hotel. In 2009, it witnessed the hotel’s first round of renovations; a second one in 2013 gave guestrooms, restaurants and the lobby fresh and stylish new looks. The hotel has been honoured with provincial and national significant awards and recognitions include the Golden Olive Award for China Hotel Industry and China Hotel Golden Star Award.  

In keeping with Chinese tradition, the hotel hosted a number of Chinese cultural programmes with an ancient Qilu cultural theme. At the official ceremony, the Jinan Tourism and Hotel Evaluation Committee presented the hotel with the award of Hotel for Promoting Traditional Culture, to honour its efforts in promoting traditional Chinese culture over the years. Further, the committee announced the launch of its Traditional Chinese Culture in Hotels programme, breathing life to traditional Shandong culture for tourists. Recently, Sofitel Jinan Silver Plaza initiated a handcrafted Chinese menu inspired by historic figures born or raised in Jinan; these luminaries include the Emperor Shun, Confucius, Zhuge Liang and the poet Li Qingzhao. The gastronomic delights were blended with Chinese elements and have since been recognised by the national master Confucius cuisine chef, a unique blessing bestowed on the hotel.