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The Shangri-La Hotel Singapore was managed by Westin Hotels & Resorts, 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. [6]
Shangri-La is a fictional place in Tibet's Kunlun Mountains, [1] described in the 1933 novel Lost Horizon by English author James Hilton. Hilton portrays Shangri-La as a mystical, harmonious valley, gently guided from a lamasery , enclosed in the western end of the Kunlun Mountains. [ 1 ]
U.S. Marine standing guard at Shangri-La (1944). The book, published in 1933, caught the notice of the public only after Hilton's Goodbye, Mr. Chips was published in 1934. [citation needed] Lost Horizon became a huge popular success and in 1939 was published in paperback form, as Pocket Book #1, making it the first "mass-market" paperback.
Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore is a five-star deluxe hotel located on Orange Grove Road, off Orchard Road, in Singapore. [ 1 ] Opened on 23 April 1971, the hotel is Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts ' first hotel property. [ 2 ]
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Shangri-La Centre Ulaanbaatar is a mixed-use hotel and commercial complex located in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.The complex consists of three main buildings and a shopping mall, from which the Tower C completed in 2016 is the tallest building in Mongolia standing at 120 meters (390 ft) tall, being divided into 24 floors.
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Edsa Shangri-La, Manila opened on August 28, 1992; it was the first Shangri-La property in the Philippines. [1] Originally known as Shangri-La's Edsa Plaza Hotel, it was designed to recreate a five-star resort, such as those in Cebu and Boracay, but within the downtown Manila district of Ortigas Center. The hotel is 99.99% foreign owned. [5]