Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts

Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts
Company typePublic
IndustryHospitality
Founded23 April 1971; 53 years ago (1971-04-23) in Singapore
FounderRobert Kuok
Headquarters
Number of locations
101 (as of 2019)
Area served
Worldwide, except Latin America and Caribbean
Key people
  • Kuok Hui-kwong
    (Chairman & Executive Director)
  • Lim Beng Chee
    (Executive Director & Group CEO)
ProductsHotels, resorts
RevenueIncrease US$2.43 billion (2019)[1]
Increase US$294.8 million (2019)[1]
Decrease US$169.7 million (2019)[1]
Total assetsIncrease US$13.72 billion (2019)[1]
Total equityDecrease US$6.50 billion (2019)[1]
OwnerKerry Properties
Websitewww.shangri-la.com
Shangri-La International Hotel Management Limited
Traditional Chinese香格里拉國際飯店管理有限公司
Simplified Chinese香格里拉国际饭店管理有限公司
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXiānggélǐlā Guójì Fàndiàn Guǎnlǐ Yǒuxiàngōngsī
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpinghoeng1 gaak3 lei5 laai1 gwok3 zai3 faan6 dim3 gun2 lei5 jau5 haan6 gung1 si1
Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts
Chinese香格里拉酒店
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXiānggélǐlā Jiǔdiàn
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpinghoeng1 gaak3 lei5 laai1 zau2 dim3

Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts (Chinese: 香格里拉酒店) is a multinational hospitality company, founded in 1971 by tycoon Robert Kuok and bearing the name of a Far Eastern mythical land of contentment depicted in the 1933 novel Lost Horizon. It is a subsidiary of Kerry Properties, the company has over 100 luxury hotels and resorts with over 40,000 rooms in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, North America and Oceania.

Shangri-La has 4 brands across different market segments: Shangri-La, Traders Hotels, Kerry Hotels, and Hotel Jen.[2] The company's head office is in Kerry Centre [zh] (嘉里中心), Quarry Bay, Hong Kong.[3] The current chairman is Kuok Hui-kwong.

  1. ^ a b c d e "Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts Annual report 2019-20" (PDF). Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts. Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts Asia. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Hospitality Net - Shangri-La launches new brand: Hotel Jen - Rebrands existing Traders-branded hotels". Hospitality Net. Archived from the original on 19 October 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Luxury Hotels and Resorts | Official Site Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts". Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2018. [...]with an address of 28/F Kerry Centre, 683 King's Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong. - Address in Simplified Chinese Archived 10 May 2023 at the Wayback Machine: "香港鰂鱼涌英皇道683号嘉里中心28楼"