Adjacent to the Shanghai Railway Station and metro line 1, the Holiday Inn Downtown in the northern city center provides convenient -- albeit not immediate -- access to the rest of Shanghai and cities beyond. Formerly two separate Chinese hotels, the Great Wall and Plaza wings both have a full slate of restaurants and services, as well as separate lobbies that are a five-minute outside walk apart. The property has recast itself as a business hotel by adding club floors and 10 executive rooms: enlarged studios with a common bedroom and work space. www.holiday-inn.com. 481 rooms and suites. In-room: safe, dial-up. In-hotel: 3 restaurants, room service, bars, gym, concierge, laundry service, executive floor, public Internet, airport shuttle, parking (fee), no-smoking rooms, minibar.