Park Hyatt Shanghai

Class: Deluxe

Style: Contemporary classic

Rooms: 174

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, making it the world’s tallest hotel, at least until the inevitable usurper goes up in the Emirates somewhere. Chances are it won’t touch this Park Hyatt’s 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.