Shanghai Pudong

LOCAL ESSENTIALS

A hotel limousine is available to take you from the airport to the hotel. The limousine ride takes about 45 minutes and should be booked in advance with the concierge or reservation department. The price is RMB 550 for one way from Pudont airport and RMB 450 from Honqiao Airport. Otherwise, guests can take a taxi which costs approximately RMB 150 from Pudong airport and RMB 100 from Hongqiao airport. If you wish to try the high speed train 'Maglev' it takes you from Pudong Airport in seven and a half minutes to the Long Yang Road station and the charge is RMB 50.00. It is available from 7am-9pm. From there you can take a taxi to the hotel (approximately RMB 20). The airport shuttle line number 6 also passes by the hotel and is available from 5am to 11pm. This will cost RMB 15 one way and takes approximately one hour and 15 minutes.

USEFUL TELEPHONE NUMBERS

Concierge Phone: +8621583566664 Concierge Fax: +8621583566664 Front Desk: +1-800-652-3705 Local Taxi Name & Phone: +8621969610 Jin Jiang Local Taxi Name & Phone: +8621625800000 Qiang Sheng Local Taxi Name & Phone: +862196822 Da Zhong Tourist Info: +8621583566660

USEFUL INFORMATION

LOCAL CULTURE

Cheers

If you toast with someone who is older than you or his position is higher than you, your glass must be lower than his to show your respect in China.


Destination in Chinese Characters

Most people cannot read pinyin language (Chinese in western letters). Make sure that you have the address of your destination written down in Chinese characters and always take a Business Card from the hotel when you leaving.


Keeping face

The Chinese are loathed to say 'no' or admit to not knowing something. If you ask a question several times and do not get a proper answer it is likely that they do not know the answer. Please try not make a Chinese person lose face by asking questions that they cannot answer as it will embarrass them in front of others.


Traffic Rules

Traffic rules in Shanghai work differently to most other cities with the largest vehicle going first. Please take care when crossing the street. A green light does not mean that there is no car turning left. Please make sure you look left, right, front, back, up and down before crossing the road.


DID YOU KNOW ?

Maglev Train

The Maglev Train is the fastest in the world and Shanghai is the only place which has one. It takes you eight and a half minutes from Shanghai Pudong Airport to the Long Yang Road Station, a distance of 30km with a high speed of 431km/h.


Pudong Area

Pudong area, where our hotel is located, was farmland only around 18 years ago. People used to say that it was better to have a room as large as a bed in Puxi than have a whole apartment in Pudong. The InterContinental opened as the first 5-star hotel in Pudong in 1996.


Shanghai Jewish Corner

Shanghai Hongkou District used to be a place where Jews took sanctuary during World War II. Now there is a Synagogue Museum at 62 Changyang Road.


WHAT TO PACK

Appropriate clothing and good walking shoes

Shanghai has four seasons so make sure you carry appropriate clothing. The temperature in winter can be below zero degrees Celsius whilst in summer it can pass 35 degrees Celsius. The humidity is very high all year round which makes the temperature warmer in summer and colder in winter.


Hotel address and telephone number

Taxi drivers are not familiar with the English pronunciation for the hotels in Shanghai. Try to get the address in Chinese characters beforehand or at least the hotel telephone number so you can ask the operator to tell the taxi drivers where to go. To avoid all of that hassle it is best to book a pick up service.


Medicine

If you require medicine for a health condition please make sure you put it in your hand luggage since bags regularly get lost at airports. Chinese pharmacies do not trade in many international pharmaceuticals so it is safer to bring along your own.


concierge@icpudong.com