InterContinental Shanghai Ruijin vs Park Hyatt Shanghai
Both hotels are recommended by expert reviewers. Overall, Park Hyatt Shanghai is preferred by most reviewers compared to InterContinental Shanghai Ruijin. Park Hyatt Shanghai scores 90 with endorsements from 15 publications including Rough Guide, Afar Magazine and Hideaway Report.
InterContinental Shanghai Ruijin
No.118 Ruijin Er Lu, Huangpu District, Shanghai 200020
From $129 /night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Shuttle Bus
Frommer's
"The facilities and the service may not be the finest for what you're paying, but the overall atmosphere of colonial Shanghai, at least the refined version of it, is lovely."
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Ask for a garden-view room.
Insight Guides
"Five renovated historic villas, all with different prices, are set in an expansive estate dotted with fountains and pavilions, and located in the heart of the old French Concession."
Rough Guide
"Cosy and exclusive Tudor-style villas in manicured gardens."
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Ask for Building One, where Mao used to stay.
Fodor's
"Formerly the Morris Estate, the preserved villas here showcases how opulently tai-pan (expatriate millionaire businessmen) lived in Shanghai's 1920s and 30s."
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Lonely Planet
"Dark-wood panelled corridors lead to enormous, pleasantly appointed rooms."
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Travel + Leisure
"Housed in the former State Guest House of Shanghai, the hotel has embraced the rich heritage of the mansion and surrounding gardens—a luxury in downtown Shanghai—to create a heritage masterpiece."
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"The InterContinental has more than 200 rooms in a historic garden estate...dark-wood panelled corridors lead to enormous, pleasantly appointed rooms. The architecture and park-like gardens are lovely."
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Park Hyatt Shanghai
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No.100 Century Avenue, Pudong New District, Shanghai 200120
From $302 /night
- Bar/Lounge
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Concierge
"New York City-based Tony Chi created the interiors to resemble a sophisticated modern Chinese residence, hence the series of gates, halls, and chambers."
Insight Guides
"This monumental property, beautiful beyond description, it is a gilded icon to the city’s new golden age."
DK Eyewitness
"Designed by Hong Kong-based designer Tony Chi as a modern Chinese residence."
Star Service
"Situated between the 79th and 93rd floors of the 1,614-ft/500-m Shanghai World Financial Center, the Park Hyatt Shanghai is one of the world's highest hotels (the highest in China)."
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Gayot
"As one of the highest hotels in the world, located on floors 79-93 of the Shanghai World Financial Center, the Park Hyatt Shanghai is its own destination."
Time Out
"Housed in the iconic SWFC and current holder of the world's second highest hotel title, the Park Hyatt exudes luxe boutique style rather than flashy chain homogeny."
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Rough Guide
"This stylish, ultra-modern business hotel, located on floor 79 in the World Financial Centre, has stolen the “highest hotel in the world” crown from its sister in the Jinmao Tower."
Forbes Travel Guide
4 Stars
"You can’t miss Park Hyatt Shanghai — its towering screwdriver-like structure is the tallest skyscraper in the city."
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Condé Nast Traveler
"Asia's most vertiginous hotel is on floors 79 through 93 of the Shanghai World Financial Center, in the Pudong district."
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Jetsetter
"Minimalist masterpiece designed by Tony Chi, with huge rooms, bird’s-eye views of the Bund and the world's highest nightclub."
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