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Hotel Indigo Shanghai Jing'An
Shanghai, China · Hotel Indigo · Accessible Luxury
On 11 August 1896, the first film screening on record in China played at a teahouse called Youyicun in Xu Garden, by Suzhou Creek. Hotel Indigo Shanghai Jing'An stands on that bend, at 28 Yutong Road, in a former office building beside the Jing'an InterContinental. Xin Yan Wang of Montaigne Design turned the offices into 119 rooms, 13 of them suites, in a project that ran through November 2018, and the interiors took a Silver A' Design Award in 2020.
- 119 rooms
- Opened 2018
- Neighborhood: Suhewan, Jing'an
- Rooms from 538 sq ft (50 m²)
- Interiors: Xin Yan Wang, Montaigne Design
About Hotel Indigo Shanghai Jing'An
- The October 2018 opening made this the tenth Hotel Indigo in Greater China, and the house runs to 19 floors.
- Corrugated glass covers the reception wall, and LED panels along the rooms keep playing images tied to this stretch of the creek.
- Entry-level rooms start at 538 sq ft (50 m²).
History
Hotel Indigo Shanghai Jing'An occupies a former office building at 28 Yutong Road, north of Suzhou Creek, beside the Jing'an InterContinental. Xin Yan Wang, for Montaigne Design, renovated it from 2017 through November 2018. The hotel opened in October 2018 as the tenth Hotel Indigo in Greater China, and the interiors took a Silver A' Design Award in 2020. The design takes its cue from the 11 August 1896 film screening at Xu Garden's Youyicun teahouse, a short way along the creek.
The setting
28 Yutong Road, Jing'an District, postcode 200070, on the Suhewan bend north of Suzhou Creek, the old Chinese settlement side of the city. Shanghai Railway Station is a short walk.
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