Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts

Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts
Company typePublic
IndustryHospitality
Founded23 April 1971 (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
Revenue US$2.19 billion (2024)
US$234.9 million (2024)
US$182.9 million (2024)
Total assets US$13.50 billion (2024)
Total equity US$5.44 billion (2024)
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. The company's head office is in Kerry Centre (嘉里中心), Quarry Bay, Hong Kong. The current chairman is Kuok Hui-kwong.