I will be arriving at pudong airport and will be staying at holiday inn express at Hongqiao.

Oh, I see. Your hotel is close to Huqingping Highway, right? Well, personally the way of subway + taxi can be the best option. At PVG, you can take subway line 2 to its terminal station - Xujing East within around 90min. Then the hotel is about 3mi away. Just take a taxi to reach in about 10min.