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Construction of Shangri La took place from 1936 to 1938, [1] [2] after Doris Duke's 1935 honeymoon which took her through the Islamic world. For nearly 60 years, Duke commissioned and collected artworks for the space, eventually forming a collection of over 4,000 objects. [3] The structure was designed by Marion Sims Wyeth.
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]
The Shangri-La Hotel Las Vegas: [6] A hotel to be managed by Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts. It would include 353 rooms, [1] originally announced as 400. [6] Attached to Echelon Tower and The Enclave. [24] Las Vegas ExpoCenter: [6] Planned 750,000 sq ft (70,000 m 2) convention center and associated meeting space. [9]
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 ]
Shangri-La, a popular live music and late-night area located in the south-east corner of the Glastonbury Festival site Shangri-La, a 600-acre estate on Roberts Island, Nova-Scotia, once owned by socialite Carlo Amato
Its name derives from James Hilton's imaginary land Shangri-La because it was so peaceful that it seemed that time did not pass. [citation needed]Shangrilá is acronym of: Sociedad Hipotecaria Administradora de Negocios Generales Rentas Inversiones Locaciones Anónima (S.H.A.N.G.R.I.L.A), name of the society with Argentinian capitals which was the proprietary of the terrain.