Pudong Shangri-La: East bank institution

Shanghai’s Pudong Shangri-La is a stalwart cornerstone of the Pudong skyline.

The 950-room mega hotel is one of Shanghai’s biggest and best, and boasts a vast range of meetings and conference facilities.

Ensure you book a river-facing room (with complimentary binoculars -- to use to look at the cityscape of course) for panoramic Bund vistas, a large bathroom with rain forest shower you won't want to leave, plasma TV and free wi fi.

For dining, Japanese kaiseki menu specialists Nadaman operate a restaurant on the second floor of the Pudong Shangri-La dressed with carved granite and blonde woods, while Yi Café is Shanghai’s biggest blow-out lunch and dinner buffet. Both so good you'll forget they're hotel dining.

For wellness enthusiasts with a robust credit card, the Himalayan-themed Chi, The Spa at Pudong Shangri-La delivers deluxe indulgence.