ITH the Greater Hong Kong region pulling in more leisure visitors and business travellers than ever before, an engirdling Shenzhen has grown on steroids to present a vast but surprisingly orderly modern mirror image with efficient transport, wildly burlesque shopping, and vast manufacturing opportunities. With its lobby on the 96th floor of the gleaming 100-floor Kingkey 100, The St Regis Shenzhen, which threw open its doors in late 2011, is an unabashed statement in urban luxury.

The 297 rooms and suites at The St Regis Shenzhen offer an elegant escape from the hurly-burly outside. Expect rich fabrics, signature amenities and bespoke furniture along with a handsome writing desk for penning a postcard or popping open the laptop for a quick WiFi trawl.

Enjoy a 46-inch 3D television experience, an LCD screen in the bathroom, iPad remote control, B&O sound, and deep soaking bathtub. For laggards with luggage there’s the 24-hour St Regis butler service. One call will fix most problems. Signature dining venues like Tian Gong (Chinese) and Elba (Italian) cater for gourmets, while the wine bar, Decanter, and Drawing Room offer unbeatable views of the Shenzhen skyline, best enjoyed after dark.

Apres-work look forward to the soothing ministrations of the Iridium Spa, work out at the Exercise Room, or splash down in the indoor pool. Later, soar above it all, on the 100th floor, sipping a fine single malt whisky or puffing on a cigar at Malt. This address is one for discerning diaries and promises to set a benchmark as one of the best Shenzhen business hotels.