insideSUSSEX Magazine Issue 05 - July 2015 | Page 60

GETAWAYS Shangri-La Hotel AT THE SHARD WHERE ICONIC CITY VIEWS MEET UNRIVALLED FAR EASTERN HOSPITALITY… B Y S A M A N T H A G I always think that there's something quite awe inspiring about our great capital city, where historic charm, architecture and echoes from the past rub shoulders with a busy, heaving, shiny metropolis including one of the newest and most impressive additions to our iconic London skyline: Renzo Piano’s The Shard. And of course the newest iconic building would not be complete without a stand-out-from-thecrowd hotel experience – enter stage left ShangriLa Hot