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For the past decade, Shanghai's upscale hotels have mostly targeted corporate travelers, but leisure visitors now enjoy a broader array of large luxury and small boutique options. Ambitious plans for long-term tourism growth are bringing names like Park Hyatt, Conrad, Jumeirah, Peninsula, Mandarin Oriental, W, Banyan Tree, and Fairmont through 2010, while a small portfolio of design-led hotels is slated to grow and flourish. Location remains the key to which one you choose. Hotels in the French Concession and near the Bund offer the most convenience for tourists. Despite the lofty views, staying east of the river in one of the Pudong's high-rise hotels can mean taxi rides and inconvenience.
Jumeirah's first Asia hotel occupies the dappled concrete exterior (symbolizing tree roots) of the Himalayas art complex in Pudong. The hotel is not centrally...more
The Waterhouse's battered concrete walls and bare brick floors are far removed from the marbled glitz so often associated with new Shanghai hotels—almost...more
Hotel Indigo in Shiliupu, south of the Bund, is perfectly placed beside the Huangpu River, with Yu Garden a stone's throw away. Indigo's 184 design-led rooms...more
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