I was in Shanghai for business in August and this hotel was recommended to me by other coworkers. The hotel is beautifully decorated inside and I thought my room was very spacious. The hotel staff were very helpful and friendly. It is in a good part of town if you are traveling for business. I found that there were many ex-pats living and staying in the area, so the near-by restaurants all had picture menus (which I appreciated!). There are many restaurants and some shopping within walking difference. If you are interested in doing a lot of sight seeing, you may want to consider staying on the other side of the river. I went and checked out the sights over the weekend and after work. The cab ride in the evening to Nanjing Road or the Old CIty takes at least 30 minutes because of all of the traffic. But if that doesn't bother you, this hotel is great!

First time I've stayed in Shanghai. Hotel was recommended by a business associate. Very friendly & helpful staff. Not a cookie-cutter hotel!

This hotel is located in the Pudong area of Shanghai, which is essentially the business area. It was ideally located for our exhibition as it was only a 5 minute taxi ride, however it is not a hotel for anyone wanting to do the tourist thing as it is too far from the tourist areas.

I was greeted from my limo at the hotel entrance and my bag was taken from me. After I had checked in, they told me my bag would be sent up to my room, and it duly about 5 minutes later.

The room was a good size, not huge, but reasonable. The furnishings were very nice, and the bedding looked expensive. There was a good size wardrobe, which housed a safe, iron, and ironing board. The bed was a king bed with lots of cushions, two bedside tables with a rather modern looking alarm clock. There was a lovely glass desk to work at with a fruit bowl, hotel brochures, and even pen, pencils, ruler, and erasers provided.

The bathroom was very nice, with separate bath and shower and a modern washbasin with lots of toiletries provided. Lots of fluffy white towels were also available, along with bathrobes, although these were of a thinner, cotton fabric.

I also had a kettle with coffee and tea making, a mini bar, and lots of bottled water in the main room and the bathroom, so plenty to brush teeth etc with. The TV had quite a few channels, although only five or six were English including CNN, National Geographic and two US movie channels.

My room was an executive room, which meant that I had access to the business lounge. This was located on the 26th floor and you could use the Internet free on the PC’s provided or bring your laptop and plug yourself in. There were only two computers, so sometimes people would have to wait to use them, also the laptop connectors were beside the installed PC’s so people ended up almost sitting on top of each other.

The business lounge is also where you take breakfast, as it is free with executive rooms. There was a small buffet provided which consisted of a small selection of fruit—usually just melon, some hot food such as scrambled eggs, bacon, sausages, muffins, Danish and bread and bagels to toast. It was adequate, but if this does not appeal you can still get room service breakfast, to go down to the restaurant and have breakfast there, although you would have to pay separately for this.

The hotel has several restaurants; bars etc and all the staff were friendly and spoke good English. I would definitely recommend this hotel for the business traveller.