Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts () is a multinational hospitality company, founded in 1971 by tycoon

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and bearing the name of a Far Eastern mythical land of contentment depicted in the 1933 novel ''

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''. It is a subsidiary of Kerry Properties, the company has over 100

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s and

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s with over 40,000 rooms in

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, the

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and

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. Shangri-La has 4 brands across different market segments: Shangri-La, Traders Hotels, Kerry Hotels, and Hotel Jen. The company's head office is in (嘉里中心),

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, Hong Kong.
Address in Simplified Chinese
: "香港鰂鱼涌英皇道683号嘉里中心28楼" The current chairman is Kuok Hui-kwong.

History

The first hotel of the luxury Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts Group was the Shangri-La Hotel Singapore, opened on 23 April 1971. The name derives from the mythical place

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, described in the 1933 novel ''

'' by British author James Hilton. The Shangri-La Hotel Singapore was managed by

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, until Shangri-La International Hotel Management Limited was founded in 1979, and management of the Singapore Shangri-La was taken back over from Westin in 1984. However, it would not be until 1991 that Shangri-La assumed control of the rest of the hotels. This hotel has also become the host to a prominent inter-governmental security

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known as the

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Corporate affairs

Subsidiaries

*Shangri-La Asia Limited is incorporated in

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with limited liability. It is primarily listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (stock code 00069) with a secondary listing on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (stock code Shang Asia 2kHK$) and with American Depositary Receipt traded as SHALY. Since 1997, Shangri-La Asia Limited has owned Shangri-La International Hotel Management Limited. *Shangri-La Hotels (Malaysia) Berhad is incorporated in

Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

with limited liability and is traded on the Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad (stock code 5517). *Shangri-La Hotel Public Company Limited is incorporated in

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with limited liability and is traded on the

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(stock code SHANG).

Properties

As of March 2022, Shangri-La owns, operates, or manages 100 hotels in 77 destinations:

Senior leadership

* Group Chairman: Kuok Hui-kwong (since January 2017) * Group CEO: Vacant (since January 2023)

Former chairmen

(1984–1993) # Pho Ba Quan (1993–1994) # Richard Liu (1994–1997) # Beau Kuok Khoon-chen (1997–2000) # Alex Ye (2000–2003) # Edward Kuok Khoon-loong (2003–2008) # Kuok Khoon-ean (2008–2013) # Beau Kuok Khoon-chen (2013–2017); second term

Former chief executives

(1984–1993) # Pho Ba Quan (1993–1994) # Paul Bush (1994–1997) # Chye Kuok Khoon-ho (1997–2002) # Edward Kuok Khoon-loong (2008–2009) # Kuok Khoon-ean (2009–2013) # Beau Kuok Khoon-chen (2013–2017) # Lim Beng Chee (2017–2022)

References

External links

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