Many urban hotels aim to host restaurants, bars and lounges that are as much for locals as for travelers, but few are able to pull it off as seamlessly as The Shanghai EDITION. Cast your eyes about its Roof lounge and you’ll see a crowd of almost exclusively young Shanghainese enjoying afternoon tea across a dazzling vista of skyscrapers.
It’s a scene that might have come straight from the mission statement of the EDITION Hotels group. A brand envisioned by Ian Schrager, co-creator of New York’s Studio 54 and the “boutique hotel” concept, EDITION promotes multinational hotel muscle and design-forward luxury at properties from Times Square to Turkey. The 145 rooms here feature imported linens and light oaks. Lounges have backlit bars and seductive couches. There’s also a sleekly understated spa filled with soft tones and gorgeous hardwoods.
The sum of these parts is a downtown property that cultivates the feeling of being a city “insider” merely by being a guest of EDITION, underpinned by a focus on glamorous public spaces and elevated comfort.