Holiday Inn Express Shanghai on The Bund by IHG

Tucked in The Bund, Holiday Inn Express Shanghai on The Bund by IHG has quietly become one of the more interesting four-star options in Shanghai. What gives the place its edge is the address itself: within an easy walk of the city centre, a detail that consistently shows up in what guests write afterwards. Inside, the…

Tucked in The Bund, Holiday Inn Express Shanghai on The Bund by IHG has quietly become one of the more interesting four-star options in Shanghai. What gives the place its edge is the address itself: within an easy walk of the city centre, a detail that consistently shows up in what guests write afterwards. Inside, the rooms are well-appointed, and guests pick out reliable wi-fi and an in-house restaurant as the small things that add up over a stay. Pull the review pages apart and you find well over 1,100 reviews, with a genuinely glowing consensus that's hard to engineer. Reputation has held up across enough stays to mean something. Pricing has been sitting near €109 a night and the value score puts it in a middle-of-the-road bracket compared with similar properties. Stack Holiday Inn Express Shanghai on The Bund by IHG against the better-known names in Shanghai and the trade-offs become genuinely interesting.