Raffles Shenzhen
Shenzhen, China
Nanshan
Vibe
The thirty-fourth-floor sky lobby opens to sweeping bay panoramas, with contemporary sculptures and dedicated twenty-four-hour butler service welcoming guests.
“Skyline butler sanctuary”
A twenty-five-meter heated indoor pool and vitality hydrotherapy jacuzzis framed by floor-to-ceiling bay views.
KPF-designed glass tower with thirty-fourth-floor sky lobby art installations and a seventy-first-floor concert hall.
Universal twenty-four-hour butler service accompanies every room, alongside dedicated dressing rooms and sweeping bay views.
In Nanshan at One Shenzhen Bay, overlooking the bay and the crossing to Hong Kong.
Rooms
Generous layouts feature private dressing rooms and custom reading libraries, framed by glass walls looking across the water toward Hong Kong.
Wellness
A twenty-five-meter heated indoor pool floats above the bay alongside vitality hydrotherapy baths, steam rooms, and daylight-filled Technogym studios.
Backstory
Architect Kohn Pedersen Fox sculpted the 350-meter glass tower, which opened in 2019 with a record-holding concert hall on the seventy-first floor.
Eat & drink
Sip a Shenzhen Sling at the seventy-first-floor Long Bar, or reserve Cantonese fine dining framed by gemstone themes at Yun Jing.
The neighborhood
Anchored in Nanshan within the One Shenzhen Bay development, the tower commands direct vistas over the bay crossing into Hong Kong.
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Our shorthand
What makes a hotel special, how well they pull it off, and what it feels like outside the door.
How well they pull it off
Extremely rare. Sets the global standard.
Brilliant execution. And we’re picky.
They did this well. You’ll notice.
A defining trait. Makes the hotel what it is.
The eight vibes
Architecture and interiors lead. There’s a creative vision at work.
The guest is conspicuously well cared for. Requests met before they’re made.
Rooted in place. Local character runs through the whole stay.
Energy and scene. Where the city goes out, whether or not it’s sleeping here.
A building with history. The story of the place is part of the stay.
Built around feeling better. Rest, sweat, soak, spa.
A hotel the city grew up with. Same rituals, same regulars.
A world of its own. No reason to leave the property.
Scene — what’s outside the door
Where things happen: restaurants, shops, people.
Well-located: walkable to some things, a short ride to more.
Away from the crowds. Getting around takes intention.
A place apart: the property is the destination.