07.2026 Cover Story
Tainan Far Eastern Group Shangri La City Storytelling Warmth International
Far Eastern Magazine / Editorial Room

 When traveling, more and more tourists want to experience local life, eat authentic food, visit hidden attractions, explore the culture of the city, and enjoy the excitement and inspiration brought by new things. This issue's "Cover Story" reports on how Far Eastern Group Shangri La in Tainan naturally embodies the "just right" lifestyle and warmth of Tainan in its international level hotel services, establishing an emotional connection between tourists and the city, making people linger and forget to leave.Translation of Urban Charm Innovation
 For a long time, international hotel brands have focused on consistent service standards and spatial language, providing high-quality accommodation and dining services to accompany travelers through comfortable leisure time. But with the rise of the slow travel trend, travelers are more looking forward to seeing the depth of local culture in professional services.Tainan is the city in Taiwan with the most temples and historic districts. Located in this ancient capital with rich cultural assets, Far Eastern Group hopes to become a "city storyteller". Through three major aspects: catering, space, and culture, Far Eastern Group aims to translate Tainan's unique history, art, attitude towards life, and sustainable concepts, and integrate them into the service structure and quality standards of international hotels to establish a distinctive experience system, allowing travelers to experience the beauty of the city within a limited time and establish a deep and meaningful connection with the city.
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However, what represents the daily scenery and spirit of life in Tainan? How to translate it into a language that international travelers can understand? Tainan Far Eastern Group Shangri La chooses to start from cultural context, incorporating warm daily life such as food, slow living, and human interaction into diverse accommodation scenes.
When visitors walk into the guest room, the greeting Dim sum is the handmade pancake of Liandetang Bakery, a century old local famous shop; When you enter the cafeteria, you can taste traditional snacks such as beef soup, dan zi noodles, salty Congee, etc. In Chinese restaurants, the team is particularly based on local ingredients, establishing a sustainable connection between Chinese cuisine and the land through seafood, mountain products, and rice food systems, deepening the cultural connotation and culinary skills of "Taiwanese flavor". For example, "Zuiyue Lou" uses local fish species from Tainan, Guanmiao pineapple, Houbi rice and other ingredients, combined with Qing Palace Imperial Cuisine, Jiangsu Zhejiang, and Shanghai local cuisine processes. Through slow cooking, dry burning, stewing, and sealing, traditional techniques are preserved in classic dishes, presenting Taiwanese flavors and reinterpreting the balance between people and the environment.
 Detailed and diverse accommodation experienceWhen designing accommodation and service processes for Far Eastern Group Shangri La in Tainan, it emphasizes a "not urgent, just right" rhythm, delicately understands the needs of travelers, and responds to them, conveying the unique warmth and human touch of Tainan. The high-rise landscape offers a panoramic view of the open city view, while the high-end design and elegant atmosphere of the luxurious VIP lounge showcase the city's rhythm and slow living culture. In addition, the hotel has also integrated local brands and cultural activities, including: for two consecutive years, using Tainan's local flamingo flower as the theme, combining accommodation with floral exhibitions and experiential courses, while supporting local flower farmers, shortening transportation distances, and practicing sustainable concepts, making the hotel not only a place for accommodation, but also a platform for carrying culture and emotions.
 Every summer vacation, there is a strong demand for parent-child travel, which is a highlight of the tourism industry. Far Eastern Group Shangri La in Tainan values the interactive experience of family customers and has collaborated with the Wind Chasing Fantasy Island Parent Child Park to create parent-child memories and emotional connections; We also collaborated with Taiwanese emerging illustrator Mich. illust to bring the original character "Ruba Ruba Wishing Elf" into the hotel space, combining the experience of handmade pottery during Children's Day with immersive exhibitions in the museum to enrich the artistic and cultural experience; Last year, a "Happy Game Area" was planned on the east side door of the first floor, where activities such as children's hand painting and a small bartender were arranged on weekends, allowing children to explore and unleash their energy with the company of adults, and spend warm family time together.It is worth mentioning that Far Eastern Group Shangri La in Tainan has partnered with Lion Tourism to connect the sightseeing train "Shanlan" and incorporate "mobile tourism" into the accommodation experience design, allowing passengers to enter the city from the railway scenery and arrive at landmark high-rise buildings in Tainan for accommodation, creating a complete outing experience.
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To assist new travelers in getting to know Tainan in the shortest possible time, the team uses the comfort of a five-star hotel to uphold the deepest cultural depth of Tainan. For example, connecting historical resources, planning day reading activities, leading travelers to visit Chikan Tower, Anping Ancient Castle, Yizai Jincheng, and Anping Tree House, and delving into the urban context; Combined with the special exhibition "King of Egypt: Pharaoh" at the Chimei Museum, we offer free admission and luxurious VIP lounge services to expand our international perspective.
In addition to providing guests with a more complete and relaxed travel experience through themed tourism, Far Eastern Group Shangri La in Tainan also extends Taiwanese culture to consumption scenarios such as products and festival gifts. For example, the Mid Autumn Festival gift box integrates Taiwanese agricultural products, local brands, and creative desserts, including jam and boutique tea made from Tainan fruits, as well as desserts that integrate pearl milk tea elements, presenting a "Taiwanese flavor" in a more designed and globally accepted form. At the same time, it collaborates with social welfare organizations to give its products social welfare value; In the "Double Night Slow Travel" project, the team collaborated with local farms to select fruits affected by wind disasters to make dried fruits, incorporating corporate social responsibility and industry chain into product design.
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 For Far Eastern Group Shangri La in Tainan, "Taiwanese flavor" is not a regional symbol, but a way of life and cultural language that can be understood internationally; Tide "is not just about popularity, but represents the hotel's ability to translate sustainability, cultural depth, and lifestyle. Therefore, as a platform representing Tainan culture and dialogue with the world, the hotel has gone from a bowl of local breakfast to sincere and natural interaction with service personnel; From a moment of tranquility overlooking the city from a high-rise building, to experiencing the transformation of life rhythm in the alleys, we hope to provide travelers with a genuine and warm local culture and living atmosphere under an international service standard framework. At the end of the journey, in addition to having a pleasant accommodation memory, there is also a feeling and understanding of Taiwan that continues to ferment in memory, becoming a reason for future revisit.
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