Ivy Shanghai: A historic stay

Ivy Shanghai took the place of what was once a 1950s cinema, and the history isn’t lost on the venue’s new tenant. The hotel's walls are scribbled with legendary cinematic lines like "Go ahead, make my day" while the lobby morphs into a mini-cinema in the evenings. Even the floors have that red carpet thing going on.

Inside, the 46 guest rooms exaggerate comfort to the point of having a pillow menu (yes, that would be a menu for pillows), and the design seamlessly mixes traditional Chinese and Western elements. One suite at Ivy Shanghai features a commonly seen door shape with the red character for "double happiness" (喜喜, incidentally, also the name of a popular cigarette brand) is scrawled across it.