Shangri-La Sydney to re-open tonight after major power outage

Shangri-La Hotel, Sydney is set to welcome back guests tonight (Nov 9 ) after a major power failure on Wednesday night shut down the 563-room skyscraper.

According to Shangri-La, the property lost all power “due to a failure with the hotel’s main power connection” shortly before midnight on November 7 and because the power was not able to be resorted, guests were re-accommodated in other hotels.

Speaking exclusively to HM, a Shangri-La Hotel, Sydney spokesperson said the property “was back to full power and will re-open tonight, with guests checking-in from 3pm today (AEDST)”.

As a result of the failure, the decision was made by the hotel’s General Manager Franz Donhauser to close the hotel yesterday (Nov 8 ) to “minimise further disruption”.

“No one was left stranded and guests were re-accommodated in other hotels in the city,” the spokesperson said.

“Our focus is to guests and we did everything to accommodate them and not disrupt them.”

Source: Hotel Managment, 9 November 2012