Intercontinental Pudong Shanghai

Location. Set in the most populous city in China, the InterContinental Shanghai Pudong is located in the city's busy financial and business district of Lujiazui. This Shanghai city- center hotel is six kilometers (3.7 miles) from Pudong Central Park, six kilometers (3.7 miles) from the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum and 40 kilometers (24.9 miles) from Pudong International Airport.

Hotel Features. The InterContinental Shanghai Pudong offers a fitness center, indoor swimming pool, beauty salon, gift shop and florist. On the fourth floor, the spa offers a variety of massage treatments and a sauna. The business center offers mobile phone rental, courier and secretarial services, high-speed Internet access and wireless data connectivity (surcharge).Copying, printing and faxing services are also available. This city-center hotel also provides 17 meeting rooms ranging from 32 square meters (344 square feet) to 805 square meters (8,665 square feet). There is also a 1,565-square-meter (16,856.5 square-foot) exhibition space. For dining options, the hotel has four on-site restaurants and one cocktail lounge. Level 1 focuses on a French-inspired menu with an adjacent café featuring coffee, cakes and other pastries. Sushiman serves an assortment of Japanese dishes highlighting sushi, sashimi and an assortment of Japanese beer and sake. Red Chopsticks specializes in an array of noodle dishes and selections of Chinese herbal teas. Oriental House covers Cantonese, Shanghainese, Chaozhou and Szechuan cuisines. The on-site cocktail lounge, I Bar, is located alongside all of these eateries on the first floor and features live entertainment six nights of the week.

Guestrooms. The 20-story InterContinental Shanghai Pudong's 398 guestrooms provide individually- controlled air conditioning and cable television with in-room movies. Additional amenities include in-room safes, desks, minibars, compact refrigerators, coffeemakers, separate hanging closets and phones with voice mail. Rooms also feature private bathrooms with bathrobes and bathtubs.

Expert Tip. The Pudong Aquarium is three kilometers (1.9 miles) from the Intercontinental Shanghai Pudong. This aquarium includes 28 exhibits and showcases over 10,000 marine creatures from all over the world.