meeting some business friends at this hotel near the hongqiao airport. it is a 15 min taxi ride from the city center. the ambience and live music is great in the airy lobby. it seemed to be a good hotel for business travelers that do not care about city center and quick want quick in-and-out access to shanghai.

Ask for non smoking room for best chance of upgrade. Superb cleanliness, beautiful decor and super quiet executive floor. Fabulous for business travellers. Only advice is to avoid gift shop as they sell bogus amber at high prices, saying it is real (well, maybe they didn't understand the question as to its authenticity.) Many staff are reasonably bi-lingual and helpful. It rained in through my windows and soaked the floor, which is odd because the general standard of the architecture appeared to be excellent. Gourmet shop is excellent, with good choice and prices.

Pros: very nice rooms; superb staff; good buffet breakfast

Cons: quite a distance from shopping area, the bund etc

My wife and I stayed at the Marriott Hongqiao for three nights. The Hotel is very modern and well appointed. We found it was quite far from Pudong Airport, (it's much closer to the Hongqiao Airport SHA). From the Hotel it's a 30-40 minute taxi ride to get to the shopping, Bund or French Concession areas. (taxi's are cheap, so it's just the time factor). We had a Kingsize bedroom facing the inner courtyard, it was great. Any problems or questions were immediately dealt with. The staff were friendly and helpful. The food was average. As with any Hotel, check to see if there is any construction going on, the pool was closed the entire time of our visit and we heard construction noise above us in the mornings, not pleasant if you like to sleep in. We enjoyed our stay.