VIPs in town

Penny Pritzker, the United States' secretary of commerce, stayed at the Sheraton Shanghai Waigaoqiao Hotel recently and was welcomed by general manager Depesh Seth.

Hotel roundup

Daniel Pauwaert (left), general manager of Regal International East Asia Hotel, together with Cathy Buggenhout, consul general of Belgium, and Stefano Beltrame (right), consul general of Italy, at the Italian wine dinner in the hotel.