Perched on Haixinsha Island along the Pearl River, Hotel Indigo Guangzhou is anything but polite. StudioGlam turns the archetype of the business hotel on its head — replacing bland predictability with a daring, immersive experience that flirts with colour, culture, and attitude.

Guests arrive beneath a century-old banyan tree, a local symbol of community and continuity, where a neon giraffe dips its head toward the Indigo sign — a surreal welcome that feels part blessing, part wink. The lobby glows unapologetically red, enveloping visitors in a wash of good fortune and quiet seduction. Front desks shaped like dragon-boat drums pulse with rhythm, while the lounge opposite reimagines the banyan canopy as a sculptural social space — a contemporary tree under which strangers become accomplices.

The all-day dining restaurant dares a Tiffany-green palette — exuberant, chic, and unashamedly photogenic — offset by brass and lacquered timber. Guestrooms carry the conversation further: silk, velvet, and rattan mix with unexpected jolts of colour, each suite dressed like a bespoke ensemble.

Up top, an infinity pool stretches parallel to the river, blurring the edge between architecture and reflection — a quiet exhale after the sensory crescendo below.

Indigo Guangzhou Haixinsha hotel is a study in contrasts: heritage and hedonism, wit and refinement. In StudioGlam’s world, design behaves like haute couture — tailored, theatrical, and just a little bit naughty.