This time, our clients were in the Xintiandi area. When we booked a room, we didn't choose a new style hotel, but Mason Hotel Shanghai at 935 Huaihai Middle Road, Huangpu District. The Samsung Business Hotel, which opened in 2000 and was renovated in 2015, has 115 rooms arranged around a four story atrium. It is about one or two hundred meters away from Shaanxi South Road Subway Station and intersects with Line 1/10/12/13. There is no need to transfer when coming from Hongqiao. It is 2.2 kilometers away from People's Square and 3.7 kilometers away from the Bund, making it a typical "core area of Huaihai Road" station.
Arriving almost 9pm, the door face was not big, but when I opened it, I found an empty courtyard with natural lighting, and the sense of order of the old hotel stood first. The front desk is available 24 hours a day, and the electronic ID card can be processed in three minutes. I was able to extend my check-out until 2:00 pm, which is very friendly to business travelers on the high-speed train in the afternoon. It also reminded me that "the first round of mini bar cola and Sprite is free".
I live in a deluxe king size bed, about 20-32 square meters, with a wooden tone that leans towards the stability of "old Shanghai business". The hardware does have a sense of age: the air conditioning is slightly cool, the shower water volume is average, but it is maintained online - the linen is clean, the smart toilet seat, the small refrigerator, the safe, the ironing equipment is complete, the Wi Fi is stable, and the video conference is not lagging. After closing the window, the corridor and road noise can be basically suppressed, which is acceptable for light sleepers. A guest joked that the single room was "like a lonely novelist's room". For a scene like mine that requires temporary PPT changes, a desk, a desk lamp, and two different heights of pillows are just right.
The real decision to turn back is the business support. The hotel has 4 conference rooms, with a maximum area of 110 square meters and a capacity of 80-120 people. They are equipped with LED, projection, Polycom multi-party telephone, sign in desk, etc., and can be used for small and medium-sized customer discussions and team reviews; The first floor business center provides fax, photocopying, ticketing, car rental, foreign currency exchange, and the front desk can arrange car hailing services. There is a free gym on the 4th floor, and the top floor restaurant serves both Chinese and Western breakfast. Even if you are too lazy to walk far, you can still enjoy a meal; Free parking is considered a scarce resource in the highly valuable Huaihai Road area.
Going downstairs is about efficiency: IAPM, ParknShop, Paris Spring are close to you, while Subway, Benbang Xiaoguan, and Xiaoyang Shengjian are within walking distance. Customers can reduce their meals temporarily without taking a taxi. Line 1 can be reached at the intersection of Shaanxi South Road after passing the traffic lights, even on rainy days.
To be honest: the lobby is compact, some room types are relatively tight, and the sound insulation is average compared to the old building. If you have a strong desire for "new hardware", you can take a detour; Wi Fi needs to be re logged, it is recommended to have the front desk bind it all at once.
The most profound feeling after two nights at Mason Hotel Shanghai is' controllability '- changing schedules, extending check-out, customers arriving at the hotel on short notice, rushing for materials late at night, and the front desk and concierge smoothly catching up. For business travel, the three in one certainty of "subway+conference room+Huaihai Road commercial district" is more expensive than design sense. If you still have a short trip from Huangpu to Jing'an during your next visit to Shanghai, you are likely to return to this old European style building.Show more