Possibly the city’s most remarkable hotel room, The Shangri-La Suite at Island Shangri-La is a taste of how the other one percent lives.
Usually when we think of expansive penthouses and sprawling presidential suites, we don’t think of Hong Kong, where many hotel rooms don’t have enough room to waltz with the proverbial cat let along swing it. However, Island Shanghai-La is making a bit of a name for itself with its suites, many of which it has refurnished, and has now unveiled its leading guest room, The Shangri-La Suite, in all its marble-lined gilded glory.
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This unique 222-sqm enclave will catch plenty of attention from crypto millionaires, captains of industry and visiting dignitaries. Not only does it boast the same panoramic views of many of the hotel’s other premier rooms, but, as you would expect, it comes with plenty of additional creature comforts, including a second room (a third can be configured if you’re slumming en masse or fancy your own in-house gym) its own bar, and a bathroom bigger than most serviced apartments.
Decked out with fine art from the hotel’s own collection, The Shangri-La Suite – which will double as an intimate events space, should you want to have the lads around to watch Tyson re-enter the ring or celebrate Max’s Verstappen’s latest circuit victory on the state-of-the-art entertainment system – is about as refined a space as you’ll find in any luxury hotel in the Fragrant Harbour.
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Dressed with stuffed rugs, French hand-blown crystal chandeliers, bespoke furniture and its own wine cellar stocked with drops from the hotel’s collection, The Shangri-La Suite is centred around a sitting room and bar – think picture windows, sprawling murals, leagues of onyx and marble flooring, and more trims and tassels than you can shake a hundred dollar note at.
You can channel your inner mixologist at the jade green marble-toped cocktail bar (or have your butler do it), or have executive chef Uwe Opocensky of Petrus and his team whip up a meal in the separate kitchen, home to Siemens appliances, and serve it in the adjoining dining room, with its solid marble table catering to you and nine of your closest consorts.
Then there’s the master bedroom, where the bed is so large you’ll need to be a sprinter to catch your lady love. His and her dressing rooms, complete with walk-in wardrobes, open to the cavernous bathroom, with counts a walk-in twin rainforest shower, heated bench, dual vanities and an oversized bathtub among its amenities. Where better to commune with your inner self or to contribute to the city’s water woes by bathing with a friend?
After all, it would be selfish not to share.
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