$$$$, Hongqiao
Fodor's Review:
Next door to the Sheraton Grand Tai Ping Yang, the Renaissance does not quite match its neighbor's detailed elegance and service (or lower prices, for that matter). It is nonetheless a great option in the Hongqiao area, with eight executive floors catering to conventioneers and corporate types with business at INTEX and Shanghai Mart. There's a good-size gym and pool and an often-overlooked cigar bar. The hotel's long-standing reputation for top-quality catering at its five restaurants is well deserved, particularly at its Chinese restaurant Dynasty. Rooms are warm, with sunrise-golden comforters and drapes, vermilion club chairs, and auburn-tiled bathrooms. The general manager is often to be found chatting with guests in the lobby or greeting staff by their first name, a surprisingly personal touch among Shanghai's five-star hotels.
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