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Beautifully spruced up after a two-year renovation, and a rebranding into the Stile Shangri-La Yangon (www.shangri-la.com/ yangon/suleshangrila), the former Trader's Hotel Yangon has been a major fixture in the city's central business district for nearly two decades.
We've known Yangon and Trader's from the "old" days, before Myanmar embarked on its new course toward democracy some three years ago, and it is a delight to see how things are rapidly changing for the better. But we were so glad to see Sule's front doormen still sporting their traditional longyis-the anklelength cylinder of cloth knotted at the waist worn by Burmese men-and their trademark dazzling Burmese smiles.
The 483 rooms on 22 floors look out over the city and, being just down the road from the city's compass-center Sule Pagoda, the views are either of this landmark shrine and the city or the Yangon river or Myanmar's venerated, stunning golden Shwedagon Pagoda.
The top-five floors are the Horizon Club rooms and suites that offer personal check-in, late check-out and the comforts of the Horizon Lounge, which has unobstructed views of the Shwedagon. Bonus: Club guests can enjoy a princely...