Park Hyatt Shanghai

It’s our official position that Shanghai is a city that international business-travel types are going to be seeing a lot of in coming years. But where to begin? You could do a lot worse for a kind of hospitality Rosetta Stone than this: see how the ever-reliable Park Hyatt concept translates to Shanghai, and see the city from 80-odd floors up in the process.

So that’s a start: a bit like Tokyo, but even bigger. The Park Hyatt Shanghai occupies floors 79 through 93 of the Shanghai World Financial Center, which for a brief moment in history meant it was the World’s Highest Hotel. Anyway it’s not the height that makes this (or any) Park Hyatt special so much as its sheer quality — the view out the window here is fine enough, but it’s the stylish modern interiors and the state-of-the-art equipment that make these rooms into something more than just fancy camera angles.

This being the Vertical Complex City, there’s almost no need to step outside the building — the Park Hyatt’s facilities are comprehensive as usual, including Chinese, Japanese and Western offerings in a single restaurant and bar, and a spa, complete with far-ranging views from the indoor pool.

Travel advisory: Passport and visa requirements differ from country to country. Please check with your local authority before booking.