Shangri-La is First Hotel in Asia to Purchase Rolls-Royce Phantom

Taking delivery of a new Phantom is obviously more eventful than one of BMW's lesser brands, and to make the occasion even

Rolls-Royce has delivered two Arctic White Phantoms to the sensational 7-Star Burj Al Arab Hotel in Dubai. (Photo: Rolls-Royce Motor Cars)

more memorable Robertson presented a commemorative gift of a "Spirit of Ecstasy" mounted on a handcrafted wooden plinth. According to the British carmaker "It was created at Rolls-Royce Motor Cars' head office and manufacturing plant in Goodwood, England and presented to the Pudong Shangri-La's Vice President and General Manager, Mr Philippe Caretti."

Sales of the Phantom have taken off quicker among Middle Eastern hotels, with Rolls-Royce having delivered two Arctic White Phantoms to the sensational 7-Star Burj Al Arab Hotel in Dubai, considered to be the best hotel in the world, last year.